On the formation of an oxycarbonate intermediate phase in the synthesis of BaTiO3 from (Ba,Ti)-polymeric organic precursors

Abstract The study of BaTiO 3 crystallization from X-ray amorphous (Ba,Ti) polymeric organic powders has been carried out on a (Ba,Ti)–citrate polymeric resin heat-treated in air at 250 °C. From thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, infrared and Raman spectroscopies, and 13 C NMR spectroscopy, it has been concluded that an intermediate oxycarbonate phase was formed prior to the formation of BaTiO 3 above 550 °C. Although not well crystallized, thermoanalytical measurements, the unique XRD pattern, and new IR, Raman, and 13 C NMR structural features revealed that such a metastable intermediate oxycarbonate phase has a stoichiometry close to Ba 2 Ti 2 O 5 CO 3 , which is characterized by having CO 3 2- groups different to those of pure BaCO 3 located, probably, in an open interlayer BaTiO 3 metastable structure. A tentative structure for the oxycarbonate phase is proposed. From the XRD crystal size measurements and Raman spectra, it was suggested that the thermal decomposition of the (Ba, Ti) citrate polymeric organic precursor above 550 °C led to the formation of a mixture of tetragonal and hexagonal BaTiO 3 polymorphs rather than cubic. Despite the specific surface of the synthesized BaTiO 3 powders up to 700 °C, higher than 40 m 2 /g and an equivalent particle size smaller than 25 nm, Raman spectra indicated asymmetry inside the TiO 6 octahedra of the BaTiO 3 structure.

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