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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2013)

Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of Europium-doped Barium Titanate Nanocrystallites

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353732
Margarita García-Hernández
Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, DCNI, Unidad Cuajimalpa, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Pedro Antonio de los Santos 84, 11850, México, D.F., México
Geneviève Chadeyron
UMR 6296, CNRS/UBP/ENSCCF, Clermont Université Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, BP 10448, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Damien Boyer
UMR 6296, CNRS/UBP/ENSCCF, Clermont Université Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, BP 10448, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Antonieta García-Murillo
CIITEC IPN, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Cerrada de Cecati S/N. Col. Santa Catarina, Azcapotzalco México, D.F., C.P. 02250, México
Felipe Carrillo-Romo
CIITEC IPN, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Cerrada de Cecati S/N. Col. Santa Catarina, Azcapotzalco México, D.F., C.P. 02250, México
Rachid Mahiou
UMR 6296, CNRS/UBP/ENSCCF, Clermont Université Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, BP 10448, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Corresponding Author: Margarita García-Hernández

mgarciah@correo.cua.uam.mx

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 5 No. 1 (2013), Article Number: 57-65

Abstract

Barium titanate nanocrystallites were synthesized by a hydrothermal technique from barium chloride and tetrabutyl titanate. Single-crystalline cubic perovskite BaTiO3 consisting of spherical particles with diameters ranging from 10 to 30 nm was easily achieved by this route. In order to study the influence of the synthesis process on the morphology and the optical properties, barium titanate was also prepared by a solid-state reaction. In this case, only the tetragonal phase which crystallizes above 900° was observed. High-temperature X-ray diffraction measurements were performed to investigate the crystallization temperatures as well as the particle sizes via the Scherrer formula. The lattice vibrations were evidenced by infrared spectroscopy. Eu3+ was used as a structural probe, and the luminescence properties recorded from BaTiO3:Eu3+and elaborated by a solid-state reaction and hydrothermal process were compared. The reddish emission of the europium is increased by the nanometric particles.

Keywords

BaTiO3 Europium Nanocrystallites Hydrothermal technique
García-Hernández, Margarita, Geneviève Chadeyron, Damien Boyer, Antonieta García-Murillo, Felipe Carrillo-Romo, and Rachid Mahiou. 2013. “Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of Europium-Doped Barium Titanate Nanocrystallites”. Nano-Micro Letters 5 (1):57-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353732.
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