Abstract
Bi-layered structure ferroelectric material-bismuth titanate, Bi4Ti3O12 (BIT) and barium-bismuth titanate, BaBi4Ti4O15 (BBT)
ceramic powders were prepared by mechanical synthesis process. BaBi4Ti4O15 was prepared from stoichiometric quantities
of barium titanate and bismuth titanate obtained via mechanochemical synthesis. Barium titanate, BaTiO3 has been
synthesized from mixture of BaO and TiO2 and bismuth titanate, Bi4Ti3O12 was prepared starting from Bi2O3 and TiO2,
commercially available. The reaction mechanism of BaBi4Ti4O15 and the preparation and characteristics of BBT ceramic
powders were studied using XRD, Raman spectroscopy, particle analysis and SEM. The Bi-layered perovskite structure of
BaBi4Ti4O15 ceramic forms at 1100 °C for 4 h. Microstructure of Bi4Ti3O12 is in accordance with the view that Bi4Ti3O12
exhibits plate-like grains with the average grain size increasing with the sintering temperature. It is evident that Ba2+addition
lead to the change in the microstructure development, particularly in the change of the average grain size.
Keywords
BaBi4Ti4O15, Milling, Sintering, XRD, Raman spectroscopy.
Citation
Z. Ž. LAZAREVIĆ, N. Ž. ROMČEVIĆ, J. D. BOBIĆ, Study of ferroelectric BaBi4Ti4O15 obtained via mechanochemical synthesis, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 7, July 2009, pp.700-703 (2009).
Submitted at: June 25, 2009
Accepted at: July 20, 2009