Abstract
A simple sol-gel route was demonstrated for the synthesis of LiNb 0.6Ti0.5O3 (M-phase) powder, using cheap and manageable starting materials at a relatively low temperature. The phase transitions in both chemical and solid-state processes were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) in detail. The results showed that in the sol-gel process the anatase TiO2 phase first appeared at 400 °C and then LiNbO 3 solid solution (LiNbO3 ss) emerged at 500 °C. When calcined to 600 °C, the M-phase started to appear along with the decrease of TiO2 and LiNbO3 ss. Single M-phase could be formed at 700 °C, which is 300 °C lower than that by the traditional solid-state method. A plausible evolution mechanism of the as-synthesized powder in calcination was proposed. The produced powder has potential applications in microelectronics systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 463-467 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Particuology |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- M-phase
- Phase transition
- Sol-gel process
- X-ray diffraction