Porous tetragonal BaTiO 3 ceramic was successfully prepared by a combination of hydrothermal and low-temperature-sintering method.The hollow TiO2@BaCO 3 as the sintering precursor was synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method,and then porous BaTiO 3 was generated by calcining the hollow TiO2@BaCO 3 precursor at 900 ℃ without additive.The hollow TiO2@BaCO 3 structure plays two important roles in the preparing of the porous BaTiO 3 ceramic.First,the TiO2@BaCO 3 hollow structure provides high surface areas and increases the contact points between BaCO 3 and TiO2,which can reduce the sintering temperature of the BaTiO 3 ceramic.Second,the cavity of the ordered arranged TiO2@BaCO 3 hollow sphere shows important influence on the porous structure,and the pore size of the as-prepared porous BaTiO 3 ceramic can be tuned from several nanometers to hundreds nanomters by changing the sintering temperature.The formation mechanism of the porous BaTiO 3 ceramic was proposed.
LI YangLIU HuLIU FaJiaLI ChaoRongCHEN BenYongDONG WenJun
