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Study of structural evolution and photoluminescent properties at room temperature of Ca(Zr,Ti)O3 powders

  • 1. Laboratorio Interdisciplinar de Eletroquimica e Ceramica-LIEC, Departamento de Quimica, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, P.O. Box 676, 13565-905 Sao Carlos, SP (Brazil)
  • 2. Laboratorio Interdisciplinar em Ceramica, Departamento de Fisico-Quimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, P.O. Box 355, 14801-907 Araraquara, SP (Brazil)
  • 3. Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica do Maranhao-CEFET, Departamento de Quimica, CEP 64009-700, Sao Luis, MA (Brazil)
  • 4. Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, P.O. Box 676, 13565-905 Sao Carlos, SP (Brazil)

Description

Calcium zirconate titanate, Ca(Zr0.05Ti0.95)O3 (CZT) powders has been synthesized by the polymeric precursor method. The structural evolution and analysis of the CZT powders were monitored by the X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy (FT-Raman) and ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy (UV-vis). The decomposition of precursor resin was accompanied by evolution of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermogravimetric analysis (DTA). UV-vis measurements suggested that the presence of intermediary energy levels in the band gap are favorable for the intense and broad photoluminescence (PL) in structurally disordered CZT powders at room temperature. TGA and DTA have been employed to correlate the ranges of temperature with the structural order-disorder degree in the CZT lattice that are responsible by PL emission

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.09.121

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.09.121;
PII
S0925-8388(07)01934-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
464
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 340-346
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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