Abstract
In this work, a simple alkali treatment process was introduced to synthesize ABO 3 perovskite related materials: CaTiO 3 (CTO), SrTiO 3 (STO), BaTiO 3 (BTO) and Ba x Sr 1-x TiO 3 (BST). The perovskite materials, synthesized by using stoichiometric amounts of corresponding alkaline solutions Ba(OH) 2 , Sr(OH) 2 , Ca(OH) 2 and powdered TiO 2 , are pure phase and well-crystallized. The obtained powders are round, round-edged cubes and cubes with sharp edges for BaTiO 3 , SrTiO 3 and CaTiO 3 respectively. What's more, the Ba content (x) in BST can be directly and precisely modified to be any value between one and zero. And, the morphology of SrTiO 3 can be manipulated by altering the reaction time. As time is prolonged, the morphology of the product changes from round to round-edged cubes to sharp-edged cubes. In the future, materials with such specific microstructure and morphologies may be used in electro-optical and photocatalytic applications. © 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry.