Abstract
A crystal structure for reduced barium titanate, BaTiO 3-δ, δ∼0.33, formed during the degradation of Ni-BaTiO 3 X7R multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) was proposed. MLCCs were fabricated using traditional tape casting and screen printing methods. The vacancy ordering in reduced barium titanate was investigated. The high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and selected-area electron diffraction were used in combination with computer simulations to show that oxygen vacancies accrete on every third pseudocubic {111} plane, resulting in a cell with space group P3 m 1. Ti 4+ was reduced to Ti 3+ as a mechanism of charge compensation within oxygen-deficient octahedra.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4650-4652 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 84 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 7 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)