Characteristics of BaO-B₂O₃-SiO₂ nano glass powders prepared by flame spray pyrolysis as the sintering agent of BaTiO₃ ceramics

Nanosized BaO-B₂O₃-SiO₂ glass powders are directly prepared by flame spray pyrolysis. The mean size of the BaO-B ₂O₃-SiO₂ glass powders with amorphous phase and spherical shape is 30 nm. The effects of glass powders on the sintering characteristics of the BaTiO₃ pellet formed from the nanosized BaTiO₃ powders are investigated. The mean size and BET surface area of the BaTiO₃ powders prepared by spray pyrolysis are 110 nm and 9.1 m²/g. The BaTiO₃ pellet with glass additive has large grain size with several microns, dense structure and pure tetragonal crystal structure at a sintering temperature of 1000 °C. The XRD pattern of the pellet has distinct split of (2 0 0) and (0 0 2) peaks at 2θ ≈ 44.95°. The dielectric constant of the pellet without glass additive is 2180. However, the dielectric constants of the pellets with 1, 3, 5 and 7 wt% glass additive with respect to BaTiO₃ are 2496, 2514, 2700 and 2225, respectively.