화학공학소재연구정보센터
Solid State Ionics, Vol.108, No.1-4, 315-319, 1998
Synthesis and structures of carrier doped titanates with the Ruddlesden-Popper structure (Sr0.95La0.05)(n+1)TinO3n+1 (n = 1, 2)
Carrier doping in Srn+1TinO3n+1 (n = 1, 2) was conducted by the substitution of La for Sr and the simultaneous introduction of oxygen vacancies. Single-phase products of (Sr0.95La0.05)(n+1)TinO3n+1-delta(n = 1, delta = 0.05; n = 2, delta = 0.125) were synthesized by the solid-state reaction of Sr2TiO4 (or Sr3Ti2O7), La2O3 and Ti. When TiO2 was used as one of the starting compounds to maintain oxygen stoichiometry, compounds with higher n were observed besides the object phases. Structural refinement by Rietveld analysis revealed that the a-axis expands while the c-axis contracts with La doping. The contraction of the c-axis is attributed to a shortened (Sr,La)-O distance, since the TiO6 octahedra elongated in both a and c directions with doping. The change in the structure is discussed on the basis of the size of the substituting ion. The resistivity of the single-phase products was semiconducting with a very weak temperature dependence down to 80 K.