Abstract
Lead titanate (PbTiO3) nanorods with diameters ranging between 300 and 450 nm were synthesized using a combination of the electrospinning and calcination processes. The XRD patterns showed that the crystalline phases were in good agreement with tetragonal PbTiO3. Crystallite size, lattice parameters, cell volume, tetragonality, and X-ray densities increased with increasing calcination. SEM and TEM images revealed the morphology of the PbTiO3 nanorods as rough with combined nanograins varying in size between 70 and 130 nm. The band gap energy of PbTiO3 was determined to be in the range of 2.82-2.86 eV, demonstrating that calcination influenced the crystallinity, morphology, and band gap energy of the PbTiO3 nanorods.
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