Abstract
Glass-ceramic nanocrystals (GCNs) were created via annealing at crystallization temperature Tc for the parent BaTiO3-V2O5-PbO glasses prepared by the melt quenching technique. The amorphous character of the existing quenched glasses was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, the general characteristics of x-ray diffraction support the amorphous nature of the glasses. In the related heat-treated samples, the typical nanostructure size is less than 60 nm. It was discovered that an increase in the density of the GCNs occurred with an increase in the BaTiO3 percentage. Also, with increasing BaTiO3 content, a slight increase was observed in the crystallization and glass transition temperature from 335°C to 365°C and 265°C to 320°C, respectively. It was revealed that suitable nanocrystallization at temperatures around the onset of Tc for 1 h was able to significantly increase the electronic conductivity of the initial glasses. The accumulation of V4+–V5+ pairs at the interlayer zones created between nanocrystallites and the glassy phase were accountable for electron hopping in the current approach, which was significantly higher than in the glass phase. The experimental findings were investigated in a model based on the “core–shell” idea. Appropriate values for the different small polaron hopping (SPH) variables were found from the best fits. Non-adiabatic hopping of small polarons was responsible for the conduction. As a result of the alteration of the nanostructure, conductivity was enhanced. Compared to the original glasses, the final materials have significantly better electrical conductivity. Such characteristics can be utilized in the design for industrial applications.
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Introduction
A critical issue for nanotechnology advancement is the creation of nanocrystals. Several techniques for creating nanocrystals have been investigated, including the solid reaction approach,1 sol-gel method,2 hydrothermal method,3 aerosol method,4 and the growth and nucleation mechanism while heating glass.5 Each technique, however, has drawbacks and restrictions. A solid reaction process, for instance, necessitates a high temperature and a protracted reaction period. In addition, mainly submicron or micron-sized particles can develop, and throughout their post-treatments, including the milling procedure, contaminants may be added.5 Glass-ceramic nanocrystals (GCNs) are created by annealing glasses at temperatures around the crystallization temperature.5,6,7,8,9,10 The physical characteristics of GCNs, which are not found in other glass material, make them significant. A wide variety of types and sizes of crystals can be used to make GCNs (nano, micro, etc.). The mobility of the electrons is significantly impeded by a grain barrier. This is because the orientation of the crystal lattice with respect to the entering electron’s wave vector differs on either side of the grain boundary,11 and as a result, the electron will always experience an important scattering event whenever it comes into contact with a grain boundary. Consequently, the resistivity of a crystalline material increases with decreasing grain size because there are more grain boundaries present.12 Therefore, we can conclude that the most important structural factors in electronic nanocrystalline glassy states are crystal and grain size.7,13
Substantial quantities of ferroelectric material with varying dielectric characteristics and forms are needed for various electrical applications. In microwave furnaces,14 which demand adjustable dielectric permittivity throughout a wide range and with minimal dielectric losses, such materials could be employed to regulate and homogenize fields. The study of the ferroelectric properties of BaTiO3 in a glassy matrix or glass ceramics as nanocrystals, which are appealing for pyro-electric, piezoelectric, and electro-optic applications, is becoming increasingly popular. Recently, it was discovered15 that ferroelectricity can occur in a glassy structure comprising transition metal oxides (TMO), such as glass based on Bi2O3-CuO-Pb2O3. Additionally, certain TMO glasses with BaTiO3, LiTiO3, NaNbO3, PbTiO3, etc., form homogeneous glasses with V2O5-PbO, V2O5-Bi2O3, and V2O5-P2O5.
The optimum electronic conductors in a V2O5-containing system are glasses and GCNs.16,17 They are frequently used as a model for an electrical conductor because they acquire certain structural characteristics and transport properties from the nanocrystalline phases of V2O5, particularly from its phase.13 Nonetheless, it has recently been proven that obtaining fine-grained exogenous phases evenly dispersed inside matrices with intermediate conductivity (glass, polymer electrolytes, or polycrystalline solids) can significantly increase the conductivity of those materials.13,14,17,18
Because of their semiconducting nature, TMO-rich oxide glasses and related GCNs exhibit intriguing electronic characteristics.5,19,20 This is due to the following: (1) TMOs have a diverse range of constituent elements and can accommodate a wide range of defects, including interstitial defects, local structural distortions, grain boundaries, domain walls, misfit dislocations, oxygen vacancies (VO), cation vacancies (VC), and impurities such as H+/Li+; and (2) TMOs have many constituent elements. Because TMOs are ionic, defects tend to have high transition energies and additional localized charges, which means that defects in TMOs typically do not significantly alter electrical conductivity as they do in conventional semiconductors.21 At elevated temperatures and owing to redox reactions accumulating in the melt during processing, transition metal ions exist in two separate valence states inside the glass network simultaneously, which greatly influences this behavior.
Between the two vanadium ions in the glass, V4+ → V5++e occurs during the conduction of V2O5-containing glass modifications. This charge transfer is often referred to as “small polaron hopping” (SPH).22,23 The electrical conductivity of these glasses is highly dependent on the regional interactions between an electron’s surroundings and the spacing separating vanadium ions.13,14,18,20
Our previous work24 investigated the nanostructure and electrical properties of a BaTiO3-V2O5 glass system and its corresponding GCNs. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and x-ray diffraction (XRD) of the present GCNs indicated nanocrystals with a particle size of 20–35 nm. The GCN conductivity was indeed found to be greater compared to the related glassy phase. This enhanced GCN conductivity was believed to be a consequence of the existence of the nanocrystal as a result of the extensive network development of electronic conduction channels that were located within and on the V2O5 surface nanocrystals. It was fascinating to observe that, as expected from the observations of the dielectric permittivity, the pure nanocrystalline BaTiO3 phase with an average particle size of less than 100 nm also exhibits ferroelectric phase transition around this temperature. By appropriately adjusting annealing time and BaTiO3 content, such GCNs may be employed to modulate BaTiO3 particle size and, consequently, transition temperature. Such a quality applies to industrial applications in which the material structure is crucial.
Investigating the glass system of xBaTiO3-(80−x)V2O5-20PbO (x have values of 5 mol.%, 10 mol.%, 15 mol.%, 20 mol.%, and 25 mol.%) is the primary goal of the current work. Our study involves three main issues: firstly, the preparation of the glass and GCNs; secondly, exploring how Mott’s SPH model affects the nanostructural compositional dependency and V2O5 transport properties of GCNs,22,23 and lastly, elucidating the mechanism of electrical conductivity in BaTiO3-V2O5-PbO glasses and related GCNs, produced by annealing for 1 h around the crystallization temperature.
Experimental Technique
Sample Preparation
GCNs of xBaTiO3-(80−x)V2O5-20PbO (where x = 5 mol.%, 10 mol.%, 15 mol.%, 20 mol.%, and 25 mol.%) were formed during heat treatment of conventional melt quenching glasses. High-purity powders of BaTiO3 (99.5%), V2O5 (99%), and PbO (99.9%), all obtained from Sigma-Aldrich, were our starting chemicals, with a total mixture of 10 g weighed in a stoichiometric ratio. The mixture was ground until homogeneous in an agate mortar in a wetting medium of acetone. The mixture was placed in a porcelain crucible and melted at 1100°C for 1 h according to the composition in a high-temperature furnace. The melt was then quenched onto a stainless-steel plate and instantly pressed to obtain uniform-thickness glass samples. An additional 2 h of annealing at 350°C is performed to reduce the internal stresses produced during thermal treatment. Finally, we obtained a transparent glass plate with a uniform thickness of 1.6 mm and a diameter of 2.5–3.0 cm. For the formation of GCNs, the resulting glass was heated in air at crystallization temperature for 1 h.
Sample Characterization
To determine the glassy nature of our system, the thermal properties of the as-melted glasses were examined by differential thermal analysis (DTA) at a heating rate of 10°C/min from room temperature to 800°C using a Shimadzu DSC-50 differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). Archimedes’ principle was used to calculate the densities of G and GCNs using the standard relation ρ = (Wa /Wa−WL) ρL, where Wa, WL, and ρL are the sample weight in the air, toluene, and the density of toluene. The G and GCNs were subjected to XRD analysis using a Bruker D8 Advance diffractometer with Cu-Kα radiation (l.54 Å). XRD analysis was performed under operating conditions of tube voltage & current of 40 kV & 40 mA, respectively, and scanning speed of 0.02 sec−1, in the range between 10° and 80°. The heat-treated GCNs were subjected to selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) examinations to determine and identify the crystallites ingrained in the glass matrix. A high-resolution transmission electron microscope (JEOL JEM-200 CX) was utilized to analyze the crystallinity of the granules of the GCNs.
Setup of Electrical Conductivity
The DC conductivity (σ) of the proposed system was evaluated between ambient temperature and 475 K. A unique measurement device and a furnace were created, both of which can achieve temperatures of up to 500°C. To achieve the DC measurements, the glass samples were shaped to a regular shape with a specific area and thickness; in addition, the faces of both samples were polished with a silver paste to construct an electrode. After that, the DC data were measured at temperatures between 310 K and 450 K using a Keithley 485 picoammeter by establishing the I–V trend across electrodes.
Results and Discussion
Structural Behavior
DSC
For the current glass matrix, the compositional dependency of the glass transition temperature (Tg), crystallization temperature (Tc), and melting temperature (Tm) is shown in Fig. 1 together with the DSC thermogram for the BaTiO3-V2O5-PbO glasses. The endothermic decline, which corresponds to Tg, is identified roughly from 254°C to 276°C. However, crystallization is indicated by the exothermic peak (Tc) in the temperature range of 325–363°C. Moreover, between 490°C and 535°C, endothermic decline is caused by the melting temperature (Tm). The glass transition temperature (Tg) shifts to higher temperatures by increasing BaTiO3 content, which implies the reduction of the influence of non-bridging oxygen (NBO). By increasing BaTiO3 content, the crystallization temperature (Tc) increases almost linearly.24 In contrast, the DSC analysis of the structures of numerous glasses has indeed demonstrated the formation of NBO atoms and the strong association between Tg and the alteration of the network former’s coordination number, which indicates the breakdown of the network structure.25 Tg often displays a tremendous increase as the network former’s coordination number increases. Contrarily, the growth of NBO results in a reduction in Tg. Thus, the steady rise in Tg in the current system seems to indicate that the ratio of V5+ and V4+ ions that can coordinate is continuing to decline and that NBO atoms are being destroyed.26
XRD
Figure 2 displays exemplary XRD patterns of (a) BaTiO3-V2O5-PbO glasses and (b) associated GCNs. No sign of diffraction peaks is observed, only a broad halo that supports the original glasses’ amorphous state theory. The samples were heated for a full hour at the crystallization temperature. While there continues to be a sizable amount of material in the amorphous phase, several peaks appear that belong to nanocrystalline phases overlaid on a broad halo. The XRD pattern of the heat-treated sample demonstrates that heating around Tc only starts to result in tiny nanocrystallites in the glass network.13,14,18 This can help to control the number of nanocrystalline phases inside the material and modify the electrical conductivity by altering the annealing time and temperature. The phases identified as nanocrystalline included Ba3TiV4O15, BaTiO3, V2O5, and PbO. Furthermore, certain additional peaks are associated with phases that still have not been located. The average size of the nanocrystallites may be obtained from the widths of the diffraction peaks to a maximum of 50 nm using the Scherrer formula. BaTiO3 and V2O5 nanocrystallites with an average size of 40–60 nm were calculated from x-ray line-broadening measurements.
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
As an example, the TEM micrograph and SAED pattern of the 20BaTiO3-60V2O5-20PbO glass sample are presented in Fig. 3a.
The amorphous phase is confirmed by the SAED pattern, which is displayed as an inset. So far, a distinct halo in this pattern shows that the sample is related to some degree of crystallinity. The electron microscopy (Fig. 2) taken for the sample that was heated to the crystallization temperature for 1 h indicates the existence of nearly spherical particles that are uniformly disseminated in a glass matrix and are of relatively consistent size, assessed between 40 nm and 50 nm. The involvement of BaTiO3 and V2O5 nanocrystallites is confirmed by the SAED pattern (inset of Fig. 3b) and the lattice spacing’s ‘d’ throughout. Such sample’s SAED profile which is represented in the inset of Fig. 3b exhibits a glassy halo, which could be explained by the strong diffraction of the glassy matrix, which hides the diffraction from crystalline nuclei.5 Similar outcomes have been attained with the other samples. According to TEM examinations, nanoparticles with a grain size of 40–50 nm are almost homogeneous yet moderately agglomerated (Fig. 3b).
Density
Figure 4 displays densities (d) for glasses and associated GCNs as a function of BaTiO3 content. With the increase in the BaTiO3 level, the density appears to steadily increase. The density data demonstrate that by increasing Ti cation concentration, the structure of the glasses and related GCNs is slightly open, permitting the potential creation of a declining number of NBO.25 Here, the current system, the densities for glasses and the GCNs range from 4.03 g/cm3 to 5.85 g/cm3 and 4.3 g/cm3 to 6.16 g/cm3, respectively, as presented in Tables I and II. The increasing of glass composition glass with contents was also deduced by Mahmoud et al,27 the demonstrated density of the 80B2O3-(20−x) Na2O-x CdO glasses increases as the cadmium content increases, varying between 2.19 g cm−3 and 2.89 g cm−3
DC Conductivity
Conductivity and Activation Energy
Figure 5a and b illustrate the logarithm of the DC conductivity of the current glasses and associated GCNs, respectively, as a proportion of the inverse temperature. The graph illustrates the linear relationship between temperature and quantity up to a temperature of θD/2 (θD Debye temperature). That behavior results from the transitions across mixed valance states of electrons or polarons.13,17,18
To fit the empirical conductivity data beyond θD/2, Mott’s small polaron hopping (SPH) theory was used.22,23 The slope of each graph in the highest range of the temperature recorded was used to calculate the high-temperature activation energy. The activation energy on behalf of conduction provided by the Mott formula accurately describes the experimental conductivity measurements in such a condition.22,23,28
where W is the activation energy, k is the Boltzmann constant, and σo is a pre-exponential variable. In Fig. 6, it is depicted how the high-temperature conductivity and high-temperature activation energy of glasses and associated GCNs vary with concentration. With the increase in BaTiO3 content, the conductivity drops while activation energy rises, as shown in the figure. This behavior is a characteristic of SPH.26,29,30,31 In the situation where the electrical conductivity is low and the activation energy is large, comparable to the properties of the BaTiO3-V2O5 and SrTiO3-V2O5-PbO2 glasses.5,24 As BaTiO3 content rises and the V2O5 level falls, there could be structural alterations that are occurring confined by this shift in conductivity and activation energy.
Figure 6 shows how the conductivity of glasses and related GCNs varies with BaTiO3 concentration at a constant temperature (373 K). The fact that all these associated GCNs display high conductivity compared to the samples in the glassy phase is intriguing to remark.24 According to TEM and XRD studies, the enhanced conductivity of these related GCNs is caused by the existence of nanocrystals with an average particle size of 40–60 nm. Other BaTiO3-V2O5 and SrTiO3-V2O5-PbO2 glasses have also been reported to demonstrate such high conductivity enhancements. At high temperatures, the conduction activation energy was determined to be WGCNs = 0.20−0.27 eV, which seems to be markedly smaller in comparison to the as-prepared glasses Wg = 0.34−0.47 eV at elevated temperatures (Tables I and II). Our result is comparable to that deduced by Ibrahim,32 who found activation energy of 0.23–0.31 eV for glasses and 0.19–0.23 eV for the GCNs. This suggests a decrease in activation energy W and an increase in σ due to an increase in the V4+ ion fraction (Fig. 6). The BaTiO3 addition lowered the conductivity in the BaTiO3-V2O5-PbO system in our current study (Fig. 5). In particular, it is understood that the reduction in NBO cations caused by the addition of BaTiO3 to glass reduces conductivity.24 This might reduce the open structure, which would allow for less mobility for the charge carriers. This outcome is in accord with findings regarding density (as referred to in Fig. 4).
On the contrary, the following explains how the electrical conductivity of the GCN system under study improved. The distribution pattern of V4+ and V5+ ions seems to suggest sites of electron hopping in the glass system, in which a substantial proportion of V2O5 is particularly crucial for electronic conduction.13,14,16,24 There is a haphazard arrangement of all these centers throughout the initial glass. The development of nanocrystalline V2O5 crystallites embedded in the glass matrix results from annealing at temperatures near the crystallization temperature. The boundary across crystalline and amorphous aspects is very substantially ramified and greatly affects the whole electrical characteristics of the nanocomposites as described by TEM and XRD because the average particle size is minimal, roughly 40–60 nm. It might have more concentrated V4+ and V5+ centers distributed across the V2O5 crystallite surface.13,14,16,24 Nevertheless, such an increase in electrical conductivity is thought to be due to (i) an increase in V4+–V5+ pair concentration (possibly clarifying this increase among both nanocrystalline surfaces and the glassy stage), and (ii) the defective emergence, well-conducting zones beside the glass–crystallite interfaces.13,14,16,24
Also, the increased activation energy and decreased DC conductivity of the current samples point to certain modifications in the conduction pathways. Scientists have previously observed that in glasses incorporating V2O5, the DC conductivity shows electronic behavior and varies substantially according to the average distance, R, between the V-ions.19,20,25,26,29,30 The mean distance, R, has been estimated for the current system according to the equation R = (1/N)1/3, in which N represents V-ion concentration per unit volume determined by the batch composition and observed density (Tables I and II).
For the glasses and related GCN systems, the density, d, V- ion content per volume, N, and mean separation, R, are provided in Tables I and II, respectively. The mean separation (R) and activation energy (W) between glasses and GCNs are depicted in Fig. 7. These findings are in agreement with those made by El-Desoky,5,24 who established the relationship between W and the site distance of V-O-V. Meanwhile, in our situation, one could anticipate that the proportion of V4+–V5+ pairs has outdistanced the surfaces of the freshly created crystalline phase compared to the residual amorphous phase as well as within crystallites as a result of the nanocrystal growth.5,24 It is well recognized that the imperfect state of the interfaces between the crystalline and amorphous states is the source of several significant characteristics of nanomaterials.19 Based on the Mott theory,5,24 a high V4+–V5+ pairing content results in a shorter average distance between the hopping centers and an enhancement in conductivity. Higher-than-average conductivity interface portions serve as a sort of “smooth conduction path” intended for electrons.5,13,14,18,33 A theory for the increase in conductivity brought on by nanocrystallization has been described by Pietrzak et al.34
Nevertheless, in this instance, it appears from the TEM and conductivity results that a crystalline portion of the grain (as shown from the XRD pattern) is surrounded by a severely deformed or indeed amorphous part. TEM micrographs show the entire grain, including its deformed outer layer and crystalline inner layer. This explanation is consistent with the “core–shell” model of the nanosized grains found in materials that have undergone thermal nanocrystallization, like the one being studied. This theory states that grain is made up of an exterior, extremely disordered, faulty, and non-stoichiometric “shell” and an inner, totally crystalline “core”.34 The increase in conductivity brought on by nanocrystallization can be explained by the same “core–shell” idea. The representation of such a model was graphically represented as a schematic diagram by El Desoky et al. and Pietrzak.34,35 Defective shells that surround crystalline cores can merge and cross over, creating a complex network of pathways for enhanced electron transport. The tiny polaron hopping between the V4+ and V5+ sites provides the basis for the electronic transport mechanism in vanadium oxides. In areas where the local V4+–V5+ pair concentration is higher, the conductivity is also higher. This situation occurs within and surrounding the damaged grain-shell regions. Due to the establishment of a vast and extensive network of electronic conduction channels that are located between iron nanocrystals and on their surfaces, a considerable improvement in electrical conductivity is observed after nanocrystallization.13,14,18,24
Conduction Mechanism
Mott provided a theory for conduction processes for TMOs.23 In this paradigm, the conduction process is viewed as the hopping of tiny polarons between localized states with the assistance of phonons. For the closest neighbors hopping in the non-adiabatic domain at high temperatures T > θD/2, the DC conductivity in the Mott model can be estimated by22,23
The pre-exponential factor (σo) in Eq. 2 is given by
where C is the percentage of decreased transition metal ion, α is the tunneling parameter (the percentage of wave function decay), and νo is the optical phonon frequency. Austin and Mott23 demonstrated that under the assumption of a robust electron–phonon interaction
wherein WD is the potential energy difference between the beginning and ending sites caused by variations in the regional configurations of ions, and WH is the polaron hopping energy. A graph of the conductivity logarithm versus activation energy at a constant experimental temperature T could be utilized to determine the mechanism (adiabatic/non-adiabatic) of polaron hopping for glass and GCNs.19,26,30 If the estimated temperature Te, from the slope of this kind of graph, is close to the empirical temperature T, it is anticipated that the hopping would occur in the adiabatic domain. The hopping instead will take place within the non-adiabatic control.
The experimental slopes did not match the predicted slopes, as can be seen from the plot of lnσ versus W at T = 450 K in Fig. 8. For glasses and GCNs, the estimated temperatures (Te) determined upon the experimental slopes seem to have been Te = 470 K and 663 K, accordingly, which are higher than the experimental temperature (T = 450 K).
The least-square straight-line fittings of the results are shown in Fig. 9 beside the influence of BaTiO3 concentration on the pre-exponential factors (σo), revealing a rise by increasing the BaTiO3 percentage from 5 mol.% to 25 mol.%. According to both findings, the polaron non-adiabatic hopping is the conduction mechanism in the current glass and GCNs.
Polaron Hopping Parameters
The approach suggested by Holstein36 for estimating the polaron hopping energy WH is as follows:
where ωp refers to the frequency of the optical phonons and [rp]2 is the electron–phonon coupling factor. The polaron radius, rp, for a non-dispersive system of frequency νo for Eq. 6, on the other hand, was determined by Bogomolov et al.37 as follows:
For the current system, the values of the polaron radii obtained from Eq. 6 employing R listed in Tables I and II are displayed across the two tables. Whereas the previous computation ignored the potential impact of the disorder, the modest polaron radii values indicate that the polarons are extremely confined.
According to fundamental theories, the thermally activated electron hopping density of states close to the Fermi level is as follows:38
Tables I and II include the N(EF) values which refer to the localized states for the glasses and associated GCNs.
In the utilization of the experimental data in Tables I and II, we calculated the optical phonon frequency (νo) in Eq. 3 following the formula kθD = hνo (h refers to the Planck constant).
At the point where the curve slope in Fig. 5a and b changed significantly, the Debye temperature θD was calculated using the values listed in Tables I and II to determine νo for the various compositions.
For G and corresponding GCNs, the θD of the current system was found to be 615–645 K and 58–605 K, respectively. These values are comparable to those of the BaTiO3-V2O5 and SrTiO3-V2O5-PbO2 glass systems. Therefore, these estimated θD values are considered reasonable. Then, νo was determined using the θD value. Tables I and II provide summaries of the values of θD and νo.
Conclusion
By annealing at crystallization temperature Tc, GCNs based on xBaTiO3-(80−x)V2O5-20PbO (where x = 5 mol.%, 10 mol.%, 15 mol.%, 20 mol.%, and 25 mol.%) glasses were created. They are composed of tiny crystallites embedded in a glassy matrix after annealing. With a greater BaTiO3 level, the crystallization temperature of Tc increases. The XRD and TEM results for GCNs demonstrate that nanocrystals with an average particle size of 50 nm were incorporated within the glassy matrix. Compared to the basic glasses, the resultant materials have significantly increased electrical conductivity. It is assumed that the interstitial zone that developed between crystalline and amorphous phases is primarily responsible for the increased conductivity of these nanomaterials. These regions provide a greater concentration of V4+–V5+ pairs than within the glassy matrix, increasing the electron hopping. Appropriate amounts for different SPH variables are found utilizing optimal fits. The small polaron non-adiabatic hopping is mainly responsible for the electrical conductivity.
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Morad, I., Harby, A.E., Ayoub, M.S. et al. The Role of Nanocrystallization for the Enhancement of Structural, Electrical, and Transport Properties of BaTiO3-V2O5-PbO Glasses. J. Electron. Mater. 52, 7171–7183 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-023-10644-y
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