A Ftir and Raman Spectral Study of the Preparation of Lead Titanate (PbTiO3) by a Sol-Gel Method

Lead Titanate (FT) materials were prepared by a sol-gel process in an air atmosphere using lead acetate and titanium propoxide in methoxyethanol as the precursor materials. FTIR and Raman spectroscopy were used to characterize the various structural changes that occurred during various stages of the preparation. A new crystalline lead titanate phase was detected by both Raman spectral and X-ray diffraction techniques when heating the gelled material at 430°C. In-situ Raman spectra were measured at high temperatures for the resulting sol-gel prepared PT material to investigate its phase-transition and soft-mode behavior.