TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth of Millimeter-sized Platy Single Crystals of NaTaO3 from Na2MoO4 Flux
AU - Suzuki, Sayaka
AU - Saito, Haruka
AU - Yubuta, Kunio
AU - Oishi, Shuji
AU - Teshima, Katsuya
PY - 2019/7/3
Y1 - 2019/7/3
N2 - Perovskite-type NaTaO3 is best known as a semiconductor photocatalyst that splits water under ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation. Here, we report the flux growth of millimeter-sized, platy NaTaO3 crystals using Na2MoO4 as the flux. During flux growth, the crystal size and the number of anisotropic crystals increased as the holding temperature was increased from 1100 to 1500 °C. By slowly cooling from 1500 to 1300 °C at a rate of 5 °C·h-1, rectangular platy crystals grew up to 8.0 mm × 4.7 mm × 0.044 mm. The grown NaTaO3 crystals belonged to orthorhombic system and the index of the well-developed faces was {010}.
AB - Perovskite-type NaTaO3 is best known as a semiconductor photocatalyst that splits water under ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation. Here, we report the flux growth of millimeter-sized, platy NaTaO3 crystals using Na2MoO4 as the flux. During flux growth, the crystal size and the number of anisotropic crystals increased as the holding temperature was increased from 1100 to 1500 °C. By slowly cooling from 1500 to 1300 °C at a rate of 5 °C·h-1, rectangular platy crystals grew up to 8.0 mm × 4.7 mm × 0.044 mm. The grown NaTaO3 crystals belonged to orthorhombic system and the index of the well-developed faces was {010}.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00526
DO - 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00526
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068068151
VL - 19
SP - 3607
EP - 3611
JO - Crystal Growth and Design
JF - Crystal Growth and Design
SN - 1528-7483
IS - 7
ER -