title: Novel design of highly [110]-oriented barium titanate nanorod array and its application in nanocomposite capacitors.
abstract: Nanocomposites in capacitors combining highly aligned one dimension ferroelectric nanowires with polymer would be more desirable for achieving higher energy density. However, the synthesis of the well-isolated ferroelectric oxide nanorod arrays with a high orientation has been rather scant, especially using glass-made substrates. In this study, a novel design that is capable of fabricating a highly [110]-oriented BaTiO3(BT) nanorod array was proposed first, using a three-step hydrothermal reaction on glass-made substrates. The details for controlling the dispersion of the nanorod array, the orientation and the aspect ratio are also discussed. It is found that the alkaline treatment of the TiO2(TO) nanorod array, rather than the completing transformation into sodium titanate, favors the transformation of the TO into the BT nanorod array, as well as protecting the glass-made substrate. The dispersity of the nanorod array can be controlled by the introduction of a glycol ether-deionized water mixed solvent and soluble salts. Moreover, the orientation of the nanorod arrays could be tuned by the ionic strength of the solution. This novel BT nanorod array was used as a filler in a nanocomposite capacitor, demonstrating that a large energy density (11.82 J cm-3) can be achieved even at a low applied electric field (3200 kV cm-1), which opens us a new application in nanocomposite capacitors.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macao SAR 999078, China. haydnchen@umac.mo.
authors.forename: Lingmin
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3926-8218
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Functional Materials Research Laboratory, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China. apzhai@tongji.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhongbin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Functional Materials Research Laboratory, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Tongji University, 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai 201804, China. apzhai@tongji.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jiwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macao SAR 999078, China. haydnchen@umac.mo.
authors.forename: Haydn H D
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chen