SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CaTiO3Pr FILMS

This study related on the synthesis and characterization of coatings consisting of CaTiO3Pr by sol-gel and electrochemical deposition techniques in different working conditions. An electrolytic bath containing salts of Ca, Ti and Pr, respectively and methyl alcohol has been used in order to prepare CaTiO3Pr coatings over copper substrates. The surface morphology observed by means of scanning electron microscopy technique (SEM) showed various shapes crystallites onto copper substrates specified to CaTiO3Pr complex. The structural analyses are carrying out by means of X-ray diffractometry (XRD) method. The XRD results reveal a mixture of crystalline phases of TiO2 and Pr particles due to the increasing of orientation degree of crystallites on specific crystallographic directions.