In this study, single phase Ba(Ti1-xZrx)O3 (0 ≤ × ≤ 0.15) nanopowders have been synthesized successfully by an aqueous coprecipitation method at 85 oC without any further heat treatment. The lattice strain calculated by the Hall-Williamson method indicates that the broadening of the XRD peaks is primarily due to the size of particles not to the lattice strain. The increase of the lattice parameter indicates that Zr ions have entered the lattice and a solid solution was successfully obtained. Furthermore, the particle sizes calculated by the Sherrer formula from the XRD patterns are in agreement with the results of SEM and TEM images. The nanopowders obtained can be used to prepare Ba(Ti1-xZrx)O3 ceramics with a tailored grain size and homogeneous composition, and this is significant to investigate the size effect in Ba(Ti1-xZrx)O3 ceramics and understand the relaxor behavior thoroughly.

Keywords: Nanopowders, Ba(Ti1-xZrx)O3, Aqueous co-precipitation.