Diseño químico en la síntesis directa de SrTiO₃ como material funcional para aplicaciones de generación de energía del sol-gel a la perovskita

del sol-gel a la perovskita

  • Roberto Carlos Avilés Betanzos Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7517-6966
  • Ivan Lizama Tzec
  • Luis German Daza Casiano
  • David Meneses Rodríguez
  • Roman Ernesto Castro Rodríguez
Palabras clave: SrTiO₃, TiO2, Sol-gel hidrotermal, Perovskita, Materiales funcionales.

Resumen

El titanato de estroncio (SrTiO₃) es un material de gran interés en el campo de la generación y conversión de energía, debido a sus propiedades estructurales y electrónicas, que lo hacen relevante para aplicaciones como fotocatálisis, dispositivos optoelectrónicos, materiales funcionales y dispositivos fotovoltaicos. La posibilidad de controlar su estructura cristalina, pureza y morfología resulta clave para optimizar su desempeño en este tipo de aplicaciones. En este trabajo se presenta un novedoso enfoque para la transformación directa de SrTiO3 a partir de dióxido de titanio (TiO2) en estado amorfo e hidratado, basado en una estrategia de síntesis que combina el método sol-gel con un tratamiento hidrotermal. Este enfoque representa una ventaja significativa desde el punto de vista energético, al reducir tratamientos térmicos adicionales, y desde el punto de vista práctico, simplifica el proceso al evitar la necesidad de etapas previas de síntesis de TiO2 en fase cristalina de anatasa. El material obtenido fue caracterizado por difracción de rayos X para corroborar la fase cristalina de perovskita, con el cual se calculó un tamaño promedio de cristalito de 31.2 nm. También, se realizó la caracterización por microscopía electrónica de barrido con lo cual se confirmó una morfología cúbica con un tamaño de partícula promedio de 80 nm. Este trabajo muestra que el SrTiO₃ obtenido tiene un gran potencial para aplicaciones de generación de energía.

Biografía del autor

Ivan Lizama Tzec

CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad Mérida, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Km. 6 Antigua carretera a Progreso Apdo. Postal 73, Cordemex, 97310, Mérida, Yucatán, México

Luis German Daza Casiano

Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Facultad de Ingeniería, Industrias No Contaminantes S/N, Sin Nombre de Col 27, 97302, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

David Meneses Rodríguez

IxM Secihti-CINVESTAV, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Km. 6 Antigua carretera a Progreso Apdo. Postal 73, Cordemex, 97310, Mérida, Yucatán, México

Roman Ernesto Castro Rodríguez

CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad Mérida, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Km. 6 Antigua carretera a Progreso Apdo. Postal 73, Cordemex, 97310, Mérida, Yucatán, México

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2026-04-30
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