Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Structural investigation on Preparation of Sb-Doped Nanocrystalline α-Fe2O3 by Sol-Gel Method

WANG Yuan-Sheng; LI Jian+   

  1. Central Laboratory; Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350002 China; +Elecronic Science Applied Physics Department; Auzhou University Fuzhou 350002 China
  • Received:1998-02-09 Revised:1998-03-03 Published:1998-10-20 Online:1998-10-20

Abstract: The Sb-doped nanocrystalline α-Fe2O3 powders were prepared by sol-gel method with FeCl3·6H2O as the source
substance. The phase transformation and microstructure of the systems were investigated by XRD, Mossbauer spectrometer, DTA
and TEM. The dry gel is found to be Fe(OH)3 amorphous phase, it transforms to nanocrystalline α-Fe2O3 by annealing at a
certain temperature. When the system is doped with Sb, the impurities distribute on the surface of the Fe(OH)3 amorphous particles. They have no obvious influence on the inner structure of Fe(OH)3
but evidently enhance crystallization temperature, thus take the role of restraining the formation and growth of α-Fe2O3
grains, and are favourable for obtaining α-Fe2O3 nanocrystalline powder.

Key words: nanocrystalline powder, doping, phase transformation

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