Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Synthesis and Sintering Behavior of (Ce,Cu)-SnO2 Nanopowders by Polymeric Precursor Methods

CHEN De-Liang; GAO Lian   

  1. State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Insititute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2002-12-18 Revised:2003-01-16 Published:2004-01-20 Online:2004-01-20

Abstract: Nanocrystalline SnO2 powders doped with CeO2 and CuO were prepared by the polymeric precursors method. XRD, TG-DSC, TEM and SEM techniques were used to characterize the as-prepared powders and the sintered compacts. The molar ratios of citric acid to metallic elements and ethylene glycol to citric acid were 3:1 and 2:1, respectively. The precursors after burning were calcined at 550℃ in air, and spherical, well-dispersed doped SnO2 powders with an average diameter of ~15nm were obtained. The relative density of 1.0%CeO2-1.5%CuO-doped SnO2 ceramics sintered at 1050℃ is over 96%; the 1.5%CuO-doped SnO2 ceramics can be densified at 1100℃. The grain size of the 1.0%CeO2-1.5%CuO-doped SnO2 ceramics densified by tqo-step sintering (first at 1050℃ for 15min, then cooling down to 980℃ and holding for 5h) is smaller than 800nm.

Key words: polymeric precursor method, doped SnO2 nanopowders, CeO2-CuO, sintering

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