Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Conductivity and Gas Sensitivity of ZnO-Sb2O3 Sintered System

ZHU Bai-Lin; XIE Chang-Sheng; ZENG Da-Wen; HU Mu-Lin; HU Jun-Hui   

  1. The State Key Laboratory of Plastic Forming Simulation and Mould Technology; Materials College; Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Wuhan 430074; China
  • Received:2003-03-03 Revised:2003-04-15 Published:2004-03-20 Online:2004-03-20

Abstract: ZnO tetrapod nanowhiskers and Sb2O3 quasi-spherical nanoparticles were prepared by metallic vapour-phase oxidation, and the conductivity and gas sensitivity of thick films based on
ZnO-Sb2O3 sintered system were investigated. The changes in conductivity and gas sensitivity of the thick film were discussed in according to the phase change of the mixed-powder sintered at
650℃ for 2h examined by XRD. The result showed that the nanoparticles could take place solid-phase reaction at lower sintering temperature and the conductivity and gas sensitivity
of the thick film could be modified and controlled by newly formed complex oxide, i.e., ZnSb2O6 and Zn2.33Sb0.67O4.

Key words: nanoparticles, conductivity, gas sensitivity, ZnO-Sb2O3

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