Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation and Characterization of SnO2 Nanospheres with Fine Structure

ZHANG Yuan-Guang1; CHEN You-Cun1; CHEN Qian-Wang2   

  1. 1.Department of Chemistry; Anqing Normal Colledge; Anqing 246011; China; 2.Department of Materials Science & Engineering; University of Science & Technology of China; Hefei 230026; China
  • Received:2002-07-08 Revised:2002-08-12 Published:2003-01-20 Online:2003-01-20

Abstract: SnO2 nanospheres with fine structure were prepared with SnCl4·5H2O as raw materials by a
solvothermal process. The X-ray diffraction pattern and selected area electron diffraction show that the as-prepared SnO2 crystallites
are well crystallized. Transmission electron microscope micrographs show that the prepared product contains nanospheres with sizes of 50-80nm.
Magnified TEM image further reveals that the nanospheres display fine structure consisting of 2-6nm ultrafine particles. This structure tends to have high
specific surface area and favorable for the application in gas-sensitive detection.

Key words: oleic acid, preparation, nanocrystalline, tin oxide

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