The Effect of Temperature on Grain Size of SnO2 Nanoparticles Synthesized by Sol-Gel Method |
| H. Kösea, A.O. Aydina and H. Akbulutb
aDepartment of Chemistry, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Sakarya University, 54187, Sakarya, Turkey bDepartment of Metallurgy and Material Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Sakarya University, 54187, Sakarya, Turkey |
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| Tin dioxide nanoparticles were synthesized by sol-gel method and calcined at different temperatures in the range 350-750°C. The SnO2 precursor solution was prepared from SnCl2 ·2H2O (tin (II) chloride dihydrate), and chloride ions were removed from the solution before the sol-gel synthesis was applied. SnO2 powders were characterized by thermal analyses, X-ray diffraction, field emission gun-scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and grain size of nanoparticles were determined by using the Debye-Scherrer formula. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.125.345 PACS numbers: 81.07.Wx, 81.20.Fw, 81.20.Ev |