Controlled SnO2 nanocrystal growth in SiO2–SnO2 glass‐ceramic monoliths
Controlled SnO2 nanocrystal growth in SiO2–SnO2 glass‐ceramic monoliths
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SiO2-SnO2 微晶玻璃中可控 SnO2 纳米晶体的生长
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2012
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C. Kinowski
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T. V. Tran;Trung Bui;S. Turrell;B. Capoen;P. Roussel;M. Bouazaoui;M. Ferrari;O. Cristini;C. Kinowski
Crack-free (100–x) SiO2–x SnO2 glass-ceramic monoliths have been prepared by the sol–gel method obtaining for the first time SnO2 concentrations of 20% with annealing at 1100 °C. Heat-treatment resulted in the formation and growth of SnO2 nanocrystals within the silica matrices. Combined use of Fourier transform–Raman spectroscopy and in situ high-temperature X-Ray diffraction shows that SnO2 particles begin to crystallize in the cassiterite-type phase at 80 °C and that their average apparent size remains around 7 nm, even after annealing at 1100 °C. Nanocrystal sizes and size distributions determined by low-wavenumber Raman are in good agreement with those obtained from transmission electron microscopy measurements. Results indicate that the formation and the growth of SnO2 nanocrystals impose a residual porosity in the silica matrix. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.