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Influence of Europium Doping Amount on Properties of Antimony Doped Tin Oxide
Zhu Fu-Liang and Meng Yan-Shuang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2013 14:2644-2648
Received: January 15, 2013 | Accepted: February 18, 2013 | Published: August 10, 2013
Abstract
In order to improve the performance of ATO nanometer powder, using $SnCl_4·5H_2O, SbCl_3$ and $Eu_2O_3$ as raw materials, europium doped ATO non-powder was prepared by co-precipitation method. The precursor was examined by differential thermal gravimetric analyzer and the $Eu^{3+}$ doped ATO nano-powder was examined by XRD and SEM to characterize the crystal structure, particle size and morphology. Comparison was carried out on the ATO nano-powder with or without $Eu^{3+}$ doped. The results found that an appropriate $Eu^{3+}$ doping amount can slightly increase the powder resistance, but to reduce the particle size of the powder and the agglomeration of the powder. Comparing with ATO nano-powder, $Eu^{3+}$ doped ATO nano-powder had better performance.
Keywords:
Antimony doped tin oxide, conductive nano-powder, Eu3+ doping amount, preparation,
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The authors have no competing interests.
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