Sm. Kudryavtseva et al., EFFECT OF MICROSTRUCTURE ON THE STABILITY OF NANOCRYSTALLINE TIN DIOXIDE CERAMICS, Journal of materials chemistry, 7(11), 1997, pp. 2269-2272
Powdered nanocrystalline tin dioxide has been prepared by two differen
t methods: conventional hydrolysis of SnCl4 solution and the so-called
criosol technique. The latter involves treatment of a sodium stannate
solution by a cation exchange resin in the H+ form and subsequent fre
eze drying. The microstructure, composition, specific surface area and
electrical properties of the samples were investigated. The applicati
on of the criosol technique was shown to result in stable nanoscale pa
rticles of tin dioxide. The sintered pellets obtained by this method a
re characterised by significantly higher values of the resistance in c
omparison to material prepared by the conventional technique.