Hydrothermal Synthesis of SnO2 Structures with Various Morphologies in the Presence of Different Alcoholic Co-Solvents

The 25th International Baltic Conference of Engineering Materials & Tribology BALTMATTRIB 2016: Abstracts Book 2016
Kristaps Rubenis, Jānis Ločs

While ethanol is the most common cosolvent used for the synthesis of various SnO2 nano/microstructures by hydro/solvothermal process, it is not clear how the use of some other alcoholic cosolvents (for example, methanol or isopropanol) affect morphology and properties of SnO2, especially if synthesis is done under similar conditions as in the case of ethanol co-solvent. In the present study, we investigated how the use of various alcoholic co-solvents (methanol, ethanol, 2- propanol, ethylene glycol and glycerol) affects crystal structure, morphology and specific surface area of the hydrothermally synthesized SnO2. Additionally, gas sensitivity towards 100 ppm ethanol of the synthesized materials was tested.

Keywords
SnO2, hysrothermal synthesis
Hyperlink
http://alephfiles.rtu.lv/TUA01/000057303_e.pdf#page=57

Rubenis, K., Ločs, J. Hydrothermal Synthesis of SnO2 Structures with Various Morphologies in the Presence of Different Alcoholic Co-Solvents. In: The 25th International Baltic Conference of Engineering Materials & Tribology BALTMATTRIB 2016: Abstracts Book, Latvia, Riga, 3-4 November, 2016. Riga: The Latvian Materials Research Society, 2016, pp.57-57. ISBN 978-9934-19-029-2.

Publication language
English (en)