Influence of europium doping amount on properties of antimony doped tin oxide

Abstract

In order to improve the performance of ATO nanometer powder, using SnCl45H2O, SbCl3 and Eu2O3 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 Eu3+ doped ATO nano-powderwas 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 Eu3+ doped. The results found that an appropriate Eu3+ 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, Eu3+ doped ATO nano-powder had better performance. © Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2013.