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The sol-gel synthesis of silicophosphate gels using phosphoryl chloride and tetraethoxysilane as molecular precursors is reported and discussed. Gel-derived glasses and films having the molar compositions 10P2O5 · 90SiO2 and 30P2O5 · 70SiO2 have been obtained. The structure of the dried gels as well as the structural modifications that occurs during the transformations in gel-derived glasses are analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). It has been found that the evidence of the P—O—Si linkages begins to appear only on the FTIR spectra of the bulk gels heat treated up to 400°C while they are well resolved on the FTIR spectra of the bulk gel samples heated up to 1000°C indicating that at this temperature the transformation in the corresponding gel-derived glasses occurs. The humidity sensitive properties of the gel-films have been evaluated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The phosphorous content as well as the temperature of the heat treatments strongly affect the sensitivity to RH of the gel-derived films.
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D'Apuzzo, M., Aronne, A., Esposito, S. et al. Sol-Gel Synthesis of Humidity-Sensitive P2O5-SiO2 Amorphous Films. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 17, 247–254 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008720223563
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