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Synthesis of fluorine doped tin oxide nanoparticles by sol–gel technique and their characterization

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This article presents novel attempt to synthesis of fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) nanoparticles by sol–gel technique. The synthesized FTO nanoparticles were obtained after calcination. Temperatures of calcination were 600 and 700 °C due to identify changes in the particles size growth. A DG/DTA and FTIR study identifies the oxide and formation of the nanopowders. The XRD studies confirm the tetragonal crystallite structure of fluorine doped tin oxide. The TEM image confirms the size of FTO particles in nanoscale. The electrical studies on FTO nanopowders results the decrease in resistivity profile with increasing calcinations. The optical band gap studies for sol–gel synthesis FTO nanoparticles is found to be in the range of 4.11–3.84 eV conforming decreasing optical band gap with increasing calcinating temperatures.

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  1. Department of Physics, Gandhigram Rural University, Gandhigram, 624302, India

    V. Senthilkumar & P. Vickraman

  2. Electrochemical and Power Source Division, Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India

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Senthilkumar, V., Vickraman, P. & Ravikumar, R. Synthesis of fluorine doped tin oxide nanoparticles by sol–gel technique and their characterization. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 53, 316–321 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-009-2094-z

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