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Title: (ZnO){sub 3}In{sub 2}O{sub 3} fine powder prepared by combustion reaction of nitrates-glycine mixture

Journal Article · · Materials Research Bulletin
OSTI ID:20883035
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  1. Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13W8, Sapporo 060-8628 (Japan)
  2. Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokushima Research Laboratories, 463 Kagasuno, Kawauchi, Tokushima 771-0193 (Japan)

Conducting fine powder was obtained in the Zn-In-O system by combustion of the gel prepared from an aqueous solution of mixed zinc and indium nitrates in the presence of glycine. Glycine worked as a fuel as well as a gelling agent in the combustion under the strong oxidizing power of the nitrates. In spite of the low furnace temperature of 350 deg. C, the product was (ZnO){sub 3}In{sub 2}O{sub 3} which has been obtained above 1260 deg. C in a solid state reaction of a mixture of ZnO and In{sub 2}O{sub 3}. The combustion synthesis led to an aggregated fine powder of hexagonal platelets of about 40 nm in diameter. Its compacted mass showed an electrical resistivity of about 700 {omega} cm. The agglomeration was improved by dispersing the fine powder in an acetic acid aqueous solution.

OSTI ID:
20883035
Journal Information:
Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 39, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2004.06.008; PII: S0025-5408(04)00202-8; Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English