Chemistry of material preparation by the sol-gel process

Preparation and Characterization of WO3 Electrochromic Films Obtained by the Sol-Gel Process

Tungsten trioxide (WO3) films have been coated on indium thin oxide (ITO) conductive glass substrate, using aqueous solution of peroxotungstic acid (PTA) by the sol-gel dip coating method. X-ray diffractometery (XRD) analysis confirmed monoclinic and triclinic structure for the film and powdered WO3 respectively. Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) exhibit...

Chemistry and Fundamentals of the Sol–Gel Process

preparation and characterization of wo3 electrochromic films obtained by the sol-gel process

tungsten trioxide (wo3) films have been coated on indium thin oxide (ito) conductive glass substrate, using aqueous solution of peroxotungstic acid (pta) by the sol-gel dip coating method. x-ray diffractometery (xrd) analysis confirmed monoclinic and triclinic structure for the film and powdered wo3 respectively. fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (ft-ir) exhibited the structure of peroxo...

Sol-gel Preparation of Zirconium Oxide

INTRODUCTION A sol-gel preparation involves f m t the formation of a sol, which is a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, then of a gel, which is a diphasic material with a solid encapsulating a liquid. The liquid can be removed from a gel by either conventional drying (such as by using an oven) to obtain a plojiict kLown as e xercgel, or hy drying with supercritical extraction (often ref...

Preparation of Silica by Sol-Gel Method Using Formamide

In this work we obtained microporous and mesoporous silica gels by sol-gel processing. Tetraethylortosilicate (TEOS) was used as precursor. Nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid were used as catalysts. In order to study the affect of formamide as drying additive, we used a molar ratio alkoxide/formamide of 1/1. The performance of formamide in obtaining crack-free gels was evaluated through monolith...