Natural sepiolite (Sep) nanofibers were coated with carbon and nanoscale SnO2 to prepare an emerging nanocomposite (SnO2-C@Sep), which exhibited enhanced electrochemical performance. Sepiolite could act as a steady skeleton, carbon coating principally led sepiolite from an isolated to an electric state, and decoration of nanoscale SnO2 was beneficial to the functionization of sepiolite. Cycling...

SnO2 is an abundant, low cost, natively n-type, wide band gap oxide, which can achieve high conductivities due to facile donor doping. Realization of a p-type SnO2 would, however, open up many new avenues in device applications, and has become a major research goal. Previous experimental and theoretical studies have proved inconclusive, with the p-type ability of SnO2 being both supported and q...

SnO2 nanobelts (NBs) have unique structural and functional properties which attract great attention in gas detecting. In this work, Eu doping is adopted to improve the gas sensitivity of pure SnO2, especially to enhance the response to one single gas. The Eu-doped SnO2 NBs, pure-SnO2 NBs, and their single NB devices are fabricated by simple techniques. The sensing properties of the two sensors ...

Silica xerogels containing Sm ions and SnO2 nanocrystals were prepared in a sol–gel process. The image of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) shows that the SnO2 nanocrystals are dispersed in the silica matrix. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) of the sample confirms the tetragonal phase of SnO2. The xerogels containing SnO2 nanocrystals and Sm 3+ ions display the characteristic emission of Sm ion...

The results of hydrogenation of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)-SnO2 composite thin film is reported here. SWCNTs mixed with SnO2 by weight are made into pellet without any binder. Then, the pellet is evaporated by electron beam on glass substrates at room temperature in hydrogen atmosphere. The amount of hydrogen incorporated in the SWCNTs-SnO2 composite is found to be 2.4 wt.%. In add...

A hierarchical SnO2@SnS2 core-shell nanostructure has been prepared by in situ surface sulfurization of hollow SnO2 sphere via a facile two-step solution-based method and used as a substitute for conventional Pt counter electrode (CE) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) for the first time. The resulted semitransparent SnO2@SnS2 CEs demonstrate a high electrical conductivity and excellent cat...

The internal oxidation of Sn was investigated to understand the oxidation kinetics of monophase CuSn alloys. SnO2 particles were characterized by analytical transmission electron microscopy. The orientation relationship between SnO2 and Cu was determined with a special emphasis on the atomic scale structure of Cu/SnO2 interfaces (misfit dislocations and chemical structure). Habit planes with a ...

SnO2 nanotubes are synthesized via an oxalate-assisted "redox etching and precipitating" route between MnOOH nanowires and Sn2+ ions. The addition of oxalate is found to be crucial to guide the formation of uniform SnO2 nanotubes. To further improve the conductivity and stability, the as-obtained SnO2 nanotubes are coated with a thin carbon layer. The resulting carbon-confined SnO2 nanotubes po...

In this work, semiconductor tin oxide (II) (SnO) nanoparticles and plates were synthesized at room conditions via a hydrolysis procedure. X-ray diffraction (XRD) transmission electron microscopy (TEM) confirmed the high crystallinity of as-synthesized romarchite SnO with dimensions ranging from 5 to 16 nm. The stability initial controlled oxidation SnO2 was studied based on either thermal treat...

We report the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with an electron transport layer (ETL) consisting of a SnO2 thin film obtained by electrochemical deposition. The surface morphology and thickness of the electrodeposited SnO2 films were closely related to electrochemical process conditions, i.e., the applied voltage, bath temperature, and deposition time. We investigated the performanc...