Preparation and characterization of SrSnO3 nanorods

Chao Li*, Youqi Zhu, Shaoming Fang, Huanxin Wang, Yanghai Gui, Lei Bi, Rongfeng Chen

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Abstract

Perovskite strontium stannate (SrSnO3) nanorods were prepared by annealing the precursor SnSr(OH)6 nanorods at 600 °C for 3 h. The precursor nanorods were hydrothermally synthesized at 160 °C for 16 h using Sr(NO3)2 and SnCl4·5H2O as starting materials in the presence of surfactant cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB). As-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and infrared ray spectroscopy (IR). The results show that the as-synthesized powders are made of SrSnO3 one-dimensional nanorods of about 0.21 μm length and 100150 nm diameter. Possible formation mechanism of SrSnO3 with nanorod structure under certain conditions was preliminarily analyzed, in which it was thought that CTAB played an important role in the formation process of the nanorod structure. Electrochemical performance of the samples versus Li metal was also evaluated for possible use in lithium-ion batteries.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)869-874
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Volume72
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • A. Nanostructures
  • A. Oxides
  • B. Chemical synthesis
  • D. Electrochemical properties

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