Synthesis and Analysis of Ternary Oxide Nanomaterial for Electro-Thermal Applications

Binary Semiconducting Oxides have quite stable properties. The quest for enhancing the properties of materials even further, leads us to evaluate Zinc-Tin-Oxide, which is a ternary semiconducting oxide material known for its unique properties. ZTO nanomaterial was synthesized using Solvo-Thermal method with different molar ratios of Zinc and Tin varying with 1:1, 3:7 and 7:3. Slovo-Thermal method is a very efficient method when compared to other methods to synthesize at low temperatures. In the present work Zinc tin oxide (ZTO) nanomaterial has been successfully synthesized in which zinc and tin powders were separately mixed with ethanol solution under slow stirring. In this process a mild base of Na2CO3 is used as a mineralizer and ethanol as a solvent which was later subjected to low temperature of 100 degrees C. Characterization techniques like SEM, EDS, XRD, UV-Visible and TGA were used with a view to study the growth, optical and thermal properties of ZTO nanomaterial. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.