Research Article

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanometric Pure Phase SnO2 Obtained from Pyrolysis of Diorganotin(IV) Derivatives of Macrocycles

Table 1

Comparison of average size of the SnO2 particles obtained by XRD, SEM, and TEM.

SnO2 particles obtained from precursors Particlessize by XRD (nm)Particles size by SEM (nm)Particles size by TEM (nm)

n-Bu2Sn (L1)41.6850–200
Me2Sn (L1)57.2650–145
Ph2Sn (L1)37.2620–1205–20
n-Bu2Sn (L2)41.6950–180
Me2Sn (L2)35.8120–1005–15
Ph2Sn (L2)41.6920–150