Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (10): 1707.

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Preparation of Quantum-dot Ge Doped SiO2 Glass by a New Sol-gel Process

YANG He-Qing1,4, LIU Shou-Xin1, ZHANG Bang-Lao1, WANG Xuan ZHANG Liang-Ying2, YAO Xi3   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry;
    2. Department of Physics, Shanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China;
    3. Electronic Materialsand Research Laboratory, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China;
    4. State Key Laboratory for Applied Surface Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Received:2000-07-13 Online:2001-10-24 Published:2001-10-24

Abstract: Ge nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 gel-glasses were prepared by a sol-gel method. The gels synthesized through the hydrolysis of a complex solution of Si(OC2H5)4 and Cl3GeCH2CH2COOHwere heated at 600 ℃ in air, and then heated from 500 to 700 ℃ in H2, in which Ge4+ ions were reduced to precipitate Ge cubic crystals. However,Ge cubic as well as GeO2 hexagonal crystals were formed in SiO2 matrix when n(GeO2)/n(SiO2)=0.30. The size of Ge nanocrystals, determined from the line broadening of X-ray diffraction pattern, increases from 1 to 10 nm in diameter with molar ratios of GeO2/SiO2 increasing. The Ge nanocrystals were found to be polycrystalline in the SiO2 gel-glasses by electron diffraction pattern.

Key words: Solgel process, Ge nanocrystals, SiO2 glass

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