Abstract
A molten salt strategy with SnO2 nanoparticles as precursor in a mixed molten salt system (NaCl + Na2CO3) was used to prepare tin-based oxide microstructures with various morphologies, including porous hollow, bimodal mesoporous and solid core–porous shell structures in a large scale. The morphology of the as-synthesized products exhibits a strong correlation with the weight ratios of NaCl/Na2CO3 in the mixed solvent. With NaCl:Na2CO3 = 1:1, the liquefaction of eutectic salt and the reaction between SnO2 nanoparticles and Na2CO3 would happen simultaneously, which allows formation of the porous hollow particles by Ostwald ripening and decomposition of Na2CO3. As the weight ratios of NaCl to Na2CO3 are increased to 2:1 and 4:1, the morphology of oxides is changed from porous hollow structure into bimodal mesoporous structure and solid core–porous shell structure, respectively. The morphologies of as-synthesized nanostructures are determined by the release rate of CO2 from solvent decomposition and the aggre...
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