There are various methods for synthesizing SnO 2 -Ag 2 O nanocomposite such as chemical vapor deposition, coprecipitation, spray-pyrolysis, sol-gel, laser ablation, hydrothermal routes, and so on. In this study, SnO 2 -Ag 2 O nanocomposite powders have been synthesized by sol-gel method using NH 3 OH/NaOH route. The obtained powders were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray Diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Monodispersed SnO 2 -Ag 2 O nanosized composite ranging from 80 to 400 nm in size in the NH 3 OH/NaOH route was obtained when the gel was heat-treated at different temperatures. Finally, it was found that optimum uniform distribution of the silver in SnO 2 could be achived at an annealing temperature of 400 • C.
INTRODUCTIONNowadays, there is an increasing need worldwide for the nanodevices in order to obtain the desired properties. Tin dioxide (SnO 2) semiconductors have been intensely studied over the past decades, due to a wide range of applications, such as gas sensor in SnO 2 nanocrystal, [1] C 2 H 2 gas sensor, [2] Pd/SnO 2 gas sensor, [3] CO and CH 4 dual selectivity, [4] SnO 2 based gas sensor, [5] Pt/SnO 2 gas sensor, [6] SnO2 nanorod based gas sensors, [7] nanospherical based gas sensors, [8] and so on.Tin oxide is the most used in gas sensing devices not only because of their relatively low operating temperature, but also due to the fact that they can be used to detect both reducing and