Transmission electron microscopy analysis of tin dioxide films grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition onto oxidized or etched silicon displayed the formation of a sub-oxide phase that was identified as Sn2O3. Such a phase is observed to disappear upon heat treatment, and is believed to be one of the factors responsible for the instability of tin dioxide films used as gas sensing layers.
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Alfonso et al. (1996) studied this question.