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Germanium oxide mainly used to make metal germanium and also used as spectral analysis and semiconductor material

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Overview of germanium oxide Germanium dioxide, also known as germanium dioxide (GeO2) has the same electronic formula as carbon dioxide. The powder is white or colorless. The hexagonal crystal system is slightly water soluble at low temperatures (stable) and the tetragonal system is insoluble. The transformation temperature is 10.33. It is primarily used in the production of metal germanium.

Is germanium dioxide acidic or alkaline
It is a weak acid. Oxides of germanium and tin; amphoteric compounds. The Edexcel specification appears to include tin oxide which may be of greater importance, but excludes germanium oxide which is of no significance.
Germanium dioxide, although it is low-toxic in small doses, can be toxic to the kidneys at higher levels.
Germanium oxide is used in “miracle” cures and certain dietary supplements. High doses cause germanium poisoning.
Is germanium dioxide amphiphilic?
Germanium monoxide GeO (Germanium Oxide) is a mixture of germanium with oxygen. Is germanium dioxide ionic? Germanium oxide is also known as Germanium or Germanium Salt. It is ampholy soluable in acid as germanium salt (II), and soluble with alkali in “tri-hydro germanate”, or in “germanate”, which contains Ge (OH) 3 ion.

What is germanium oxide made of?
Hexagonal and tetragonal hexagonal crystals are both super-quartz crystals with rutile structure. In rutile germanium coordinates six. Germanium dioxide can be converted from one structure to another by applying high pressure. Amorphous Germanium Dioxide is transformed into six-coordinate germanium. Germanium oxide with a hexagonal structure has a higher water solubility than rutile germanium dioxide. When water is contacted, germanic acid forms. When germanium oxide and germanium powder is heated together at 1,000degC, it can produce germanium monoxide.

How is the germanium oxide prepared?
Germanium oxide is also used to produce polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) resin and other compounds of germanium. It is used to produce certain phosphors as well as semiconductor materials.
It is produced by melting germanium chloride or heating and oxidizing germanium. Using metal and other germanium compound as raw materials, poly can produce optical phosphors. These can be used for conversion catalysts in petroleum refinement, dehydrogenation or gasoline ratio adjustment.
The germanium oxide is also used as a polymerization catalyst. Glass that contains germanium dioxide is highly dispersed and has high refractive indices. It can also be used to make wide-angle lenses and cameras. In the past few decades, the technology has advanced to the point that germanium dioxide can be used in many different industries, including the pharmaceutical industry, the production of PET resins and electronic equipment, and the manufacture of germanium compounds. Like organic germanium (Ge-132), it is toxic and shouldn’t be taken.

What is the purpose of germanium dioxide?
Both germanium, and its glass-oxide GeO2, are transparent for the infrared range. Infrared glass is used for night vision cameras, thermal imaging, and luxury vehicles. GeO2 has the highest mechanical strength of any other infrared-transparent glass. It is therefore ideal for military use.

The optical materials used for fibers, waveguides and other optical devices are made of a mixture consisting of silicon dioxide and Germanium dioxide (“silicon-germanium”). By controlling the ratio between elements, the refractive indices can be controlled precisely. Glass made of silicon germanium has a greater refractive index and lower viscosity than glass made from pure silicon. Germania replaces the titanium dioxide silica as the dopant of silica fibers. This eliminates the need for heat treatment which can make the fibers brittle.

Germanium oxide can be used to produce polyethylene terephthalate, and also other germanium compounds. It can be used as a source of raw materials for certain semiconductors and phosphors.

Germanium dioxide, also known as germanium dioxide, is used to prevent undesirable diatoms from growing in algae cultures. The contamination of diatoms that grow relatively quickly usually interferes with or even inhibits the growth rate of the original algae strains. Diatoms absorb GeO2 easily and it causes germanium to replace silicon in the diatom biochemical process. This leads to a significant decrease or even complete removal of the diatom growth rate. For this application and depending on the type of contamination and the stage of the contamination, the concentrations of germanium oxide used in the medium are usually between 1 mg/L to 10mg/L.

A fast charge/discharge and wide-temperature battery with a Germanium Oxide layer on a TiC Matrix MXene as anode

It is important to have a rapid charge/discharge second battery in electric vehicles and portable electronic devices. Germanium has a greater potential for fast charge/discharge than other intercalation battery types due to its metallic property and ease of alloying reaction. A 2D composite electrode, consisting a homogeneous amorphous GeO film bonded to TiC MXenes, was developed successfully as a method available in the industry. The MXene matrix has an expanded interlayer area that accommodates the limited isotropic growth of the ultrathin, stress-released GeO layer. A battery with a charge/discharge speed of 3 min (20 C) was able to achieve this due to improved e/Li performance from the metallic reduced Ge layer and MXene. The battery was able to retain a high capacity of 1048.1mAh/g with a Coulombic efficacy (CE), of 99.8%, at 0.5 C. This was after 500 cycles. Under 1.0 C the capacity was up to 929.6mAh/g, with a CE (0.02% capacity degradation per cycle) of 99.6% after ultralong (1000 cycles). The capacity almost doubled from 372 mAh/g to 671.6mAh/g when compared with graphite (at 0.1 C), under 5.0 C, and the capacity reached 300.5mAh/g after 1000 cycles under 10.0 C. Due to the low energy barrier at the interface, an efficient alloying process occurs under cold conditions. This prevents Li plating from occurring on the electrode surface. After 100 cycles, the battery showed high capacities of 631,6, 333,9, and 841,7 mAh/g in -20,-40, and-60 degC. This shows a high temperature tolerance. After 200 cycles, a battery with a full cell and LiNiMnCoO was able to achieve a high capacity (536.8mAh/g). It was also possible to achieve a high retention of capacity for a pouch cell with ten full cycles. This composite has a high-rate capability, as well as a wide temperature range, scalable manufacturing, and comparatively low costs.

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