Structural features of self-organized nanopore arrays formed by anodization of aluminum in oxalic acid at relatively high temperatures
By Grzegorz D. Sulka, W. Stępniowski. 2009
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Abstract Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes with a highly ordered nanopore arrangement typically serve as ideal templates for the formation of various nanostructured materials. A typical procedure of the template preparation is based on a two-step self-organized anodization of aluminum carried out at the temperature of about 1–3 °C. In the current study, AAO templates were fabricated in 0.3 M oxalic acid under the anodizing potential range of 30–65 V at a relatively high electrolyte temperature ranging from 20 to 30 °C. Due to a high rate of porous oxide growth, about 5–10-fold higher than in low-temperature anodizing, the process of the template fabrication can be shorten significantly. Similarly to the low-temperature anodization, the best hexagonal pore arrangement is observed for samples anodized at 40 V. With a prolonged duration of the first anodizing step the order degree of triangular nanoporous lattice, observed after the second anodization, improves considerably. The effects of the anodizing potential and the process duration on the structural features of porous anodic alumina such as: pore diameter ( D p ), interpore distance ( D c ), porosity ( P ), pore density ( n ) and anodizing ratio ( B U ) were investigated in details at various temperatures. The obtained results were compared with theoretical predictions and data reported in the literature.
Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Pollution
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- Nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide: Advances in surface engineering and emerging applications (2013, background): “Numerous studies over the last decades have explored the anodization conditions of Al metal, such as the applied potential [23–25], current [26,27], pH and electrolyte type [28–30], electrolyte composition and concentration [30], temperature [31], and pre-patterning of the surface [32–34] in order t”