کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
190261 459695 2011 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The role of electric field in pore formation during aluminum anodization
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی مهندسی شیمی (عمومی)
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The role of electric field in pore formation during aluminum anodization
چکیده انگلیسی

Nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) can be created with pores that self-assemble into ordered configurations. For more than 60 years it has been assumed that field-assisted dissolution of the oxide leads to pore formation, despite a lack of direct experimental evidence that confirms this expectation. In this work, we have developed a method for separately studying the onset of field induced growth instabilities and the instability that leads to pore formation. We find that field-assisted dissolution models are consistent with the observed dependence of the Al2O3 dissolution rate on the electric field, as well as the existence of a critical field for pore initiation. However, we further show that the well-known porous structure, which has a significantly different length scale, does not result from a field-induced instability, but is instead the result of a mechanical instability with forced plastic deformation and flow of the oxide during further anodization. Through interpretation of these results we develop a generalized mechanism for pore formation in AAO, and by analogy, for pore formation in other anodization processes.


► Field-induced growth instabilities and pore formation of were separately studied.
► Field-assisted dissolution rates and a critical field for pore initiation were measured.
► The well-known pore structure is not the result of a field-induced instability.
► The pore structure is believed to be the result of a mechanical instability.
► A generalized mechanism for pore formation in anodic alumina is developed.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Electrochimica Acta - Volume 56, Issue 11, 15 April 2011, Pages 4044–4051
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