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A Study Of Anodization Process During Pore Formation In Nanoporous Alumina Templates, Z. Wu, C. Richter, L. Menon

Latika Menon

We have carried out a systematic investigation of the anodization procedure in order to determine the exact chemical mechanism of the dissolution process responsible for pore formation in nanoporous alumina templates. We measured the anodization current as a function of time and compared it with the thickness of porous aluminum oxide layer obtained from cross-section scanning electron microscopy images. From this, we calculated the number of moles of electrons generated per mole of porous alumina grown. This analysis is consistent with a reaction mechanism in which aluminum is converted to aluminum oxide in addition with the direct transfer of aluminum …