Anodic growth of TiO2 nanopore arrays at various temperatures

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 526-535

  Sulka, Grzegorz D ^a   Kapusta Kołodziej, Joanna ^a   Brzózka, Agnieszka ^b   Jaskuła, Marian ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anodization; Nanopores; Nanostructures; Nanotubes; Porous titania

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; YARN;

ANODIC TITANIUM OXIDES; ANODIZATIONS; ANODIZING POTENTIAL; APPLIED POTENTIALS; ELECTROLYTE TEMPERATURE; PORE ARRANGEMENTS; POROUS TITANIA; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE;

NANOPORES;

EID: 84884281274     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.12.121     Document Type: Article

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