Kinetics of titania nanotube formation by anodization of titanium films

Butail, Gorun ; Ganesan, P. G. ; Raddiar, M. ; Teki, R. ; Ravishankar, N. ; Duquette, D. J. ; Ramanath, Ganpati (2011) Kinetics of titania nanotube formation by anodization of titanium films Thin Solid Films, 519 (6). pp. 1821-1824. ISSN 0040-6090

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Abstract

We report the kinetics of titania nanotube length evolution during anodization of titanium films. Our results show that the nanotube length increase is thermally activated, and governed by voltage-dependent activation energy 0.6 eV ≤ Eeff ≤ 1.1 eV expressed by Eeff = E0-αVanod where α is a constant and E0 = 1.6 eV is a voltage-independent term. The proximity of E0 to that of oxygen diffusion in titania suggests that oxygen transport across the titania walls at the pore bottoms is the rate-limiting step. These results provide insights into the mechanism of titania nanotube formation and a framework for their rational synthesis for applications.

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Keywords:Titanium Anodization; Kinetics; Activation Energy; Oxygen Diffusion; Titania
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