Issue 2, 2022

A review: research progress on the formation mechanism of porous anodic oxides

Abstract

Owing to the great development potential of porous anodic oxides (PAO) in many fields, research on their formation mechanisms, fabrication processes and applications has a history of more than ten years. Although compared with research on the fabrication processes and applications of PAO, research on their formation mechanisms started late, several mainstream theories have been formed in the academic community, including the field-assisted dissolution (FAD) theory, the field-assisted ejection (FAE) theory, the self-organization theory, the ionic and electronic current theory and the oxygen bubble mould effect. This review will focus on summarizing the core views of the mainstream mechanisms mentioned above and comparing the explanations for some of their classical experimental phenomena.

Graphical abstract: A review: research progress on the formation mechanism of porous anodic oxides

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
12 avq 2021
Accepted
19 noy 2021
First published
20 noy 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2022,4, 322-333

A review: research progress on the formation mechanism of porous anodic oxides

C. Li, Y. Ni, J. Gong, Y. Song, T. Gong and X. Zhu, Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 322 DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00624J

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