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http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JKMS.2010.20.5.191

Effect of the Removal of an Initial Oxide Layer and the Anodization Time on the Growth of the Porous Alumina Layer  

Kim, Dae-Hwan (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Lue, Sang-Hee (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Lee, Hyo-Jin (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Park, Young-Ok (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Lee, Eun-Joong (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Kouh, Tae-Joon (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Abstract
We have investigated the effect of the removal of an initial oxide layer and the anodization time on the growth of the porous alumina layer. The porous alumina layer was fabricated by two-step anodization process with phosphoric acid. We have observed the changes in the uniformity of the pore structure by varying the removing time of the initial oxide layer after the first anodization with phosphoric acid and chromic acid, and noted that its uniformity improves with the removing time. We have also determined the thickness of the alumina layer after the final anodization process and found that the thickness increases linearly with the anodization time. Under 150 V of anodization voltage with phosphoric acid, the growth rate of the porous alumina layer is determined to be 22.5 nm/min.
Keywords
anodized alumina layer; initial oxide layer removal; alumina layer growth rate;
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