Permeability of anodic alumina membranes grown on low-index aluminium surfaces.

Nanotechnology
I V RoslyakovK S Napolskii

Abstract

Porous anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) membranes have various practical applications in separation and purification technologies. Numerous approaches have been utilized to tailor the transport properties of porous AAO films, but all of them assume an isotropic nature of anodized aluminium. Here, the impact of aluminium crystallography on the permeability of AAO membranes is disclosed. A comparative study of AAO membranes formed on low-index aluminium surfaces by anodizing in a sulphuric acid electrolyte is presented. Small-angle x-ray scattering is used to quantify the out-of-plane pore arrangement. AAO grown on an Al(100) substrate possesses a porous structure with minimal point defects and pore tortuosity, providing the highest permeability of individual gases in a series of AAO membranes. These findings can also be applied for the fabrication of highly permeable AAO membranes on polycrystalline Al foils.

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