Use of High-Voltage Cyclic Voltammetry to Characterize Bulk and Interfacial Conduction Processes in Anodic Alumina Films
By Ide, Shinsuke; Mishra, Pratyush; Hebert, Kurt R.
Published in Electrochimica Acta
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2016
Abstract
Abstract A high-voltage cyclic voltammetry method is introduced that enables separate determination both the bulk conduction kinetics of anodic films and kinetics associated with interface processes. The results confirm that ionic conduction in the oxide follows a high-field exponential dependence on the electric field with a field coefficient of approximately 33 nm/V, consistent with reported values for barrier-type films formed in neutral solutions. The correlation of the pre-exponential current density with the incorporation level of different acid anions from the anodizing bath suggests that conduction is enhanced by anionic contaminants. Current densities associated with self-ordered pore formation in different solutions seem to be associated with a common narrow range of electric fields. The large size of the interface potential drop suggests that it derives from the elevated conduction resistance of an anion-contaminated oxide layer close to the solution interface. Such resistive surface layers are thought to be the source of compressive stress that drives oxide flow during self-organized pore formation.
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