Morphology of TiO_2 Nanotube Arrays Prepared by Anodic Oxidation

Highly ordered titanium oxide nanotube arrays were fabricated by titanium anodic oxidation in a glycol solution containing 5% ammonium fluoride.Influences of anodizing voltage and electrode distance on morphology of the nanotube arrays were investigated.By fine tuning the anodizing voltage,the inner diameter of the titanium oxide nanotube arrays ranged between 20~145 nm.Amost perfect and highly ordered titanium oxide nanopore arrays could also be prepared by properly controlling the distance between two electrodes.Moreover,the morphology variation of the highly ordered titanium oxide nanotube/nanopore arrays was explained by the current density distribution inside the titanium oxide film simulated by finite element analysis.