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Fabrication of anodic alumina membrane with ultra-large pore intervals is still a challenge because it is difficult to maintain stable anodization without breakdown or burning of the alumina due to the corrosive acid attack at high electric fields. A novel strategy is proposed that the undesired burning phenomena of the alumina can be avoided at relatively high voltage anodization in ethylene glycol-modified citric acid solution at room temperature, and an ultra-large pore interval up to 1,800 nm was achieved at 700 V. A large pore of 800 nm was readily obtained by chemical etching of the alumina pore wall in 5.0 wt% H3PO4 solution.
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This work was financially supported by a Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (Grant No.: J12LJ07), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.: 11074138), the Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province, the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No.: JQ201103), and the National Key Basic Research Development Program of China (973 special preliminary study plan) (Grant No.: 2012CB722705).
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Wang, Q., Long, Y. & Sun, B. Fabrication of highly ordered porous anodic alumina membrane with ultra-large pore intervals in ethylene glycol-modified citric acid solution. J Porous Mater 20, 785–788 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-012-9653-3
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