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Pore diameter-dependence photoluminescence spectra for porous anodized aluminum oxide membranes fabricated in different acid solutions

HONG-HOU LV1, XUE-WEI WANG1,2,* , YAO-REN KANG1, ZHI-HAO YUAN1,3

Affiliation

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
  2. Tianjin Key Laboratory for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
  3. Key Laboratory of Display Materials & Photoelectric Devices (Tianjin University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300384, China

Abstract

Porous anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes with different diameters are fabricated using anodization of Al foils in the sulfuric acid, oxalic acid and phosphoric acid solutions. The photoluminescence (PL) properties of the corresponding AAO membranes are investigated. Based on morphology observations and PL measurements, it is revealed that the peak position of the observed PL band has an evident dependence on pore geometrical structure of AAO, and the PL spectra of AAO membranes are associated with the acid impurities and the singly ionized oxygen vacancies. The intensity change of PL bands for the acid impurities and the singly ionized oxygen vacancies is further discussed on the basis of the PL behavior of the AAO membranes with different pore-diameters. These results reveal that the PL properties of the AAO membranes are very sensitive to their chemical and pore-structures, which are closely related with their anodizing conditions. The present work may be helpful in understanding of the PL properties of the AAO membranes with different pore-diameters formed in different acid solutions..

Keywords

Anodized aluminum oxide, Pore diameter, Photoluminescence, Oxygen vacancy.

Submitted at: July 27, 2014
Accepted at: April 5, 2016

Citation

HONG-HOU LV, XUE-WEI WANG, YAO-REN KANG, ZHI-HAO YUAN, Pore diameter-dependence photoluminescence spectra for porous anodized aluminum oxide membranes fabricated in different acid solutions, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 18, Iss. 3-4, pp. 275-280 (2016)