Electrochemical synthesis of mesoporous metal/metal oxide flims using a low percentage surfactant solution by cooperative templating mechanism

Abstract

An electrochemical method for generating both mesoporous metal and metal oxide films from dilute surfactant solutions by utilizing self assembly of surfactant-inorganic aggregates in the electric field of the solid-liquid interface at an electrode to specifically direct the morphology of the film. The surface of the working electrode serves as a solid-liquid interface in a plating solution containing surfactant and inorganic ions and salts.

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