Optical Properties of Porous Alumina Assisted Niobia Nanostructured Films–Designing 2-D Photonic Crystals Based on Hexagonally Arranged Nanocolumns
Journal: Micromachines
Year: 2021

Three types of niobia nanostructured films (so-called native, planarized, and column-like) were formed on glass substrates by porous alumina assisted anodizing in a 0.2 M aqueous solution of oxalic acid in a potentiostatic mode at a 53 V and then reanodizing in an electrolyte containing 0.5 M boric acid and 0.05 M sodium tetraborate in a potentiodynamic mode by raising the voltage to 230 V, and chemical post-processing. Anodic behaviors, morphology, and optical properties of the films have been