Low‐Temperature Synthesis of Large‐Area, Free‐Standing Nanorod Arrays on ITO/Glass and other Conducting Substrates

Abstract

Anodic alumina thin-film templates of unprecedented quality are fabricated on ITO/glass, silicon, and flexible substrates over 2 cm2 areas, of interest for devices. For the first time, free-standing nanorods of a variety of oxides and metals are reproducibly synthesized over large areas on ITO/glass by electrochemical deposition into the vertically aligned nanopores of the templates, followed by template removal.