The effects of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) template and calcinations temperatures
on the characteristics of the alumina films were investigated. The samples
were prepared by sol-gel method using aluminium triisopropylate precursor.
The variation of microstructure, pore size and pore volume, were determined
by nitrogen adsorption/ desorption analysis and the macropore size
distribution was determined using mercury porosimetry. TEM and SEM were used
to observe the texture of these samples and the particle morphology.
Experimental observation after drying and annealing shows that it is possible
to produce crack free nanoporous alumina films using polyvinyl alcohol
template. The obtained alumina samples have macroporous microstructure (with
the average pore diameter dav = 34.9 ?m, for sample prepared with 42.5 wt% of
PVA addition and annealed at 1000?C) with high portion of mesopores (with the
average pore diameter Dav = 14.0 nm for the same sample).
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