Nanostructures have drawn great attentions for functional device applications. Among the various techniques developed for fabricating arrayed nanostructures of functional materials, nanostructuring technique with poro...Nanostructures have drawn great attentions for functional device applications. Among the various techniques developed for fabricating arrayed nanostructures of functional materials, nanostructuring technique with porous anodic aluminum oxide （AAO） membrane as templates becomes more attractive owing to the superior geometrical characteristics and low-cost preparation process. In this mini review, progress about functional we summarize our recent nanostructuring based on perfectly-ordered AAO membrane to prepare perfectly- ordered nanostructure arrays of functional materials toward constructing high-performance energy conversion and storage devices. By employing the perfectly-ordered AAO membrane as templates, arrayed nanostructures in the form ofnanodot, nanorod, nanotube and nanopore have been synthesized over a large area. These as-obtained nanostructure arrays have large specific surface area, high regularity, large-scale implementation, and tunable nanos- cale features. All these advanced features enable them to be of great advantage for the performance improvement of energy conversion and storage devices, including photo- electrochemical water splitting cells, supercapacitors, and batteries, etc.展开更多
文摘Nanostructures have drawn great attentions for functional device applications. Among the various techniques developed for fabricating arrayed nanostructures of functional materials, nanostructuring technique with porous anodic aluminum oxide （AAO） membrane as templates becomes more attractive owing to the superior geometrical characteristics and low-cost preparation process. In this mini review, progress about functional we summarize our recent nanostructuring based on perfectly-ordered AAO membrane to prepare perfectly- ordered nanostructure arrays of functional materials toward constructing high-performance energy conversion and storage devices. By employing the perfectly-ordered AAO membrane as templates, arrayed nanostructures in the form ofnanodot, nanorod, nanotube and nanopore have been synthesized over a large area. These as-obtained nanostructure arrays have large specific surface area, high regularity, large-scale implementation, and tunable nanos- cale features. All these advanced features enable them to be of great advantage for the performance improvement of energy conversion and storage devices, including photo- electrochemical water splitting cells, supercapacitors, and batteries, etc.
