Zhang Huanming, Zhou Min, Zhao Huaping, Lei Yong
Fachgebiet Angewandte Nanophysik, Institut für Physik & IMN MacroNano, Technische Universität Ilmenau, D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany.
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
Nanotechnology. 2021 Oct 6;32(50). doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac268b.
Clean and efficient energy conversion systems can overcome the depletion of the fossil fuel and meet the increasing demand of the energy. Ordered nanostructures arrays convert energy more efficiently than their disordered counterparts, by virtue of their structural merits. Among various fabrication methods of these ordered nanostructures arrays, anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template-directed fabrication have drawn increasing attention due to its low cost, high throughput, flexibility and high structural controllability. This article reviews the application of ordered nanostructures arrays fabricated by AAO template-directed methods in mechanical energy, solar energy, electrical energy and chemical energy conversions in four sections. In each section, the corresponding advantages of these ordered nanostructures arrays in the energy conversion system are analysed, and the limitation of the to-date research is evaluated. Finally, the future directions of the ordered nanostructures arrays fabricated by AAO template-directed methods (the promising method to explore new growth mechanisms of AAO, green fabrication based on reusable AAO templates, new potential energy conversion application) are discussed.
清洁高效的能量转换系统能够克服化石燃料的枯竭问题，并满足不断增长的能源需求。有序纳米结构阵列凭借其结构优势，比无序的同类结构更有效地转换能量。在这些有序纳米结构阵列的各种制造方法中，阳极氧化铝（AAO）模板导向制造因其成本低、产量高、灵活性强和结构可控性高而受到越来越多的关注。本文分四个部分综述了通过AAO模板导向方法制造的有序纳米结构阵列在机械能、太阳能、电能和化学能转换中的应用。在每个部分中，分析了这些有序纳米结构阵列在能量转换系统中的相应优势，并评估了迄今为止研究的局限性。最后，讨论了通过AAO模板导向方法制造的有序纳米结构阵列的未来发展方向（探索AAO新生长机制的有前景方法、基于可重复使用AAO模板的绿色制造、新的潜在能量转换应用）。
