Anodic Oxidation of Titanium

R. Beranek, P. Schmuki


The objective of this project is to study characteristics and growth mechanism of the an-odic oxide films formed on commercially pure titanium under various conditions.

The anodic oxidation experiments are carried out in various electrolytes by using various types of current/potential control of formation conditions.

For the characterization of titanium oxide films electrochemical methods (e. g. Mott-Schottky analysis) are used as well as spectroscopic methods such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD).