Ex Situ Evidence for the Role of a Fluoride-Rich Layer Switching the Growth of Nanopores to Nanotubes: A Missing Piece of the Anodizing Puzzle

The front cover artwork is provided by the Laboratory of Interfacial Electrochemistry, Hokkaido University (Japan). The image illustrates the transition of anodic nanopores into nanotubes during the anodizing process. The compositional fingerprints of this transition, acquired by using high-resolution TEM/EDS, shed light on the general mechanism of nanotube growth in organic electrolytes containing fluorides. Read the full text of the Article at 10.1002/celc.201701103.