Table 1. Average thickness, inner diameters and aspect ratios of the different TiO2 nanotube layers (TNTs) together with the corresponding anodization process conditions: electrolyte, potential or current applied, and anodization process time.
| Average thickness (μm) | Average inner diameter (nm) | Average aspect ratio | Electrolyte composition | Anodization potential (V) | Anodization current (mA) | Anodization time (min) | Average number of TNTs (cm–2) | Total surface area of TNTs on 1 cm2 of substrate (cm2) a |
| 1 | 80 | 13 | Glycerol + H2O (50 : 50 vol%), 270 mM NH4F | 20 | — | 100 | 66 × 108 | 16.5 |
| 5 | 230 | 22 | Ethylene glycol, 10 vol% H2O, 150 mM NH4F | 100 | — | 240 | 12 × 108 | 44 |
| 20 | 130 | 154 | Ethylene glycol, 1.5 vol% H2O, 176 mM NH4F | 60 | — | 240 | 46 × 108 | 377 |
| 60 | 130 | 461 | — | 7.5 | 180 | 45 × 108 | 1080 | |
| 90 | 130 | 692 | — | 10 | 180 | 48 × 108 | 1776 | |
| 130 | 145 | 897 | — | 15 | 180 | 37 × 108 | 2183 |
aThe total surface area of the nanotubes was estimated from the average values of the inner diameter and the number of nanotubes calculated statistically from the SEM images. The anodized area of the Ti substrate was 1 cm2.