Cobalt-aluminum alloys of different composition (up to 60 at.% Al) were electrodeposited onto a copper cathode by the pulse current method from 2:l (mole ratio) aluminum chloride-N-(n-butyl)pyridinium chloride (BPC) melt saturated with cobalt(II) chloride at room temperature. The overall cathodic re
Electrodeposition of aluminium from room temperature AlCl3-TMPAC molten salts
β Scribed by Yuguang Zhao; T.J. VanderNoot
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 498 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-4686
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β¦ Synopsis
The aluminium deposition processes on tungsten electrodes were investigated in a room temperature molten salt (aluminium chloride + trimethylphenylammonium chloride), using cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry.
In melts with 2:l mole ratio, the reduction of A12Cl; ions was quasi-reversible and involved a nucleation and growth mechanism. Underpotential deposition of aluminium, corresponding to several monolayers, was also observed. Chronoamperometric analysis showed that the deposition of aluminium was instantaneous three-dimensional nucleation with hemispherical diffusion-controlled growth.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Room temperature molten salts consisting of 1-butylpyridinium halide (chloride or bromide) and aluminium chloride have been utilized as electrolytes for a new class of highly conductive polymer electrolytes. Poly(l-butyl-4-vinylpyridinium halides) (chloride and bromide), which are polymer analogues