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Synthesis And Electrochemical Properties Of K2Feo4, Ning Zhou, Shi-Hai Ye, Yong-Long Wang, Xue-Ping Gao, Dong-Feng Lin, Zuo-Xiang Zhou, De-Ying Song Aug 2003

Synthesis And Electrochemical Properties Of K2Feo4, Ning Zhou, Shi-Hai Ye, Yong-Long Wang, Xue-Ping Gao, Dong-Feng Lin, Zuo-Xiang Zhou, De-Ying Song

Journal of Electrochemistry

The K2FeO4 used for new positive electrode materials was prepared. The primary batteries were used in different concentration of electrolyte and different currents. In 9 mol/L KOH , the capacity was the best. The higher the concentration of electrolyte, the lower the electric potential was. When the batteries discharged in 0.4 C , the capacity reached 521.3 mAh/g. By XRD, we gave the reasonable explanations for the discharge products of K2FeO4. Possible mechanism of discharge is discussed.


Corrosion Fatigue And Dynamic Strain Aging Of Duplex Stainless Steel In Aqueous Solution, Chuan-Ming Tseng, I-Hsuang Lo, Wen-Ta Tsai Aug 2003

Corrosion Fatigue And Dynamic Strain Aging Of Duplex Stainless Steel In Aqueous Solution, Chuan-Ming Tseng, I-Hsuang Lo, Wen-Ta Tsai

Journal of Electrochemistry

The corrosion fatigue and dynamic strain aging behaviors of 22%Cr duplex stainless steel (DSS) in sodium chloride solutions were investigated. Austenitic 316L SS and ferrtic 430 SS were also used in this study for a comparison. The experimental results showed that no stress corrosion cracking (SCC) occurred in all these SSs tested in 3.5wt% NaCl solution at 80 ℃. However, dynamic strain aging (DSA) occurred in 316L austenitic SS and 22%Cr DSS during slow strain rate testing (SSRT) in this solution.The occurrence of DSA was dependent on solution temperature,strain rate and the presence of austenitic phase. The corrosion rate of …


Synthesis Of Polyunit Vapor Phase Inhibitor And Its Volatile Corrosion Inhibition Performance, Da-Quan Zhang, Li-Xin Gao, Guo-Ding Zhou Aug 2003

Synthesis Of Polyunit Vapor Phase Inhibitor And Its Volatile Corrosion Inhibition Performance, Da-Quan Zhang, Li-Xin Gao, Guo-Ding Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

A Mannich Base derivative (BMMCH), containing two morpholinum moieties and one cyclohexylamnonium moiety, was synthesized through aminomethy1 reaction. Its configuration was verified by IR and 1H-NMR. Its volatile rustproofing effect was appraised by volatile rustproofing sieve test and vapor inhabitability test. The result shows that BMMCH has good protection effect for carbon steel. BMMCH has lower volatility compared with dicyclohexylamnonium nitrite (DICHAN) via closed space volatile weight-loss test. The inhibition mechanism was studied by potentiodynamic polarization electrochemistry technique in ASTM simulated atmospheric water. The corrosion potential of carbon steel electrode shifted to a negative direction when BMMCH was joined …


Effect Of Heat Laminating Aggregation Status Of Polymer Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode On Battery Performance, Ming-Gang Jin, Quan-Feng Dong, Ming-Sen Zheng, Li Huang, Hui-Qun Cai, Jin-Qua You, Zu-Geng Lin Aug 2003

Effect Of Heat Laminating Aggregation Status Of Polymer Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode On Battery Performance, Ming-Gang Jin, Quan-Feng Dong, Ming-Sen Zheng, Li Huang, Hui-Qun Cai, Jin-Qua You, Zu-Geng Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

Multi-layer heat laminated polymer lithium ion battery was made, the effect of temperature of cathode laminating on battry performance was also investigated. It was discovered that suitable temperature of cathode laminating is critical to battery performance and is a key parameter to manufacture process control of polymer lithium ion battery.


Influence Of Marine Organisms Upon Corrosion Of Steel Piling Systems, Jiunn-Shyong Luo, Cliff Rau, Kuei-Ching Chen Aug 2003

Influence Of Marine Organisms Upon Corrosion Of Steel Piling Systems, Jiunn-Shyong Luo, Cliff Rau, Kuei-Ching Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

To study the influence of marine organisms upon corrosion of ASTM A36 steel piling sysems, specimens were immersed in both natural and synthetic seawater. Electrochemical techniques such as linear polarization resistance and electrochemical impedance scan(EIS) were applied to evaluate corrosion of the steel. The results indicated that attachment of marine organisms to form fouling layers on the steel surface reduced general corrosion, but localized corrosion occurred underneath marine organisms. An equivalent circuit model was established to simulate attachment of marine organisms upon carbon carbon steel surfaces.


Severe Corrosivity And Its Eletrochemical Mechanism Of Seawater In Xiamen Sea Area To Al-Mg Alloys, Le-Yun Lin, Yue-Hong Zhao Aug 2003

Severe Corrosivity And Its Eletrochemical Mechanism Of Seawater In Xiamen Sea Area To Al-Mg Alloys, Le-Yun Lin, Yue-Hong Zhao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The surface layer seawater of different sea areas in China exhibit different corrosivity to Al-Mg alloys according to the experiment results of 16 years exposure in seawater. The seawater in Xiamen sea area possesses severe corrosivity while seawater in Qingdao possesses the mildest corrosivity to Al-Mg alloys with better regularity of corrosion behavior. The present paper illustrates by experiment data that the strongest corrosivity of Xiamen seawater to Al-Mg alloys is owing to the low salinity of the seawater and the “electrolyte effect” come from it. The 16 year corrosion data and corrosion morphology of the typical Al-Mg alloys from …


Discussion On Factors Of Unstable 304 Stainless Steel Stress Corrosion Cracking, Xin-Sheng Zhang, Chun-Chun Xu, Gang Hu Aug 2003

Discussion On Factors Of Unstable 304 Stainless Steel Stress Corrosion Cracking, Xin-Sheng Zhang, Chun-Chun Xu, Gang Hu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The 304 stainless steels were stretched at low temperatures to get different martensite phase transformation. Ferrmagnetometer was used to measure the martensite phase content. It was found that the dislocation density of 304 stainless sted was increased unavoidably with increase of deformation. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) was used to study the distribution of the dislocation. The influence of microstructure change on SCC of 304 stainless steel was discussed by slow strain rate testing (SSRT) in 42% MgCl2 boiling solution,metallurgical microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM).The results showed that martensite phase and dislocation flaw act together on the SCC susceptibility …


The Electroless Plating Ni-Fe-P Alloy And Its Voltammetric Behavior, Sen-Lin Wang, Hui-Huang Wu Aug 2003

The Electroless Plating Ni-Fe-P Alloy And Its Voltammetric Behavior, Sen-Lin Wang, Hui-Huang Wu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Electroless Ni-Fe-P alloy deposition from an alkaline bath, containing sodium hypophosphite as reducer, boric acid as buffer agent and sodium citrate as complexing agent, was investigated. To increase the plating rate and to inprove the bath stability, the deposition parameters were optimized. The effects of process parameters (pH, temperature and mole ratio of [Fe2+]/([Ni2+]+[Fe2+]) on the plating rate and deposit composition were examined and it was found that the presence of ferrous sulfate in the bath has an inhibitory effect on the alloy deposition. As a consequence, the percentage of iron in the electroless …


The Mechanism Of Electrocatalytic Reduction Of Oxygen On Manganese Dioxide, Yu-Liang Cao, Han-Xi Yang, Xin-Ping Ai, Li-Fen Xiao Aug 2003

The Mechanism Of Electrocatalytic Reduction Of Oxygen On Manganese Dioxide, Yu-Liang Cao, Han-Xi Yang, Xin-Ping Ai, Li-Fen Xiao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The oxygen electroreduction on the MnO2 electrode was investigated by analysis of the polarzation properties of oxygen reduciton and its dependence on MnO2 discharge state, in combination with the characterization of discharge intermediate and the kinetic parameters of the oxygen reduction. Based on the experimental observation and mechanistic analysis, it was suggested that the reduction of oxygen was closely related to the discharge behaviors of MnO2. When MnO2 was electrochimically reduced to MnOOH, it was immediately oxidized by oxygen molecules. Thus the oxygen reduction proceeds through continuous oxidation of the discharge product of MnO2 …


The Technique Of Rare-Earth Conversion Coatings On Aluminum Alloy, Jun-Tao Wang, Jian-Hua Wu, Guang-Zhang Chen Aug 2003

The Technique Of Rare-Earth Conversion Coatings On Aluminum Alloy, Jun-Tao Wang, Jian-Hua Wu, Guang-Zhang Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

The orthogonal design was used to screen the film_forming technique on LY12 aluminum alloy using quadrivalent cerium salt, and the corrosion-resistance performance of the coating was studied. The results revealed that: after LY12 aluminum alloy was treated by cerium salt, its pitting potential shifts to positive direction while the corrosion potential slightly decreases, showing that the alloy becomes less sensitive to pitting corrosion was greatly improved, comparable to that after chromate treatment; in addition, by combining the results of electrochemical measurements with surface analysis, the mechanism of corrosion-resistance on the race-earth conversion coating of the aluminum alloy was also discussed.


Comparison Of Thermal Cyclic Oxidation Of The Pvd Ni-Al And Hvof-Mcraly Coatings, J-T Chang, C-H Yeh, J-L He, K-C Chen Aug 2003

Comparison Of Thermal Cyclic Oxidation Of The Pvd Ni-Al And Hvof-Mcraly Coatings, J-T Chang, C-H Yeh, J-L He, K-C Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

A PVD process-cathodic arc plasma ion plating was used to deposit Ni-Al films on Inconel 600 superalloy. The oxidation behaviors of PVD Ni-Al coating and the thermal sprayed CoCrAlY coatings were revealed and compared by performing cyclic thermal oxidation test at 1100 ℃ to evaluate its feasibility. Experimental results showed that the films with different compositions of Ni62Al38, Ni63Al37 and Ni69Al31 could be obtained when using Ni52Al48, Ni60Al40 and Ni70Al30 as targets, respectively. During the cyclic thermal oxidation test, the …


An Electrochemical Prediction Method For Caustic Scc Of Fe-Cr-Ni Alloy, Chun-Bo Huang, Zhan-Peng Lv, Wu Yang Aug 2003

An Electrochemical Prediction Method For Caustic Scc Of Fe-Cr-Ni Alloy, Chun-Bo Huang, Zhan-Peng Lv, Wu Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of Fe-Cr-Ni alloy (alloy 800 M) in hot concentrated caustic solution was investigated by means of tests of C-rings under controlled potentials. The steady dissolution current densities (ist) of the plate specimens and C-rings polarized potentiostatically were measured. The simplifed steady potentiostatical curves were drawn on the basis of ist. The ratio RPD measured from ist and steady passive current density i p at low potentials (RPD = ist/ip) was designed as a polarization dissolution susceptibility parameter. The parameter RPD values of both plate …


Electrochemistry And Electrocatalysis Of A Novel Μ-Oxamido Copper(Ⅱ) Binuclear Complex, Gui-Lian Gao, Guo-Bao Li, Qiu-Xia Yang, Xue-Lin Wang Aug 2003

Electrochemistry And Electrocatalysis Of A Novel Μ-Oxamido Copper(Ⅱ) Binuclear Complex, Gui-Lian Gao, Guo-Bao Li, Qiu-Xia Yang, Xue-Lin Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this paper, the cyclic voltammetric and spectroelectrochemical behaviors of μ-oxamido Copper(Ⅱ) Binuclear Complex (deCu) in PBS were studied. Cyclic voltammograms of this complex in PBS (pH=9) exhibited two reductive peaks (Epc1 =-0.25 V, Epc2 = -0.50 V) at hanging mercury drop electrode(HMDE), peaks at -0.50 V and -0.25 V corresponded to the reduction of ligand and copper(Ⅱ) complex, respectively. The spectroelectrochimical experiments showed that there was a new absorption band at 440 nm, and the absorption peaks at 270 nm, 280 nm red shifted to 300 nm, 310 nm under potential of -0.75 V. It was meant …


Study Of Geometric Effects On Local Corrosion Rates For Lbe Loop, Chao Wu Jul 2003

Study Of Geometric Effects On Local Corrosion Rates For Lbe Loop, Chao Wu

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Corrosion is an extremely important issue in nuclear cooling system applications. Many scientific and engineering efforts have been contributed to the research of finding an ideal material, which has resistance to corrosive Lead Bismuth Eutectic (LBE). A Delta Loop was designed and constructed in Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) to obtain the experimental data. This loop is a multi-section closed system that differs in diameter from one part to another. As a result, an intensive study on the geometry effect is hence necessary and valuable. In this thesis, this problem was simulated by commercial software STAR-CD. Results provide a good …


Optically Transparent, Scratch-Resistant, Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings, Xiao-Ming He, Deok-Hyung Lee, Michael A. Nastasi, Kevin C. Walter, Michel G. Tuszewski Jun 2003

Optically Transparent, Scratch-Resistant, Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings, Xiao-Ming He, Deok-Hyung Lee, Michael A. Nastasi, Kevin C. Walter, Michel G. Tuszewski

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

A plasma-based method for the deposition of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings is described. The process uses a radio-frequency inductively coupled discharge to generate a plasma at relatively low gas pressures. The deposition process is environmentally friendly and scaleble to large areas, and components that have geometrically complicated surfaces can be processed. The method has been used to deposit abherent 100-400 nm thick DLC coatings on metals, glass, and polymers. These coatings are between three and four times harder than steel and are therefore scratch resistant, and transparent to visible light. Boron and silicon doping of the DLC coatings have produced …


Method For Producing Fluorinated Damond-Like Carbon Films, Marko J. Hakovirta, Michael Nastasi, Deok-Hyung Lee, Xiao-Ming He Jun 2003

Method For Producing Fluorinated Damond-Like Carbon Films, Marko J. Hakovirta, Michael Nastasi, Deok-Hyung Lee, Xiao-Ming He

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

Fluorinated, diamond-like carbon (F-DLC) films are produced by a pulsed, glow-discharge plasma immersion ion processing procedure. The pulsed, glow-discharge plasma was generated at a pressure of 1 Pa from an acetylene (CH) and hexafluoroethane (CF) gas mixture, and the fluorinated, diamond-like carbon films were deposited on silicon <100>Substrates. The film hardness and wear resistance were found to be strongly dependent on the fluorine content incorporated into the coatings. The hardness of the F-DLC films was found to decrease considerably when the fluorine content in the coatings reached about 20%. The contact angle of water on the F-DLC coatings was found …


Utilization Of Municipal Solid Waste Rejects In The Production Of A Recycled Plastic Waste Composite Material, Mohamed Kamal Abou Khatwa Jun 2003

Utilization Of Municipal Solid Waste Rejects In The Production Of A Recycled Plastic Waste Composite Material, Mohamed Kamal Abou Khatwa

Archived Theses and Dissertations

The solid waste disposal problem has grown significantly in the last decades imposing a lot of pressure on disposal and treatment acts. In the past, incineration and landfilling were the common methods for disposing of products of municipal solid waste. With the increasing volumes of waste generation and the legislative restrictions of these treatment methods, reuse of bulk waste is foreseen as the best alternative to disposal. Due to the current widespread use of plastic products in daily life, post consumer plastics now contribute significantly to municipal solid waste generation rates with a contradicting low participation in waste minimization practices. …


Oxidation Behavior Of Zr-Cu-Al-Ni Amorphous Alloys In Air At 300~500℃, H. H. Hsieh, W. Kai, T. G. Neih, Y. Kawamura May 2003

Oxidation Behavior Of Zr-Cu-Al-Ni Amorphous Alloys In Air At 300~500℃, H. H. Hsieh, W. Kai, T. G. Neih, Y. Kawamura

Journal of Electrochemistry

The oxidation behavior of the Zr- based bulk amorphous alloy (BMG; Zr-30Cu-10Al-5Ni in at.%) was studied in dry air over the temperature range 300~500 ℃. The kinetic results indicated that the amorphous alloy oxidized linearly at 300 ℃, while the parabolic oxidation was observed at 350~425 ℃, and the oxidation behavior at 500 ℃ was irregular and complicated. In general, the scales formed on the surface of the amorphous alloy were temperature-dependent, consisting of tetragonal-ZrO2 at 300 ℃, and of mostly tetragonal-ZrO2 as well as minor amounts of monoclinic-ZrO2 and CuO at T ≥ 350 ℃.


Study Of Marine Biocorrosion Using Afm And Molecular Techniques, Herbert H.P.Fang, Lichong Xu, Tong Zhang May 2003

Study Of Marine Biocorrosion Using Afm And Molecular Techniques, Herbert H.P.Fang, Lichong Xu, Tong Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Biofilm is ubiquitous in nature.However,corrosin caused by biofilm is still by and large overlooked. This presentation is to demonstrate the applications of several newly developed analytical techniques in chemisrty and microbiology for the study of marine biocorrosion on steel. AFM(atomic force microscopy) was applied to investigate the initial formation mechanism of biofilm and the degree of corrosion of steel in polluted seawater. DNA/RNA-related molecular techniques were used to analyze the microbial composition corrosive biofilm. Results showed that microbial corrosion began within six days, and the corroded volume in the increased as a power function of time with an index 2.83. …


Selective Corrosion In Duplex Stainless Steel, Wen-Ta Tsai, Kuen-Ming Tsai, Chang-Jian Lin, Yan Fu May 2003

Selective Corrosion In Duplex Stainless Steel, Wen-Ta Tsai, Kuen-Ming Tsai, Chang-Jian Lin, Yan Fu

Journal of Electrochemistry

In duplex stainless steel, the two constituent phases, namely ferritic (α) and austenitic (γ) phases, have different crystal structure and chemical composition. They may thus exhibit different corrosion resistances in aqueous environment. In this investigation, an electrochemical technique with spatial resolution was employed to measure the potential difference between these two constituent phases in 2205 duplex stainless steel. Image analyzing techniques were also used to examine the preferential corrosion between α and γ phases. The experimental results showed that ferrite had a higher potential than austenite in 0.01 mol/L NaCl solution. In 2 mol/L H2SO4+x mol/L …


Electrochemical Monitoring On The Deactivation Of A Metallic Oxide Anode, Li-Kun Xu, Shi-Zhe Song, Ting-Yong Wang, Guang-Zhang Chen May 2003

Electrochemical Monitoring On The Deactivation Of A Metallic Oxide Anode, Li-Kun Xu, Shi-Zhe Song, Ting-Yong Wang, Guang-Zhang Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

The process of accelerated life test of an IrO2/Ta2O5 coated titanium anode was monitored using cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The vatiation with electrolysis time of anodic voltammetric charge Q*, the double layer capacitance Cdl,the oxide film resistance Rf and the charge transfer resistance Rct for oxygen evolution was measured. A deactivation mechanism was proposed based on the observation results.


Corrosion Behavior Of Reinforcing Steel In Concrete Subjected To Chloride Contamination By Eis, Rong-Gang Hu, Rong-Gui Du, Chang-Jian Lin May 2003

Corrosion Behavior Of Reinforcing Steel In Concrete Subjected To Chloride Contamination By Eis, Rong-Gang Hu, Rong-Gui Du, Chang-Jian Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS) was employed to study the influence of chloride on the corrosion behavior of reinforcing steel in concrete. In Nyquist plot, the spectrum consists of two semicircles, indicating that the reinforced concrete system contained two time constants,one derived from electrical double layer of reinforcing steel and the other from the deposition film of concrete layer. The depressed semicircle in lower frequency featured the non-faradic behavior of the electrical double layer (EDL) deviated from idea capacitor due to diffusive effect which was attributed to the surface roughness of rebar and the inhomogenity of concrete layer. Then the EDL was …


Corrosion Behavior Of Mg1.85Mm0.15Ni Hydrogen Storage Alloy Modified By Electroless Cu In Ch3Ohâ·H2O Solutions, Hua-Bin Yang, Hai-Chang Zhang, Hua Sun, Xiao-Dan Wang, Zuo-Xiang Zhou May 2003

Corrosion Behavior Of Mg1.85Mm0.15Ni Hydrogen Storage Alloy Modified By Electroless Cu In Ch3Ohâ·H2O Solutions, Hua-Bin Yang, Hai-Chang Zhang, Hua Sun, Xiao-Dan Wang, Zuo-Xiang Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

The corrosion behavior of the Mg1.85Mm0.15Ni (Mm:Ce-rich mischmetal) alloy modified by electroless Cu coating in different CH3OH-H2O solutions has been investigated by potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. These results showed that the corrosion behavior was improved after electroless Cu. The potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy results showed that the alloy electrode had more promising anti-corrosion behavior after coated in a 40%CH3OH-H2O solution. The values of corrosion current density and electrode reaction resistance were 5.6 mA·cm-2 (11.7 mA·cm-2 for uncoated alloy electrode) and 22.25 Ω·cm …


A Bilayer Self-Assembled Membrane Electrode For Fluorescence And Its Electrochemical Characterization, Xiang-Ying Sun, Bin Liu, Yun-Bao Jiang May 2003

A Bilayer Self-Assembled Membrane Electrode For Fluorescence And Its Electrochemical Characterization, Xiang-Ying Sun, Bin Liu, Yun-Bao Jiang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The bilayer membrane was assemblied on Au electrode by the electrostatic interaction between the fluorescence regent 1-naphthylamine diacetate acid (NADA) and DL-Cysteine. The SAMs electrode NADA/Cys/Au can be used as fluorescence and electrochemical sensor for metal ions. This paper states the electrochemical characterization of NADA/Cys/Au and SAMs' application in continous determination for Cu2+ and Ni2+.


Corrosion Prediction Of Carbon Steel In Concentrated Lithium Bromide Solutions At High Temperature Using Bp Neural Network, Nai-Bao Huang, Cheng-Hao Liang May 2003

Corrosion Prediction Of Carbon Steel In Concentrated Lithium Bromide Solutions At High Temperature Using Bp Neural Network, Nai-Bao Huang, Cheng-Hao Liang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Neutral network model has been developed for the computation of corrosion rate of carbon steel in LiBr solutions.The results indicate that the model is capable of reproducing the effects of changes in alkalinity, temperatures, LiBr and Na2MoO4 concentrations on the rates of general corrsion and good agreement between calculated and experimental corrosion rate is obtained. The model can be used to satisfactorily predict the corrosion rate of carbon steel in different concentrations of LiBr solutions containing different inhibitors at different temperatures. It also provides a novel method for corrosion monitoring of metals used in LiBr absorption chiller.


The Electrochemical Behaviors Of A Novel Ferrocene Alkylthiol Sams On Au Electrode, Xiao-Gang Zhang, Yan-Li Shi, Hu-Lin Li May 2003

The Electrochemical Behaviors Of A Novel Ferrocene Alkylthiol Sams On Au Electrode, Xiao-Gang Zhang, Yan-Li Shi, Hu-Lin Li

Journal of Electrochemistry

A novel alkylthiol molecule containing ferrocene and pyridium moieties and its hydrogenated products were synthesized and subsequently assembled on Au electrode as SAMs. Cyclic voltammogram(CV) was used to investigate the structure-dependent electrochemical response of the SAMs in 0.1 mol/L HClO4 aqueous solution.


Initial Stages Of Pd Deposition Onto Au(111) Electrodes From Pdso4, Jing Tang, Petri M., Kibler L.A., Kolb D.M. May 2003

Initial Stages Of Pd Deposition Onto Au(111) Electrodes From Pdso4, Jing Tang, Petri M., Kibler L.A., Kolb D.M.

Journal of Electrochemistry

Metal thin films have attracted considerable interest in relation to catalysis, energy, material, corrosion and environmental protection. Pd thin film is capable of proton reduction and strong hydrogen absorption, which has shown electrocatalytic activity to the oxidation of small organic molecules. In this paper, in-situ STM measurements are performed to study the deposition process and the influence of the surface structure and anion adsorption. When Pd is deposited from PdSO4 solution on Au(111) in the UPD range, a monolayer of Pd with pseudomorphic (1×1) structure was formed on the substrate with induced (3×7) R19° SO42- adsorption. With …


Recent Progress In The Research On Electrodeposition Of Composite Coatings, Xiao-Bing Liu, Xu-Cheng Wang, Yu Chen, Dan-Hong Cheng, Zu-Zhan Yu May 2003

Recent Progress In The Research On Electrodeposition Of Composite Coatings, Xiao-Bing Liu, Xu-Cheng Wang, Yu Chen, Dan-Hong Cheng, Zu-Zhan Yu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Recent progress in the research on composite coatings prepared by electroplating technology is reviewed. The nanoscaled particles, electrocatalytic, photoactive composite coatings are emphatically discussed. The composite coatings prepared by dispersing nanoscaled particles could attain better hardness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance than those of composite coatings which prepared by adding micronscaled particles. As compared with pure metal electrode and alloy electrode, some electrocatalytic composite coatings electrode could markedly reduce the overvoltages of cathodic and anodic electrode reaction. In recent years, the electrocatalytic composite coatings which based on metal oxides and conductive polymer as matrix materials become a newest field of …


Preparation And Electrochemical Preformance Of Zn-La Alloys, Xian-Ling Meng, Hua-Bin Yang, En-Dong Yang, Xiao-Dan Wang, Hai-Chang Zhang, Jun-Hong Wang, Zuo-Xiang Zhou May 2003

Preparation And Electrochemical Preformance Of Zn-La Alloys, Xian-Ling Meng, Hua-Bin Yang, En-Dong Yang, Xiao-Dan Wang, Hai-Chang Zhang, Jun-Hong Wang, Zuo-Xiang Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

Zn-La alloys were prepared by solid phase diffusion method and the effects of La on the electrochemical performance of zinc electrodes were investigated using potentiostatic polarization technique and charging/discharging cycle test. The results showed that adding La to zinc electrode remarkably suppressed the zinc dendrite, the shape of zinc electrode and zinc corrosion, and hence, markedly improved the cycle performance of zinc electrodes. The discharging capacity of the zinc electrode containing 0.5at.% La which was the optimum was still 520 mAh/g after it cycled 80s at the current of 100 mA. The XPS showed that La element mainly adhered on …


Synthesis And Electrochemical Characteristics Of Nickel-Based Complex Oxide LiANi0.78Co0.2Cd0.02O2, Rong-Zhong Yuan, Mei-Zhen Qu, Zuo-Long Yu May 2003

Synthesis And Electrochemical Characteristics Of Nickel-Based Complex Oxide LiANi0.78Co0.2Cd0.02O2, Rong-Zhong Yuan, Mei-Zhen Qu, Zuo-Long Yu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The nickel-based complex oxide LiaNi0.78Co0.02O2 cathode materials for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries was synthesized by the improved solid-state reaction method with LiOH·H2O, ball-like Cd-doped Ni(OH)2 and Co2O3 as raw materials. The analysis ICP-AES proved that the as-prepared compounds were near the stoichiometric form. The XRD, SEM and electrochemical characteristics testing were also carried out. The results showed that the complex cathode material LiaNi0.78Co0.2Cd0.02O2 has layered structure, homogeneous surface distributions,uniform particles with good crystal morphology as well as stable electrochemical …