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Underpotential deposition of aluminum and alloy formation on polycrystalline gold electrodes from AlCl{sub 3}/EMIC room-temperature molten salts

Journal Article · · Journal of the Electrochemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1.1393233· OSTI ID:20023347
Interfacial processes occurring at polycrystalline gold in acidic 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloroaluminate melts at room temperature, at potentials more positive than aluminum bulk deposition, include both Al underpotential deposition and the formation of Al/Au alloys. This information complements that reported in the literature for Al electrodeposition on Au in AlCl{sub 3}/NaCl melts at temperatures of 200 C and higher. Cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry suggest that at least two alloys form, and there is fast phase transformation between these intermetallic compounds at room temperature in the aluminum underpotential region. This transformation with thin gold films was slower than that in bulk gold electrodes.
Research Organization:
Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (US)
OSTI ID:
20023347
Journal Information:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 147; ISSN 0013-4651; ISSN JESOAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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