Application of electroactive films in corrosion protection. 2; Metal hexacyanometalate films on TiO sub 2 /Ti surfaces

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2085899· OSTI ID:7039847

Deng, Z; Smyrl, W H ^[1]

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1. Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN (United States). Corrosion Research Center

This paper reports on the metal hexacyanometalate films, Prussian blue (PB), Ni hexacyanoferrate (NiHCF), and Cu hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF), that were studied for their ability to poise the potential of an oxide-covered metal in a stable, passive region of voltage. This requires the films to catalyze oxygen reduction, and oxygen reduction on PB films was found to be as large as 0.14 mA/cm{sup 2}. However, no net oxygen reduction was observed on NiHCF and CuHCF films. When PB films were galvanically coupled to Ti electrodes, the open-circuit potential was stabilized at 0.38-0.52 V vs. SCE even at area ratios (Ti/PB) as high as 10. PB films directly deposited onto Ti electrodes were also studied. The films could only be reduced at a negative potential ({minus}0.18 V vs. SCE) near the flatband potential for TiO{sub 2}, and electrochemical oxidation did not occur under dark, deaerated conditions. Upon exposure of reduced PB on TiO{sub 2} to dissolved O{sub 2}, or to illumination, the PB film was oxidized and the coupled system adopted a stable potential between +0.2 and 0.3 V.

• OSTI ID: 7039847
• Journal Information: Journal of the Electrochemical Society; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society; (United States) Vol. 138:7; ISSN 0013-4651; ISSN JESOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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