Methods and electrolytes for electrodeposition of smooth films
Abstract
Electrodeposition involving an electrolyte having a surface-smoothing additive can result in self-healing, instead of self-amplification, of initial protuberant tips that give rise to roughness and/or dendrite formation on the substrate and/or film surface. For electrodeposition of a first conductive material (C1) on a substrate from one or more reactants in an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution is characterized by a surface-smoothing additive containing cations of a second conductive material (C2), wherein cations of C2 have an effective electrochemical reduction potential in the solution lower than that of the reactants.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1172756
- Patent Number(s):
- 8980460
- Application Number:
- 13/495,727
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS
C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25D - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2012 Jun 13
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Zhang, Jiguang, Xu, Wu, Graff, Gordon L, Chen, Xilin, Ding, Fei, and Shao, Yuyan. Methods and electrolytes for electrodeposition of smooth films. United States: N. p., 2015.
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Zhang, Jiguang, Xu, Wu, Graff, Gordon L, Chen, Xilin, Ding, Fei, & Shao, Yuyan. Methods and electrolytes for electrodeposition of smooth films. United States.
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"Methods and electrolytes for electrodeposition of smooth films". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1172756.
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title = {Methods and electrolytes for electrodeposition of smooth films},
author = {Zhang, Jiguang and Xu, Wu and Graff, Gordon L and Chen, Xilin and Ding, Fei and Shao, Yuyan},
abstractNote = {Electrodeposition involving an electrolyte having a surface-smoothing additive can result in self-healing, instead of self-amplification, of initial protuberant tips that give rise to roughness and/or dendrite formation on the substrate and/or film surface. For electrodeposition of a first conductive material (C1) on a substrate from one or more reactants in an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution is characterized by a surface-smoothing additive containing cations of a second conductive material (C2), wherein cations of C2 have an effective electrochemical reduction potential in the solution lower than that of the reactants.},
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