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Underpotential – Overpotential Phase Transformation Phenomena in Copper Deposition Processes on Glassy Carbon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

T. A. Arzhanova
T. A. Arzhanova*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Electrochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Far-Eastern Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia 690022, tatsarzh@dionis.vladivostok.ru
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Abstract

The initial stages of copper electrodeposition on glassy carbon were studied from a solution of 1 M CuSO4 in 0.5 M H2SO4 by the methods of potentiostatic current transients and pulse experiments. The experimental data were analyzed according to the theory of potentiostatic current transients for three-dimensional multiple nucleation with diffusion controlled growth. The theory was found to be in good agreement with experimental data for instantaneous copper nucleation in the cathodic overpotential range η = −0.18 – −0.40 V. It is shown that in case of progressive nucleation at η ≤ −0.16 V, this theory can be used only for trend analysis of copper nucleation process parameters. An important influence of the initial state of glassy carbon surface on the nucleation rate was found determined by the underpotential. It is shown that the dependence of nucleation rate on the underpotential is inadequate and is determined by cathodic overpotential.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 481: Symposium P – Science and Technology of Semiconductor Surface Preparation , 1997 , 339
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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