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Electrodeposition of Metals with Hydrogen Evolution

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Hydrogen generated during electrodeposition processes can achieve a significant influence on morphology of electrodeposited metal. This effect is especially important during electrodeposition of metals characterized by low (so-called the, like Cu) and very low (so-called the, like Ni, Co, Fe, Pt, Cr) overpotentials for hydrogen discharge [1]. In the case of Cu, hydrogen evolution commences at some overpotential belonging to the plateau of the limiting diffusion current density. The increase of the overpotential intensifies this reaction (see Fig. 1.10a). For copper solution containing 0.10 M CuSO4 in 0.50 M H2SO4, the plateau of the limiting diffusion current density corresponds to the range of overpotentials between 300 and 750 mV, and hydrogen evolution as the second reaction commences at an overpotential of 590 mV [2]. The quantity of evolved hydrogen is determined by the current efficiency for hydrogen evolution reaction, η I,av(H2). As presented in Table 5.1, the current efficiency of hydrogen evolution increases with an increase in overpotential.

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    Konstantin I. Popov

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  3. ICTM- Institute of Electrochemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Nebojša D. Nikolić

  4. Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Vladimir D. Jović

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Popov, K.I., Djokić, S.S., Nikolić, N.D., Jović, V.D. (2016). Electrodeposition of Metals with Hydrogen Evolution. In: Morphology of Electrochemically and Chemically Deposited Metals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26073-0_5

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