Effects of Additives Containing Cyanopyridine on Electrodeposition of Bright Al Coatings from AlCl<sub>3</sub>-EMIC Ionic Liquids

The Al coatings were electrodeposited on the Cu substrate from AlCl<sub>3</sub>-EMIC ionic liquid (AlCl<sub>3</sub>:EMIC = 2:1 molar ratio) containing three cyanopyridine additives with different positions of the substituent group on the pyridine ring, which were 2-cyanopyrid...

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Autores principales: Min Zhang, Dong Peng, Feifei Peng, Anwei Huang, Kaiqiang Song, Qingbing He, Changqing Yin, Jinsong Rao, Yuxin Zhang, Haitao Chen, Dalong Cong, Zhongsheng Li
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/1759aeb61466414187435fd34695aeef
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Sumario:The Al coatings were electrodeposited on the Cu substrate from AlCl<sub>3</sub>-EMIC ionic liquid (AlCl<sub>3</sub>:EMIC = 2:1 molar ratio) containing three cyanopyridine additives with different positions of the substituent group on the pyridine ring, which were 2-cyanopyridine, 3-cyanopyridine, and 4-cyanopyridine. The effects of cyanopyridine additives on the deposition potential, morphology, brightness, and corrosion properties of Al coatings were investigated. It was considered that the deposition potential of Al shifted to more negative overpotentials, the quality of Al coatings was promoted, and the corrosion property was improved by the cyanopyridine additives to a varying degree. Especially in the presence of 4-cyanopyridine, the flattest mirror bright Al coating was obtained, which had the smallest homogeneous nanocrystal grain size and strongest Al (200) crystallographic orientation. The average roughness Ra value was as low as 31 nm compared to that in the absence of cyanopyridine additives, which was 417 nm. Furthermore, the corrosion current density of the bright Al coating was three orders of magnitude lower than the rough Al coating, which resulted from the dense nanocrystal structure.