Relaxation Kinetics of Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Coated Al Electrode: Insight into the Role of Negative Current

The Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and Interfaces
Aleksey B RogovAleksey Yerokhin

Abstract

Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) is an advanced coating process based on high-voltage anodizing. Notwithstanding the anodic nature of the PEO process, it is known that negative polarization leads to synergetic effects in oxide formation efficiency and characteristics of resulting coatings. In this work, we used dynamic anodic voltammograms derived from polarization signal, combining working and diagnostic segments to evaluate in real time the effects of negative polarization on the formation of PEO on the coating on Al in the bipolar regime with a frequency of 50 Hz and a negative-to-positive charge ratio of 1.3. It was found that the hysteresis between ascending and descending branches of the voltammogram can be both caused by prior cathodic polarization and spontaneously generated under unpolarized conditions. This indicated the existence of a quasi-equilibrium in the chemical state of the coating material, which could be perturbed by the external bipolar polarization. The characteristic relaxation time for this system was found to be 40-370 ms. The quasi-equilibrium was attributed to a reversible hydration/dehydration reaction taking place in the active zone of anodic alumina layer (degree of hydration: 10-40%). Coating r...Continue Reading

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Aug 24, 2017·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Aleksey B RogovAllan Matthews

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