Comparative Study of Ni-Sn Alloys Electrodeposited from Choline Chloride-Based Ionic Liquids in Direct and Pulsed CurrentShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: Coatings, ISSN 2079-6412, Vol. 9, no 12, article id 801Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This work presents, for the first time, the electrodeposition of Ni-Sn alloys in pulse current, from deep eutectic solvents (choline chloride: ethylene glycol eutectic mixture). Additionally, in this study, we report a comparison of the electrodeposition methods known as pulse and direct current. The elemental composition of the films, evaluated from EDX, remained almost constant independently on the electrodeposition parameters. The XRD data revealed the presence of the NiSn metastable phase, which has been confirmed by DSC analysis. This phase shows a nanocrystalline structure with crystallite sizes between 12 and 20 nm. The use of pulse current electrodeposition method has led to an improvement of alloys’ mechanical properties. Moreover, by controlling the electrodeposition parameters, we succeeded in tuning the mechanical properties of the coatings prepared through the PC method. We showed that the hardness parameters exhibited by the Ni-Sn alloys are strongly dependent on their crystallite sizes.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2019. Vol. 9, no 12, article id 801
Keywords [en]
electrodeposition, Ni-Sn coatings, deep eutectic solvent, direct current plating, pulse current plating, mechanical properties
National Category
Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-47486DOI: 10.3390/coatings9120801ISI: 000506682800030Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85078027005Local ID: GOA JTH 2019;JTHMaterialISOAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-47486DiVA, id: diva2:1387658
2020-01-222020-01-222020-02-13Bibliographically approved