The electrochemical reaction mechanism and electrocrystallization process of Cu on copper electrode in the eutectic NaCl-KCl-CuCl molten salt were investigated by means of cyclic voltammetry, chronopotentiometry and chronoamperometry technique at 710 ℃. The results show that the electrochemical reaction process of Cu is a quasi-reversible process mix-controlled by Cu+ diffusion rate and electron transport rate; the electrochemical reduction mechanism is Cu++e→Cu; the electrocrystallization process of copper is an instantaneous hemispheroid three-dimensional nucleation process; the Cu+ diffusion coefficient is 4.3×10-4~cm2•s-1 under the experimental conditions.
ZHANG Kuai
,
LI Yun-Gang
. Electrochemical behavior of Cu in the (NaCl-KCl-CuCl) molten salt[J]. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2011
, 24(6)
: 466
-472
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DOI: 10.11890/1006-7191-116-466
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