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Platinum nanowires were prepared by electrodeposition in polycarbonate membrane, with different average diameter of nanowires about 15, 50 and 100 nm and the height about 6 µm. Kinetics of electrodeposition process were studied by electrochemical techniques such as voltammetry and chronoamperometry methods. Diffusion coefficient was then calculated from the electrochemical parameters and consequently the density of primer nuclei was extracted. The morphology of Pt nanowires was characterized by SEM, TEM and EDX. The results show that growing Nanowires on the surface of template is branch-like. The electro-oxidation of methanol and hydrogen on this electrode is investigated at room... 

Metal matrix nanocomposites contains ceramic ultrafine particles in a metal matrix, are used to improve the mechanical properties such as hardness and wear of coatings. For developing metal matrix nanocomposites, there are many methods. Electrochemical deposition process is one of these methods that have some advantages like uniform depositions on substrates with complex shapes, low cost, good repeatability and reducing waste. In this project, for increasing the hardness and wear resistance of nickel, composite coatings of nickel - titanium nitride was created by using electrochemical deposition of Watts bath contained titanium nitride particles. In order to increase the amount of... 

In the present work preparation of Ni-TiO2 films and their microstructural and mechanical properties were studied. For film preparation, DC current mode of electrochemical deposition method was used in Watts Nickel bath with different concentrations of transparent TiO2 sol up to 30 mL/L. It presents a new generation of nano Ni-TiO2 coating as a composite film for corrosion and erosion resistance applications. The best wear volume of 0.0046 mm3 was achieved for 30 mL/L Ni-TiO2 nanocomposite in comparison to 0.0071 mm3 for pure Ni film. Moreover, the coating hardness increased to ~345 HV50 for Ni-TiO2 nanocomposite. Corrosion rate of the coatings improved down to 1.10E-05 mm/year with addition... 

In the last decade, a great deal of attention has been paid to the study of synthesis of Nanoparticles, because of the widespread use of this material in applications involving Fuel cells and magnetic devices. In this thesis, we report some interesting features in the electrodeposition of metallic nanoparticles. The electrochemical phase formation of rhenium and nickel on the surface of P-Si (100) substrate plus morphological, topographical and fractal aspects of the accumulated surface were investigated in this research by means of chronoamperometry method and by utilization of AFM and SEM. The nucleation and growth mechanisms on silicon electrode are characterized using cyclic voltammetry... 

Magnesium and its alloys are biodegradable materials with mechanical properties similar to the bone tissue, therefore these materials are suitable for producing orthopedic implants. Unfortunately Magnesium and its alloys are corroded too fast in physiological environment which is the main obstacle for usage of these materials as orthopedic implants. Producing Hydroxyapatite(HA) coatings on surface of Magnesium and its alloys is one of the popular and useful methods for reducing the corrosion rate in physiological environment. HA is a biocompatible and bioactive coating with the ability to bond chemically with the bone tissue and therefore it is largely used as a bioactive coating on the... 

Syntheses of coats including nickel nano-particles by electrodeposition have been
investigated for over 10 years. A method of testing according to surface reply was chosen
to reveal the effect of each pulse parameters (including duty cycle, frequency, average
current density, off time (toff) and on time (ton)) and the effect of saccharin concentration
on electroplating cathode efficiency, nanostructure. Pulse electroplating test of nickel was
composed by 30 tests. Pulse electroplating with relatively high peak current density was
employed and saccharine was added to increase deposition and rate of nickel nucleation on
surface. According to the results of cathode... 

In this project Ni-SiC nanocomposite coatings were electrodeposited using Watts nickel bath with addition of SiC particles to the bath. Optimization of Ni-SiC electrodeposition parameters was done using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). At specific conditions, 67 Vol% of 10nm SiC is incorporated in nickel electrodeposits which is unique and not yet reported. Study nanomechanical properties of these coatings using Nanoindentation method, it was realized that the dislocation density is increased as force increasing which is in agreement with increasing intensity of (220) and (200) reflections and intensity attenuation of (111) reflection. Nanoscratch tests show that these... 

Conventional solid phase microextraction fibers posses relatively low recommended operating temperature, instability and swelling in organic solvents, breakage of the fiber, stripping of coatings, and bending of the needle. Some of these problems have been obviated by covalent bonding of the polymer phase to the fused-silica substrate by sol-gel technology, but the easy breakage of the fiber still is a remaining challenge In this work, after successful fabrication of unbreakable SPME fibers based on 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate precursor deposited on the surface of copper wire, the same approach was carried out to synthesis new sol-gel based SPME fibers. Three different coated... 

The multilayer coating (Zn-Ni)1/(Zn-Ni)2 is deposited from a single bath with a zincate-sulfate compound and by changing the current density. The effect of current density and the number of layers on the chemical composition, surface morphology, roughness, phase structure, and corrosion resistance of multilayer coatings respectively using atomic absorption spectroscopy, FE-SEM microscope, roughness tests, X-ray analysis, and electrochemical techniques such as Tafel polarization and impedance was investigated and compared with single-layer coatings. Because the amount of nickel in the composition of the coatings is less than 27%, in all the studied currents, the deposition is anomalous. The... 

In this study, an alkaline bath for co-deposition of Fe and Pd was selected. In order to investigate the mechanism of deposition, each of the metals iron and palladium electrodeposited from selected bath separately; and the kinetics of electrodeposition by electrochemical techniques such as linear voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and chronopotentiometry were evaluated. Electrodeposition processes of Fe, Pd and their alloy were irreversible and under diffusion of reducing agents are controlled. Moreover the electroreduction of palladium from utilized bath was performed in two steps. At following, the mechanism of iron– palladium alloy electrocrystallization was discussed and... 

In this research, metal oxides and hydroxides with carbon materials and conductive polymers (CPs), as well as transition metal oxysulfide nanostructures (TMOS), hybrid of Tin oxide and sulfie and polyphasphate-reduced graphene oxide (PPO-RGO) have been used as an active electrode materials for supercapacitors. In the first section of thesis, Tiron and graphene oxide (GO) were used as an anionic dopants to increase the capacity and stability of polypyrrole (PPy). In order to increase the capacity of Tiron/PPy/GO nanocomposite, vanadium oxide (V2O5) was used. The Tiron/PPy/GO/V2O5 nanocomposite was deposited on a stainless steel (SS) as a substrate via one-step electrochemical deposition... 

Fabrication of porous hybrid coatings, specially in combination with carbon compounds, can improve the electrochemical behavior of the coating. In this study, graphene oxide (GO) was first synthesized by tour method. After examining different methods to create a porous coating, the electrochemical coating method for simultaneous deposition of GO and nickel on the copper substrate was selected. CTAB was used to form nanometer porosity in the coating structure. In order to investigate the effect of GO on the properties of the deposited coating, two porous coatings of nickel (Ni) and nickel reduced-graphene oxide (Ni-rGO) were investigated by different analyzes. These analyzes include FESEM... 

Decomposition of seawater with the help of sunlight is one of the most promising ways to produce hydrogen as a clean and acceptable fuel in the future. Tungsten photoelectrode is a suitable option for seawater decomposition due to its medium bandwidth, excellent load transfer properties, good chemical stability in acidic and neutral environments, abundance and cost-effectiveness. On the other hand, intermediate metal catalysts (Fe, Ni, Co) are very important due to their abundance in the earth's crust and their stability in alkaline and neutral environments instead of oxides of precious metals (RuO2, IrO2). In this study, tungsten plate (WO3) nanostructures were grown on the surface of a... 

Electrochemical deposition of multilayer coatings is one of the surface engineering techniques to create thin surface layers with a controlled structure in order to create desirable surface properties. In this research, the nickel-iron-silicon carbide multilayer coating is deposited from a single bath with a sulfate composition and by changing the current density between two values (10 and 40 mA/cm2). The number of layers in multilayer coating was 4, 8, 16, 32.The effect of current density and the number of layers on chemical composition, surface morphology, phase structure, corrosion resistance, nano hardness measurement, wear resistance of multilayer coatings respectively using electron... 

The development of alternative energy sources is a prominent area of scientific research. Hydrogen, with its exceptional energy density, has emerged as a particularly promising candidate among these new energy sources. An effective technique for generating hydrogen is through the electrochemical process of water splitting. To enhance this process, it is crucial to investigate the development of electrocatalysts with high electrocatalytic activity. Among the potential options, sulfides of transition metals show promise. An essential difficulty in electrochemical water splitting is the development of a bifunctional catalyst that is both active and stable for both the hydrogen evolution...