Influence of regime of electrolysis on morphology and structure of copper dendrites

Abstract

Comparative analysis of morphological and structural features of copper dendrites obtained by potentiostatic and galvanostatic regimes of electrolysis was made. The 3D (three dimensional) pine-like dendrites composed from stalk and corncob-like forms as branches, with the sharp tips of both stalk and branches, were obtained by the potentiostatic regime of electrolysis with all analyzed amounts of passed electricity. On the other hand, with increasing the amount of the passed electricity the shape of 3D pine-line dendrites obtained by the galvanostatic regime of electrolysis changed than those with the sharp tips of stalk and branches to those which the tips finished globules. Comparing with Cu deposits obtained at overpotentials which belonged to different types of electrodeposition control, it is concluded that overpotential at the end of passed amount of the electricity plays crucial role in the final shape of galvanostatically produced Cu dendrites. Irrespective of the shape of Cu dendrites, crystallites of copper were random oriented in the both types of dendrites.

Napravljena je uporedna analiza morfoloških i strukturnih karakteristika dendrita bakra dobijenih potenciostatskim i galvanostatskim režimima elektrolize. Trodimenzionalni (3D) dendriti nalik stablu bora izgrađeni od stabla i grana koje nalikuju klipovima kukuruza, sa oštrim vrhovima, su bili dobijeni potenciostatskim režimom elektrolize sa svim analiziranim količinama propuštenog naelektrisanja. Na drugoj strani, sa povećanjem količine propuštenog naelektrisanja oblik 3D dendrita dobijenih galvanostatskim režimom elektrolize se menjao od onih sa oštrim vrhovima i stalka i grana do onih čiji vrhovi su se završavali globulama. Poređenjem sa talozima bakra dobijenim na prenapetostima koje su pripadale različitim tipovima kontrole procesa elektrohemijskog taloženja, zaključeno je da prenapetost na kraju propuštene količine naelektrisanja igra presudnu ulogu u krajnjem obliku galvanostatski proizvedenih Cu dendrita. Bez obzira na oblik Cu dendrita, kristaliti bakra su bili slučajno orijentisani u oba tipa dendrita.