One-step polypyrrole electrodeposition on zinc and other oxidizable metalsin aqueous media

Citation
E. Hermelin et al., One-step polypyrrole electrodeposition on zinc and other oxidizable metalsin aqueous media, REV METALL, 97(12), 2000, pp. 1501-1508
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Metallurgy
Journal title
Revue de métallurgie
ISSN journal
00351563 → ACNP
Volume
97
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1501 - 1508
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Polypyrrole films are electrodeposited on zinc and other common metals in a one-step process by using a salicylate salt in a pH 5 aqueous solution of pyrrole. This electrolyte passivates the substrate and makes it possible to obtain strongly adherent PPy films, with controlled thickness by electroly sis at constant current. With this technique, the current efficiency is qua ntitative and the deposition rate is high enough to be compatible with the imperatives of industrial production (2 mum in 3 s with a 200 mA/cm(2) curr ent density).