Copper oxide was prepared with thermal decomposition of basic copper carbonate to complement the concentration of cupric ions for copper electrodeposition in a plating system with insoluble anode. Copper oxide particles with a structure of aggregated porous flakes had a wide size distribution ranging from 100 nm to 100 μm. Copper oxide exhibited a dissolution rate of about 15 s in 12.5 vol% H2SO4 solution. During copper electrodeposition, copper deposits with fine growth formed in the electrolyte with stable cupric concentration provided by rapid dissolution of copper oxide.
Funding
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of Guangdong Innovative Research Team Program (No. 201301C0105324342), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61474019) and Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 20120185110021), and we also express our sincere thanks to the support of China Scholarship Council (No. 201306070032).
History
School
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
MATERIALS LETTERS
Volume
139
Pages
458 - 461 (4)
Citation
CHEN, Y. ... et al, 2015. Characterization and application of aggregated porous copper oxide flakes for cupric source of copper electrodeposition. Materials Letters, 139, pp. 458 - 461.
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Publication date
2015
Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Materials Letters and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.10.080.