中国有色金属学报(英文版)
Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
| Vol. 20 No. 1 January 2010 |
AlCl3-NaCl melts
（1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Preparation Technology of Liaoning Province,
Shenyang University, Shenyang 110044, China;
2. School of Materials and Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China）
Abstract:Electrochemical deposition of aluminum on W electrode from AlCl3-NaCl melts was studied by cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry. The results show that Al (Ⅲ) is reduced in two consecutive steps, i.e., 4Al2Cl7−+3e−→Al+7AlCl4− and then AlCl4−+3e−→Al+4Cl−. The electrochemical reaction of 4Al2Cl7−+3e−→Al+7AlCl4− is reversible. Certain nucleation overpotential is required during the deposition of aluminum on W electrode. Chronopotentiometry analysis also shows that Al (Ⅲ) is reduced in two consecutive steps under certain current density, which is in reasonable agreement with cyclic voltammograms. By using constant current deposition, the electrodeposits on Al substrate obtained at between 50 and 100 mA/cm2 are quite dense and well adherent to the Al substrate. The electrochemical deposition of aluminum on Cu substrate in AlCl3-NaCl melts indicates that the intermetallic compounds are formed. The intermetallic compounds are AlCu and Al2Cu.
Key words: aluminum; electrodeposition; intermetallic compounds
