TY - JOUR
T1 - Textural evolution in electrodeposits under the influence of adsorbed foreign species. Part II a simulation study on effects of potassium chloride on textural evolution in copper electrodeposits
AU - Li, D. Y.
AU - Osseo-Asare, K.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The texture of copper deposits produced in the bath containing potassium chloride changes with the content of the potassium chloride. This change in texture was usually explained to be caused by chloride adsorption on the cathode. This paper reports simulation studies on textural evolution in copper electrodeposits under the influence of potassium chloride, using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. The study was conducted based on the assumption that the textural development results from the minimization of the system free energy in which the surface-energy anisotropy plays the most important role. The simulation demonstrates that adsorbed potassium ions may change the surface-energy anisotropy of copper, and therefore, they also affect texture variation in copper deposits in addition to the chloride effect. It was observed the potassium effect on textural variation in copper deposits is even stronger than that of the Cl- adsorption.
AB - The texture of copper deposits produced in the bath containing potassium chloride changes with the content of the potassium chloride. This change in texture was usually explained to be caused by chloride adsorption on the cathode. This paper reports simulation studies on textural evolution in copper electrodeposits under the influence of potassium chloride, using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. The study was conducted based on the assumption that the textural development results from the minimization of the system free energy in which the surface-energy anisotropy plays the most important role. The simulation demonstrates that adsorbed potassium ions may change the surface-energy anisotropy of copper, and therefore, they also affect texture variation in copper deposits in addition to the chloride effect. It was observed the potassium effect on textural variation in copper deposits is even stronger than that of the Cl- adsorption.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1018664222034
DO - 10.1023/A:1018664222034
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031249497
SN - 0022-2461
VL - 32
SP - 5525
EP - 5532
JO - Journal of Materials Science
JF - Journal of Materials Science
IS - 20
ER -