Authors: Valiulienė, G.; Žielienė, A.; Jasulaitienė, V.

Source: Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing, Volume 84, Number 3, May 2006 , pp. 162-167(6)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:

The electrochemical behaviour and composition of nickel sulphide coatings deposited on glassy carbon (GC) electrode by the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method using a nickel(II) ammonia complex and Na₂S solutions have been studied in Ni²⁺ free background, Watts nickel plating and 0·05 M H₂SO₄ electrolytes by the cyclic voltammetry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) methods. Analysis of XPS data suggests that the coating is a mixture of two sulphides where NiS dominates. In the Ni²⁺ free background solution at first the electrochemical reduction of the sulphur rich nickel sulphide to NiS occurs. After that the NiS to metallic Ni is reduced in the potential range of H₂ evolution. During the cathodic reduction of the coating in Watts nickel plating electrolyte the sulphur is reduced in the potential range from 0·0 to ?0·4 V, while at the potential values 2 evolution range and Ni plating occur.

Keywords: CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; NI SULPHIDE COATING; XPS

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174591906X123994

Publication date: 2006-05-01

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