Efficiency definition of the deposition process of electrochromic Ni(OH)2-PVA films formed on a metal substrate from concentrated solutions

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2021.246511

Keywords:

electrochromism, electrodeposition, nickel hydroxide, polyvinyl alcohol, nickel nitrate, current efficiency

Abstract

Electrochemical devices based on nickel hydroxide electrodes are used in different areas. The main ones are chemical current sources, variable transparency “smart” windows, devices for carrying out electrocatalytic reactions, sensors for determining various substances. In this regard, methods of nickel hydroxide synthesis are of great interest, especially those that allow forming nickel hydroxide directly on the surface of electrodes. One of these methods is electrochemical deposition with cathodic current polarization.

The available information on nickel hydroxide synthesis from nickel solutions was considered. It was shown that the available data mainly covered information on dilute solutions from 0.01 to 0.25 mol/L Ni(NO3)2. In addition, no comparison was found in the literature for the efficiency of the cathodic formation of Ni(OH)2 at different concentrations of nickel nitrate.

To eliminate the lack of information, the dependence of the current efficiency on the concentration of nickel nitrate in the electrodeposition solution was determined at a constant cathode current density of 0.625 mA/cm2. The resulting dependence decreased nonlinearly with increasing concentration. The nickel hydroxide deposit formed in this case had an X-ray amorphous structure, and it depended little on the Ni(NO3)2 concentration. In addition, the current efficiency reached zero at concentrations of 1.5 mol/L Ni(NO3)2 and higher. However, with polyvinyl alcohol in the solution and at Ni(NO3)2 concentrations of 1.5 and 2 mol/L, electrochemically and electrochromically active Ni(OH)2 films were deposited. The current efficiency calculated indirectly for 1.5 and 2 mol/L Ni(NO3)2 solutions was 3.2 and 2.3 %, respectively. Thus, it was concluded that polyvinyl alcohol affected the mechanism of nickel hydroxide electrodeposition from aqueous solutions of nickel nitrate.

Author Biographies

Valerii Kotok, University of Chemical Technology

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Processes, Apparatus and General Chemical Technology

Vadym Kovalenko, Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Food Additives and Cosmetics

Rovil Nafeev, State University of Telecommunications

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Physics

Volodymyr Verbitskiy, National Pedagogical Dragomanov University; National Ecological and Naturalistic Center for Student Youth

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor

Department of Medical, Biological and Valeological Basics of Life and Health Protection

Director

Olena Melnyk, Sumy National Agrarian University

PhD, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher

Research Coordination Office

Iryna Plaksiienko, Poltava State Agrarian University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Ecology, Sustainable Nature Management and Environmental Protection

Igor Kovalenko, Sumy National Agrarian University

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Dean of Faculty

Department of Ecology and Botany

Faculty of Agrotechnology and Nature Management

Viktoriia Stoliarenko, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department Chemistry and Methods of its Teaching

Valerii Plaksiienko, Poltava State Agrarian University

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor

Department of Accounting and Economic Control

Iryna Zamrii, State University of Telecommunications

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Higher Mathematics, Mathematical Modeling and Physics

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2021-12-22

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Kotok, V., Kovalenko, V., Nafeev, R., Verbitskiy, V., Melnyk, O., Plaksiienko, I., Kovalenko, I., Stoliarenko, V., Plaksiienko, V., & Zamrii, I. (2021). Efficiency definition of the deposition process of electrochromic Ni(OH)2-PVA films formed on a metal substrate from concentrated solutions . Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 6(12 (114), 27–33. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2021.246511

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