ELECTROCHEMICAL OBTAINING AND MORPHOLOGY OF ALLOYS’ NANOCOVERINGS IN SYSTEM Re-Сu-Se

Abstract

Electrochemical obtaining of nano-coatings in the system Re-Cu-Se on platinum electrode during voltammetric cycling was studied. The research was carried out using sulphate solution containing selenium dioxide, potassium perrenate and copper chloride. For obtaining nano coatings in the Re-Cu-Se system, we used an electrolyte of the following composition (mol/l): 6.9 ∙ 10-4 –  6.9 ∙ 10-3 KReO4 + 9 ∙ 10-4 – 1.8 ∙ 10-2 SeO2 + 6 ∙ 10-4 – 1.2 ∙ 10-2 CuCl2 ∙ 2H2O +2 H2SO4, t = 80 ºC; V = 0.005VS-1; pH = 0.1, electrode - Pt. Based on the studying  of the volt-ampere dependences during the joint electroreduction of rhenium (VII), selenium (IV) and copper (II) ions from sulfate electrolytes on a PT electrode, the conditions for the deposition of alloys nanocoatings in the Re-Cu-Se system were established. To study the morphology of films on platinum and copper substrates, the electrode surface was studied using a JEOL JSM7600F scanning electron microscope at various magnifications, and was accordingly subjected to elemental analysis using an Oxford X-MAX 50 detector. The sample has been scanned in the mode of secondary electrons at an accelerating voltage ~ 15 keV. It has been found that agglomerates are observed on the electrode surface, mainly consisting of sphere-shaped particles with an average size of ~ 20-25 nm. The spectrum of characteristic X-ray radiation indicates the presence of these components of the system, allows quantitative analysis of samples. Based on the presented distribution diagram by weight percent, the content of system components is represented by the following ratio: Re-12%, Cu-5%, Se-10%. The presence of characteristic peaks of carbon and oxygen in the spectrum is explained by residual phenomena during obtaining.