The effects of temperature and current density on cathodic current efficiency, specific energy consumption, and zinc deposit morphology during zinc electrodeposition from sulfate electrolyte in the presence of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([BMIM]HSO 4 ) as additive were investigated. The highest current efficiency (93.7%) and lowest specific energy consumption (2,486 kWh t -1 ) were achieved at 400 A m -2 and 313 K with addition of 5 mg dm -3 [BMIM]HSO 4 . In addition, the temperature dependence of some kinetic parameters for the zinc electrodeposition reaction was experimentally determined. Potentiodynamic polarization sweeps were carried out to obtain the expression for each parameter as a function of temperature. In the condition studied, the exchange current density depended on temperature as ln(i 0 ) = -a/T ? b and the charge transfer coefficient was constant. Moreover, the adsorption of the additive on cathodic surface obeyed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The associated thermodynamic parameters indicated the adsorption to be chemical.
The effects of three novel alkylpyridinium hydrosulfate ionic liquids (ILs)-EpyHSO4, BpyHSO4 and HpyHSO4 on current efficiency (CE), energy consumption (EC), catholic polarization behavior, surface morphology and crystallographic orientation during zinc electrodeposition from acidic sulphate solution were investigated. Addition of these additives was found to increase CE, decrease EC and improve the surface morphology at lower concentrations. Voltammetric studies indicated that these additives had a pronounced inhibiting effect on Zn2+ electroreduction and polarization of the electrode was in the order: HpyHSO4 > BpyHSO4 > EpyHSO4. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the presence of additives did not change the structure of the electrodeposited zinc but affected the crystallographic orientation of the crystal planes.
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