“…Cyanide-based solutions-which are not desirable due to environmental issues-were used as deposition electrolyte for Zn-Cu coatings in industry [25,26]. To solve these issues, environmentally-friendly and cyanide-free media including non-aqueous (ionic liquids [27] and deep eutectic solvents [28]) and aqueous media (gluconate [29], EDTA [30,31], mannitol [32], tartrate [33], ammonia [34], and pyrophosphate-based complex solutions [35,36]) have been used for Zn-Cu deposition. Specifically, pyrophosphate deposition bath is an environmentally friendly electrolyte [37], and metals/alloys obtained in this electrolyte do not produce their oxide/hydroxide forms [38][39][40][41].…”