Electrochemical Vapor Deposition: Theory And Experiment

Abstract

Electrochemical Vapor Deposition (EVD) refers to the growth of a metal oxide layer due to the presence of an electrochemical potential gradient. In the simplest case the oxide growth can be modeled with the Wagner oxidation theory for metals.In )this work the theory for the growth of ionically conducting Zr (Y) d2-x will be discussed along with the growth of electronically conducting LaCr03.Experimental parameters important to EVD growth along with results of the EVD grown films of stabilized zirconia will be presented.