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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages 511-518Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.stam.2007.08.001
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phase-field modeling; electrochemistry; electrodeposition; pattern formation
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A novel phase-field model for electrochemical processes, in which cations were driven by an electrostatic potential coupled with a thermodynamic potential, was formulated from a variation of the Ginzburg-Landau free-energy functional. Using this model, an electrodeposition process of copper deposits from copper-sulfate solution was studied using a phase-field simulation. The dependence of the growth velocity of the electrode on the applied voltage was examined in a one-dimensional system. Then, the morphological transition of the electrodeposits as functions of the applied voltage and the composition ratio of copper ion in electrolyte was examined using a two-dimensional system. Thin and dense branches were observed at a low applied voltage. The shape of the branches became more complicated as the composition ratio was lowered. (c) 2007 NIMS and Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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