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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
卷 11, 期 18, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11188403
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palladium; electroless deposition; thin films; sustainable catalysts
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- Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (PRIN Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) [2017YH9MRK]
The study compared different formulations for electroless deposition in order to obtain continuous nanometre-sized and micrometre-sized films of palladium on copper. By combining displacement plating and chemical plating techniques, a sustainable procedure for micrometre-sized palladium coatings as an alternative to electroplating of Pd for decorative applications was successfully developed.
Various formulations for electroless deposition, to obtain continuous nanometre-sized and micrometre-sized films of palladium on copper, were compared. We deposited ultrathin films using displacement plating formulations. We obtained continuous films with an equivalent thickness between 6 and 22 nm, measured by exploiting the K-ratio method with SEM-EDS of Pd layers. The Pd films obtained in this step of the work represent a cost-effective catalytic substrate. As a second step, we selected chemical plating as the procedure to obtain palladium films with a thickness in the micrometre range. An ammonia-based Pd chemical plating bath represent one of the most effective chemical plating formulations. To prevent copper substrates from being damaged by ammonia, displacement plating with palladium was also applied as a pre-treatment to make the use of these plating baths a viable way to obtain thicker palladium coatings. Palladium films showing good adherence, compact morphology, and a thickness over 1.5 mu m were obtained, proving that the combination of two different electroless techniques was the key to develop a sustainable procedure for micrometre-sized palladium coatings, which could substitute electroplating of Pd in galvanic industry for decorative applications.
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