Determination of critical conditions for the formation of electrodeposited copper structures suitable for electrodes in electrochemical devices

Sensors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Nikolic, Nebojsa D ^a   Popov, Konstantin I ^a   Pavlovic, Ljubica J ^a   Pavlovic, Miomir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Copper; Electrodeposition; Hydrogen evolution; Scanning electron microscope (SEM); Sensors

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID SULPHATES; COPPER STRUCTURES; CRITICAL CONDITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; ELECTRODEPOSITED COPPER; HYDROGEN-EVOLUTION; LIMITING DIFFUSION CURRENT; OVERPOTENTIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

ELECTRODEPOSITION;

EID: 33947408137     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s7010001     Document Type: Article

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