Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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193801 | Electrochimica Acta | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The effect of passivation potential on surface crystal structure, apparent thickness and passivity of oxide films formed on pure iron prepared by plasma sputter deposition was investigated. The crystallinity was improved with passivation potential and the width of atomically flat terraces was expanded to 6 nm when passivating at 750 mV for 15 min, as observed by ex situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) after aging in air (<30% RH). Apparent thickness and passivity are linearly dependent on passivation potential. The former weakly depends on passivation duration, the latter strongly depends on passivation duration. This is well explained by the correlation between crystal structure and passivity.
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Authors
Huihua Deng, Hiroshi Nanjo, Pu Qian, Arifin Santosa, Ikuo Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Kurata,