Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5440083 | Corrosion Science | 2017 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Electrochemical measurements based on the point defect model and ab initio calculations were employed to investigate the properties of passive films formed on copper in anaerobic sulphide-containing solutions at different temperatures. P-type semiconductor characteristics were observed at potentials more positive than â0.75Â VSCE, which is consistent with copper vacancies being the dominant defect, but n-type behaviour was observed at lower potentials. The density of copper vacancies (approximately 1022Â cmâ3) increases with temperature and formation potential, and the diffusion coefficient of copper vacancies lies within the range of 10â15 to 10â14Â cm2/s based on ab initio computations and electrochemical measurements.
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Authors
Decheng Kong, Aoni Xu, Chaofang Dong, Feixiong Mao, Kui Xiao, Xiaogang Li, Digby D. Macdonald,