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Electrochemical corrosion and protection of low-temperature sintered silver nanoparticle paste in NH4Cl solution

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Corrosion behavior of low-temperature sintered silver nanoparticle (AgNP) paste in NH4Cl solution was investigated using electrochemical measurements (electrochemical impedance, potentiodynamic polarization, and localized electrochemical impedance spectroscopy) as well as surface characterizations (scanning electron microscope and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy). The thiazolyl derivative was first applied as the corrosion inhibitor for the sintered AgNP paste. Results showed that the corrosion rate increased with the rising NH4Cl concentration while it decreased with the increase of solution alkaline. Due to the formation of a protective film through the coordination of N and S with Ag atoms, 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and sodium 2-mercaptobenzothiazole both showed excellent corrosion inhibition efficiencies (more than 97%) for the sintered AgNP paste in NH4Cl solutions. Relevant mechanisms have been proposed.

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This work supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 52001080, 51971067), Platform Research Capability Enhancement Project of Guangzhou University (Grant no. 69-620939), Guangzhou University’s 2020 Training Program for Talent (Grant no. 69-62091109), Provincial Innovation Training Program for College Students of Guangzhou University (Grant no. S202011078017), and Science and Technology Research Project of Guangzhou (Grant no. 202002010007).

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    Hong Wang, Qiao Zeng, Ying Wu, Bokai Liao & Xingpeng Guo

  2. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China

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  4. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

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Wang, H., Quan, X., Zeng, Q. et al. Electrochemical corrosion and protection of low-temperature sintered silver nanoparticle paste in NH4Cl solution. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 13748–13760 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05952-0

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