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Nucleation and crystal growth in gold electrodeposition from acid solution Part I: Soft gold

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The initial stages of gold electrodeposition on a gold electrode were studied in a proprietary bath (Renovel N) using linear sweep voltammetry and chronoamperometry. Tafel plots with two different slopes were obtained, indicating that the mechanism for gold deposition depends on potential. An inhibition phenomenon was observed during gold electrocrystallization. Experimental current-time transients were analysed using nonlinear least-squares approximations by various models of nucleation and crystal growth. The electrodeposition mechanism changes from three-dimensional progressive at lower overpotentials to three-dimensional instantaneous at higher overpotentials. Moreover, additional two-dimensional progressive or a secondary three-dimensional progressive processes take place in certain potential ranges. It was shown that the outward growth rate of the substrate's base plane displays a linear Tafel relationship whereas the vertical growth rate of gold crystals decreases at more negative potentials due to an inhibition process.

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Li, Y.G., Chrzanowski, W. & Lasia, A. Nucleation and crystal growth in gold electrodeposition from acid solution Part I: Soft gold. J Appl Electrochem 26, 843–852 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00683747

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