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Effect of Ce(NO3)4 on the electrochemical properties of Ti/PbO2–TiO2–Ce(NO3)4 electrode for zinc electrowinning

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Ti/PbO2–TiO2–Ce(NO3)4 electrode for zinc electrowinning was prepared, and the effect of Ce(NO3)4 content on the electrochemical properties of zinc electrowinning anode was studied. Morphology and composition of the Ti/PbO2 electrode before and after polarization were analyzed by SEM and XRD. The corrosion mechanism was investigated by linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), cyclic voltammetry (CV) ,and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analyses. The cell voltage, current efficiency, corrosion rate, anode lifetime, and failure mechanism of Ti/PbO2 and Ti/PbO2–TiO2–Ce(NO3)4 were analyzed by simulating zinc electrowinning experiments. It was found that Ce(NO3)4 promoted the oxygen evolution reaction, and reduced the oxygen evolution potential and energy consumption. The analysis of oxygen evolution peak and reduction peak shows that Ti/PbO2–TiO2–Ce(NO3)4 electrode has good invertibility. In addition, it was found that the addition of Ce(NO3)4 increased the activity of the coating, and Ti/PbO2–TiO2–Ce(NO3)4 (0.5 g L−1) had the best activity. Compared with Ti/PbO2, the cell voltage of Ti/PbO2–TiO2–Ce(NO3)4 (0.5 g L−1) was reduced by 0.15 V, the current efficiency was improved by 4.3%, the corrosion rate was reduced by 0.0331 g A−1 h−1, and the lifetime was improved by 5 h.

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This work was supported by the funds for the construction of high-level talents of Kunming University of Science and Technology (KKKP201763019) and the Kunming University of Science and Technology Analysis Test Fund (2017T20170001).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, People’s Republic of China

    Cheng Zhang & Jianhua Liu

  2. Key Laboratory of Unconventional Metallurgy, Ministry of Education,Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, People’s Republic of China

    Cheng Zhang & Jianhua Liu

  3. Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, People’s Republic of China

    Buming Chen

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Zhang, C., Liu, J. & Chen, B. Effect of Ce(NO3)4 on the electrochemical properties of Ti/PbO2–TiO2–Ce(NO3)4 electrode for zinc electrowinning. Appl. Phys. A 125, 150 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-2462-7

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