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Pulse electrodeposition of Ti/Sn-SbOX/β-PbO2 anodes with high oxygen evolution activity in zinc electrowinning

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To obtain PbO2 anodes with high oxygen evolution activity and long lifetimes in zinc electrowinning, Ti/Sn-SbOX/β-PbO2 composite electrodes were prepared by pulse electrodeposition. The impact of pulse parameters including pulse duration and duty cycle on the surface morphology, phase composition, and electrochemical performance of Ti/Sn-SbOX/β-PbO2 electrodes was systematically investigated. The electrochemical measurements and accelerated life tests suggested that the composite electrode prepared with a pulse duration of 300 ms exhibited the lowest oxygen evolution potential and longest service life. The crystal size of the PbO2 active layer along the (110), (101), and (211) planes decreased after decreasing the duty cycle. As a result, the PbO2 layer obtained under a pulse duration of 300 ms and 10% duty cycle displayed a small, dense, and uniform crystal size distribution. The oxygen evolution potential was 0.365 V lower than that of the electrode obtained under direct current model, and the accelerated life was increased by 24.4 h. These results provide a promising deposition method for the preparation of composite anode materials in zinc electrowinning.

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This research was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52064028, 22002054, 51504111, and 51564029), Technology Innovation Talents Project of Yunnan Province (No. 2019HB111), Key project of Yunnan Provincial Basic Research Program (No. 2021FA016), Science and Technology Achievement Transfer and Transformation Project (No. 202107AC110009), and Analysis and Testing Foundation of Kunming University of Science and Technology (2021T20200004).

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    Jianqiang Ye, Linhui Chang, Buming Chen, Hui Huang, Yapeng He & Zhongcheng Guo

  2. Research Center of Yunnan Metallurgical Electrode Materials Engineering Technology, Kunming, 650106, China

    Jianqiang Ye, Linhui Chang, Buming Chen, Hui Huang, Yapeng He & Zhongcheng Guo

  3. Kunming Hendera Science and Technology Co, Ltd, Kunming, 650106, China

    Buming Chen, Hui Huang & Zhongcheng Guo

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Ye, J., Chang, L., Chen, B. et al. Pulse electrodeposition of Ti/Sn-SbOX/β-PbO2 anodes with high oxygen evolution activity in zinc electrowinning. Ionics 28, 3557–3569 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04584-6

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