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Effect of Current Density on Growth Law of Manganese Electrodeposition

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Manganese sulfate solution would be affected by various factors in electrolytic production of manganese. When different electrolysis time was controlled, the effects of current density on the growth law of cathode manganese, the current efficiency, cell voltage and energy consumption in the electrodeposition process were studied. The results showed that too low or too high current density was not conducive to the growth of manganese grains. When the current density was about 450 A/m2, the manganese grains grew uniformly with spherical morphology and the cathode manganese sheet had high density. The α-manganese with good crystallinity and high density was obtained after electrodeposition for 10 h. Under this current density, the current efficiency of manganese deposition was high, the cell voltage was stable, and the energy consumption was low. The average current efficiency was 71.656%, the cell voltage fluctuated between 3.89 and 3.95 V, and the average energy consumption was 5.33 kW h/kg.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First of all, I would like to thank the college for providing testing equipment and experimental platform. Secondly, thanks for the technical help provided by Beijing Zhongke Baice Technology Service Co., Ltd. Finally, thanks to the lab teachers for their help.

The author sincerely thanks the reviewers for their views and suggestions to further improve the quality of the manuscript.

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The funding supports for this study were obtained from National Natural Science Foundation of China (51864012, 51764008); Guizhou Provincial Science Cooperation Program ([2019] 1411, [2019] 2841).

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      S. Wang, J. W. Wang, J. Y. Tian, P. Yang, Y. He, C. Y. Yang & H. F. Wang

    2. Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Engineering and Energy Saving, 520025, Guiyang, China

      S. Wang, J. W. Wang, P. Yang, Y. He, C. Y. Yang & H. F. Wang

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    Wang, S., Wang, J.W., Tian, J.Y. et al. Effect of Current Density on Growth Law of Manganese Electrodeposition. Russ J Electrochem 59, 616–627 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193523080116

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