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A study on electrodeposited Co–Mo alloys thin films

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Cobalt–Molybdenum (Co–Mo) induced electrodeposition has been studied from a sulphate bath on Ru electrodes at pH 4. The conditions of electrodeposition of Co–Mo alloys were determined using the cyclic voltametry at different ions concentration ratios. The theoretical model of Scharifker-Hills was used to analyse the current transients for studying the first stage of nucleation of Co–Mo alloys. The electrodeposited coatings were analysed by scanning electron microscopy, X-rays diffraction and alternating gradient force magnetometer techniques. The cyclic voltametry shows that the codeposition of Co–Mo alloys was accompanied by concurrent reactions such as the formation of the molybdenum oxides and the hydrogen evolution reaction. For the electrodeposited Co–Mo, the nucleation is in good agreement with the instantaneous nucleation and three-dimensional (3D) diffusion-limited growth. Co–Mo thin films of an hcp structure have been obtained, and the electrodeposition parameters such as the applied potential have a great influence on the structure, morphology and magnetic properties.

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The authors are very grateful to Pr. Bouzid Messoudi, Faculté de Technologie, Université de Béjaïa, Algeria, for providing DRX and SEM facilities.

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  1. Laboratoire de Chimie, Ingénierie Moléculaire et Nanostructures, Université F. Abbas-Sétif, 19000, Sétif, Algeria

    Y. Messaoudi & A. Azizi

  2. LERMPS, Université de Belfort Montbéliard, 90010, Belfort, France

    N. Fenineche

  3. Centre de Recherche Nucléaire d’Alger (CRNA), 2 Bd Frantz Fanon, BP 399, Algiers, Algeria

    A. Guittoum

  4. Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), UMR 7504 CNRS—Université de Strasbourg (UDS-ECPM), 23 rue du Loess, BP 43, 67034, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France

    G. Schmerber & A. Dinia

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Messaoudi, Y., Fenineche, N., Guittoum, A. et al. A study on electrodeposited Co–Mo alloys thin films. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 24, 2962–2969 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-013-1198-y

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