Abstract
The electrodeposition of Te on Au substrate was investigated in either
choline chloride-urea and in choline chloride-ethylene glycol deep
eutectic solvents, at a molar ration of 1:2, containing 0.05 mol L-1
TeCl4. The electrodeposition of Te on Au electrode followed a
three-dimensional progressive nucleation mechanism in both eutectic
solvents. The diffusion coefficients of Te4+ species as a function of
temperature were well fitted by a like-Arrhenius equation in both
plating solutions. The apparent activation energies were 22.20 and 22.55
kJ mol(-1) for Scharifker-Hills and Cottrell's models, respectively, in
1 ChCl:2EG. On the other hand, in 1ChCl:2 U these values were 59.20 and
57.80 kJ mol(-1). In addition. SEM micrographs of Te electrodeposits
from both revealed a large-scale Te rods-like morphology with hexagonal
cross-section in nanoscale regime uniformly distributed on electrode
surface. TEM investigation suggested that Te single-crystalline grew
perpendicular direction of (100) planes which implied in the
preferential growth direction of 001. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All
rights reserved.
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