Production of nanosized copper powders from electrolytes with water soluable polymer

Abstract

Production of nanosized copper powders from electrolytes with water soluable polymer

Berezhoi Y.M., Lipkin V.M.,Popov S.V., Derlugyan P.D., Shishka N.V., Danyushina G.A., Lipkin M.S.,Onyshko D.A.

Incoming article date: 15.09.2015

The effect of two surface-active substances (SAS) - polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and polyacrilamide (PAA) on formation kinetics of anodic synthesized electrolytes for copper powders production was reviewed, as well as product properties. It was found that the copper powder properties defined by polymer film of PVP and PAA formed on cathode surface. Nanosized particles percentage increasing by dints of copper ions direct discharge from ammonia complex ions provided by polymer film. In the electrolyte containing PAA is possible to obtain copper powder with nanosized (less 100 nm) particles content of 50,2%, average size in nanosized range is 43nm with needle-dendrite particle shape

Keywords: electrolytic copper powder, vibrating cathode, polarization curve, chronopotentiometry, potential dip after current tripping, particle size distribution, water soluble polymer, nanosized particle, ammonia chloride, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyacrilamide, am