Kun Shan,Ping Zhou,Yunsheng Zuo,Renke Kang,Dongming Guo
Electrogenerated chemical polishing (EGCP) had been proved effective in improving both the smoothness and the flatness of copper surface in our previous work. In this paper the polishing ability, defined as the ratio between the material removal rate at the peak and at the valley of a rough surface, is studied theoretically and experimentally. In a mathematical model, the effects of the special wavelength L , the peak-to-valley height h of the workpiece surface profile and the working distance d between working electrode and workpiece surface on the polishing ability are studied. The results show that the polishing ability decreases with increasing the working distance and finally approaches the value ( d + h )/ d , if L is much larger than d . However, the effect of the working distance on polishing ability is negligible, if L is close to or less than d . The polishing ability also decreases with h decreasing. Based on the above analysis, an analytical expression of the polishing ability of EGCP is given. For validating the theoretical analysis, a copper surface is polished by EGCP and the change of the surface profile is measured and analyzed using the analytical expression. The measured polishing ability agrees well with the simulation results.
In this paper, corrosion resistance of the Mg–4.0Zn–0.2Ca alloy was modified by micro-arc oxidation (MAO) process. The microstructure and phase constituents of MAO layer were characterized by SEM, XRD and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The corrosion resistance of MAO treated Mg–4.0Zn–0.2Ca alloy in the simulated body fluid were characterized by potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. The microstructure results indicated that a kind of ceramic film was composed by MgO and MgF 2 was formed on the surface of Mg–4.0Zn–0.2Ca alloy after MAO treatment. The electrochemical test reveals that the corrosion resistance of MAO treated samples increase 1 order of magnitude. The mechanical intensity test showed that the MAO treated samples has suitable mechanical properties.
Ao Li,Binfang He,Guangchao Jin,Dongmei Liu,Jingbo Chen
Li-rich manganese-based cathode material is expected to be extremely promising for next-generation lithium-ion batteries due to its high specific capacity derived from additional anion redox behavior and low cost of the main element manganese. However, the irreversible release of lattice oxygen results in poor structural stability and inferior electrochemical performances , such as low initial Coulomb efficiency, irreversible capacity decay and serious voltage decay, which limits its commercialization. Herein, a simple strategy to improve the structural stability and electrochemical performances by one-step treatment with triethylamine (TEA) at moderate temperature is reported. TEA was used as a surface treatment reagent to prepare the modified Li-rich manganese-based cathode materials with oxygen vacancies and local structural distortion on the surface. The presence of surface distortion layer and oxygen vacancies inhibits irreversible oxygen release. The result exhibits that initial Coulomb efficiency, rate performance and initial discharge specific capacities are improved. After 100 cycles at a current density of 1 C, the specific capacity of the surface-treated material is 204.3 mAh g -1 (172.6 mAh g -1 for the pristine material), with a capacity retention of 81.26%. Even at a high current density of 10 C, the discharge specific capacity of 139.4 mAh g -1 is still achieved, demonstrating the excellent electrochemical performance. This study provides a simple and effective strategy for constructing special surface structures on Li-rich manganese-based materials to achieve high performance.