Hydration and structural transformations during titanium anodization under alkaline conditions

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Abstract

Ti anodic films were potentiostatically grown in 0.1 M NaOH aqueous solutions, in a potential range in which the voltammetric characterization showed an anodic shoulder related to the oxidation of TixO y (with y/x < 2) oxides. A variation in the density of donors and the flat band potential obtained by EIS measurements was related to changes in Ti suboxides proportion, confirmed by ARXPS measurements. A modified Point Defect Model (PDM) was fitted to EIS experimental data in order to estimate the kinetic parameters describing the passivity of the Ti films. The model accounts for the formation and diffusion of oxygen and hydroxyl vacancies during film growth. The kinetic parameters related to film dehydration (e.g. hydroxyl vacancies) decrease as the formation potential becomes more positive, suggesting that the film hydration is crucial in the structure of the oxide grown during Ti anodization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCorrosion, Passivity, and Energy
Subtitle of host publicationA Symposium in Honor of Digby D. Macdonald
PublisherElectrochemical Society Inc.
Pages21-32
Number of pages12
Edition31
ISBN (Print)9781607684190
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
EventCorrosion, Passivity, and Energy: A Symposium in Honor of Digby D. Macdonald - PRiME 2012 - Honolulu, HI, United States
Duration: 7 Oct 201212 Oct 2012

Publication series

NameECS Transactions
Number31
Volume50
ISSN (Print)1938-5862
ISSN (Electronic)1938-6737

Conference

ConferenceCorrosion, Passivity, and Energy: A Symposium in Honor of Digby D. Macdonald - PRiME 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu, HI
Period7/10/1212/10/12

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