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Item Electrodeposition of Sn-Ni alloy coatings and their characterization(Trans Tech Publications Ltd ttp@transtec.ch, 2015) Shetty, S.; Hegde, A.C.A new alkaline bath has been proposed for deposition of bright Sn-Ni alloy coatings on mild steel (MS). Depositions were carried out at different current densities (c.d.) and their corrosion behaviors were studied in 5% NaCl solution by electrochemical AC and DC methods. Sn-Ni coating, deposited at low c.d. i.e. at 1.0 A/dm2 was found to be the most corrosion resistant compared to those at other higher c.d., even up to 4.0 A/dm2. This least corrosion rate (CR) is attributed to high wt. % Sn in the deposit. Increase of CR at high c.d. range is due to decrease of wt. % Sn, explained by the observed anomalous type of codeposition, followed by the bath. Regardless of the deposition c.d., the bath developed bright coatings, inherent of Sn-Ni alloy. Experimental results are discussed taking in account of the phase structure, composition and surface morphology of the coatings, evidenced by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis. © (2015) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.Item Electrodeposited Ni-P alloy thin films for alkaline water splitting reaction(Institute of Physics Publishing michael.roberts@iop.org, 2016) Elias, L.; Damle, V.H.; Hegde, A.Ni-P alloy thin films was developed as a robust electrode material for alkaline water splitting for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), through electrodeposition technique. The influence of alloy composition, achieved through induced codeposition of the reluctant non-metal, i.e. phosphorous (P) on its electrocatalytic activity was studied, and arrived at the best composition of alloy for HER and OER. The water splitting efficacy of the alloy films was tested in 1.0 M KOH using electrochemical methods such as cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry. The experimental observation shows that the alloy thin film with 9.0 wt.% of P and 4.2 wt.% of P are the best electrode materials for HER and OER, respectively. The electrocatalytic performance of alloy films towards HER and OER were related to its surface topography, composition and crystal structure through field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses, respectively. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.Item A comparative study on the electrocatalytic activity of electrodeposited Ni-W and Ni-P alloy coatings(Elsevier Ltd, 2018) Elias, L.; Hegde, A.Bright Ni-W and Ni-P alloy coatings were synthesized through direct electrolysis from an aqueous alkaline citrate bath. The effect of alloying elements, W and P, on the electrocatalytic activity of Ni was studied, based on their induced codeposition behavior and related to the composition, structure and surface morphology of the developed coatings. The electrocatalytic activity of the alloy coatings towards hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) was studied using electrochemical techniques such as cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronopotentiometry (CP), in 1. M KOH medium. A comparison of the electrocatalytic efficiencies of these Ni-based alloys was made in consideration with its physical and electrochemical characteristics. The obtained results showed that the alloying of Ni with W gives superior properties towards HER, attributed by its better hydrogen adsorption energy than in Ni-P alloy. The surface appearance, chemical composition and phase structure of the coatings were studied using SEM, EDS and XRD analyses, respectively. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.