scholarly journals Corrosion and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of Thin TiALN and TiCN PVD Coatings for Protection of Ballast Water Screen Filters

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-78
Author(s):  
R. Kalnina ◽  
V. Priednieks ◽  
K. Lukins ◽  
A. Gasparjans ◽  
A. Rijkure

Abstract The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and corrosion behaviour of physical vapour deposited (PVD) TiAlN and TiCN coatings of 50 µm mesh shaped AISI 316 stainless steel were estimated under simulated marine conditions (3.5 wt. % NaCl solution). The coatings were prepared by creating adhesive Cr-CrN interlayer with the thickness of about 0.3 µm. The obtained thicknesses of produced coatings were measured to be in a range between 2 and 3.5 µm. The presence of protective coatings leads to corrosion potential (Ecorr ) shifting to more positive values as compared to the bare stainless steel. This effect indicates higher protection efficiency of coated steel under marine conditions. The protective behaviour of produced coating leads to the decreased corrosion current density (jcorr ) by indicating up to 40-fold higher polarization resistance as compared to resistance of the naturally formed oxide layer over the stainless steel. The Nyquist and Bode plots were obtained with the help of EIS measurements by applying alternating potential amplitude of 10 mV on observed Ecorr . The obtained plots were fitted by appropriate equivalent circuits to calculate pore resistance, charge transfer resistance and capacitance. The present study reveals that pore resistance was the highest in the case of TiCN coating (Rpore =3.22 kΩ·cm2). The increase in duration of the immersion up to 24 h leads to change in the capacitive behaviour of the coatings caused by the penetration of the aqueous solution into pore system of TiCN coating with low wettability and surface passivation of reactive TiAlN coating. The presence of defects was confirmed by examining the obtained samples with the help of the scanning electron microscope.

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 788
Author(s):  
Hien T. Ngoc Le ◽  
Sungbo Cho

Aggregation of amyloid-β (aβ) peptides into toxic oligomers, fibrils, and plaques is central in the molecular pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and is the primary focus of AD diagnostics. Disaggregation or elimination of toxic aβ aggregates in patients is important for delaying the progression of neurodegenerative disorders in AD. Recently, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinepropanesulfonic acid (EPPS) was introduced as a chemical agent that binds with toxic aβ aggregates and transforms them into monomers to reduce the negative effects of aβ aggregates in the brain. However, the mechanism of aβ disaggregation by EPPS has not yet been completely clarified. In this study, an electrochemical impedimetric immunosensor for aβ diagnostics was developed by immobilizing a specific anti-amyloid-β (aβ) antibody onto a self-assembled monolayer functionalized with a new interdigitated chain-shaped electrode (anti-aβ/SAM/ICE). To investigate the ability of EPPS in recognizing AD by extricating aβ aggregation, commercially available aβ aggregates (aβagg) were used. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was used to probe the changes in charge transfer resistance (Rct) of the immunosensor after the specific binding of biosensor with aβagg. The subsequent incubation of the aβagg complex with a specific concentration of EPPS at different time intervals divulged AD progression. The decline in the Rct of the immunosensor started at 10 min of EPPS incubation and continued to decrease gradually from 20 min, indicating that the accumulation of aβagg on the surface of the anti-aβ/SAM/ICE sensor has been extricated. Here, the kinetic disaggregation rate k value of aβagg was found to be 0.038. This innovative study using electrochemical measurement to investigate the mechanism of aβagg disaggregation by EPPS could provide a new perspective in monitoring the disaggregation periods of aβagg from oligomeric to monomeric form, and then support for the prediction and handling AD symptoms at different stages after treatment by a drug, EPPS.


2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minna Toivola ◽  
Janne Halme ◽  
Lauri Peltokorpi ◽  
Peter Lund

Effects of aging and cyclically varying temperature on the electrical parameters of dye solar cells were analyzed with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Photoelectrode total resistance increased as a function of time due to increasing electron transport resistance in theTiO2film. On the other hand, photoelectrode recombination resistance was generally larger, electron lifetimes in theTiO2were film longer, and charge transfer resistance on the counter electrode was smaller after the temperature treatments than before them. These effects correlated with the slower deterioration rate of the temperature-treated cells, in comparison to the reference cells.


Chemosensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Georg Christoph Brunauer ◽  
Oliver Spadiut ◽  
Alfred Gruber ◽  
Christoph Slouka

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is a powerful tool in life science for cell and pathogen detection, as well as for cell counting. The measurement principles and techniques using impedance spectroscopy are highly diverse. Differences can be found in used frequency range (β or α regime), analyzed quantities, like charge transfer resistance, dielectric permittivity of double layer capacitance and in off- or online usage. In recent contributions, applications of low-frequency impedance spectroscopy in the α regime were tested for determination of cell counts and metabolic burden in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The established easy to use methods showed reasonable potential in the lab scale, especially for S. cerevisiae. However, until now, measurements for cell counts in food science are generally based on Thoma cell counting chambers. These microscopic cell counting methods decelerate an easy and quick prediction of yeast viability, as they are labor intensive and result in a time delayed response signal. In this contribution we tested our developed method using low frequency impedance spectroscopy locally at an industrial brewery propagation site and compared results to classic cell counting procedures.


Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 4507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuke Abe ◽  
Natsuki Hori ◽  
Seiji Kumagai

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) using a LiFePO4 cathode and graphite anode were assembled in coin cell form and subjected to 1000 charge-discharge cycles at 1, 2, and 5 C at 25 °C. The performance degradation of the LIB cells under different C-rates was analyzed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and scanning electron microscopy. The most severe degradation occurred at 2 C while degradation was mitigated at the highest C-rate of 5 C. EIS data of the equivalent circuit model provided information on the changes in the internal resistance. The charge-transfer resistance within all the cells increased after the cycle test, with the cell cycled at 2 C presenting the greatest increment in the charge-transfer resistance. Agglomerates were observed on the graphite anodes of the cells cycled at 2 and 5 C; these were more abundantly produced in the former cell. The lower degradation of the cell cycled at 5 C was attributed to the lowered capacity utilization of the anode. The larger cell voltage drop caused by the increased C-rate reduced the electrode potential variation allocated to the net electrochemical reactions, contributing to the charge-discharge specific capacity of the cells.


2012 ◽  
Vol 706-709 ◽  
pp. 2008-2013
Author(s):  
Satoshi Sunada ◽  
Norio Nunomura ◽  
Kazuhiko Majima

In this experiment two kinds of 410L stainless steel, i.e., the first one is prepared by the I/M process and the second one is prepared by MIM process were used, and their corrosion behavior under stress in deionized water and the aqueous solution of 0.01kmol·m-3HCl+1.72mol·m-3MgCl2 (pH=2.33) has been investigated by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (hereafter shortened as EIS) under Slow Strain Rate Tensile (hereafter shortened as SSRT) test. The charge transfer resistance (Rct) of the I/M specimen is larger than that of the MIM specimen irrespective of under stress or non-stress, which means that the I/M specimen has the better corrosion resistance than the MIM specimen in the 0.01kmol·m-3HCl+1.72mol·m-3MgCl2 (pH=2.33) solution. It was also confirmed from the fracture surface observation that hydrogen embrittlement occurred on the MIM specimen in the aqueous solution of 0.01kmol·m-3HCl+1.72mol·m-3MgCl2 (pH=2.33). This result would be confirmed to be due to the existing impurities and defects in the MIM specimen.


Soft Matter ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
pp. 6467-6476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Choonghyun Sung ◽  
Katelin Hearn ◽  
Jodie Lutkenhaus

Layer-by-layer assemblies exhibit increased conductivity and decreased charge transfer resistance upon heating through the thermal transition.


Author(s):  
Damena D. Agonafer ◽  
Edward Chainani ◽  
Muhammed E. Oruc ◽  
Ki Sung Lee ◽  
Mark A. Shannon

The electrochemical interfacial properties of a well-ordered self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of 1-undecanethiol (UDT) on evaporated gold surface have been investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in electrolytes without a redox couple. Using a constant-phase element (CPE) series resistance model, prolonged incubation times (up to 120 h) show decreasing monolayer capacitance approaching the theoretical value for 1-undecanethiol. Using the CPE exponent α as a measure of ideality, it was found that the monolayer approaches an ideal dielectric (α = 0.992) under prolonged incubation, which is attributed to the reduction of pinholes and defects in the monolayer during coalescence and annealing of SAM chains. The SAMs behave as insulators until a critical potential, Vc, is exceeded in both cathodic and anodic regimes, where electrolyte ions are believed to penetrate the monolayers. Using a Randles circuit model for these cases, the variation of the capacitance and charge transfer resistance with applied dc potential shows decreased permeability to ionic species with prolonged incubation time. The EIS data show that UDT (methylene chain length n = 10), incubated for 120 h, forms a monolayer whose critical voltage range extends from −0.3 to 0.5 V versus Ag/AgCl, previously attained only for alkanethiol at n = 15. At low frequencies where ion diffusion occurs, almost pure capacitive phase (−89 deg) was attained with lengthy incubation.


Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio ◽  
Marvin Montoya-Rangel ◽  
José A. Cabral-Miramontes ◽  
Francisco Estupiñan-López ◽  
Patricia Zambrano-Robledo ◽  
...  

AlCrN/TiSi, AlCrN/TiCrSiN and AlCrN/AlCrN + CrN coatings were deposited on Inconel 718 alloy by physical vapour deposition (PVD). The corrosion behaviour of uncoated and coated specimens was evaluated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) at open circuit potential in a 3.5 wt.% NaCl and 2 wt.% H2SO4 solutions. The EIS data acquired were curve fitted and analysed by equivalent circuit models to calculate the pore resistance, the charge transfer resistance and the capacitance. The Nyquist diagrams of all systems showed one part of the semicircle which could relate that reaction is a one step process, except for the AlCrN/TiCrSiN and AlCrN/AlCrN + CrN coatings in H2SO4 solution, for which two semicircles related to active corrosion in substrate alloy were found. However, from the Bode plots, it was possible to identify two the time constants for all systems exposed to NaCl and H2SO4 solutions. According to electrochemical results, the corrosion resistance of the AlCrN/TiSiN coating was better in the NaCl solution, whereas the AlCrN/AlCrN + CrN coating show better performance in the Sulphuric Acid solutions.


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