Chapter 1
Nanostructured Functional Coatings
of Iron Family Metals with Refractory
Elements
Maryna V. Ved’, Nikolay D. Sakhnenko, Iryna Yu. Yermolenko,
and Tatyana A. Nenastina
Solving the applied problems in the development of new technologies and extending a range of functional materials predetermine the interest of researchers and
technologists in the galvanic multicomponent alloys. Special attention is paid to
the electrochemical synthesis of iron triad metal alloys with d 4 -elements, namely,
Fe(Ni, Co)–Mo(W) [1]. Such coatings are interesting by the possibility of combining functional properties that exceed alloying metals [2]. Comprehensive realization
in the thin layers of improved microhardness, wear and corrosion resistance, and
catalytic and magnetic properties makes it possible to significantly expand the scope
of such coating usage [3].
Spheres of multicomponent coating application are replacement of electrolytic
toxic chromium [4] and hardening of the surface [5, 6], corrosion protection [7, 8],
and magnetic films with increased microhardness [9, 10].
Eco-friendly fuel cells (FC) and solar cells (SC) are among the promising
renewable energy sources; however, the high cost of the noble metal electrodes
prevents their dissemination and widespread use [11, 12]. Development of FC, SC,
and various redox flow batteries (RFB) needs to create effective catalytically active
electrodes on the basis of transition metal alloys [13, 14]. The presence in such
alloys of metals with different affinity for oxygen and hydrogen opens up prospects
for their use as the catalysts and electrode materials for current sources [15]. Also,
it demonstrated the possibility of using multicomponent coatings as electrocatalytic
materials for hydrogen synthesis [16] and active layers for detoxification of toxins
[17].
Utilization of the electrochemical methods for thin alloy coating synthesis
displays interactions in the chain “process parameters, composition and structure
of the material, properties, functions, and application.” Of course, the advantage
M. V. Ved’ · N. D. Sakhnenko · I. Y. Yermolenko () · T. A. Nenastina
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O. Fesenko, L. Yatsenko (eds.), Nanochemistry, Biotechnology, Nanomaterials,
and Their Applications, Springer Proceedings in Physics 214,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92567-7_1
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Nanostructured Functional Coatings
of Iron Family Metals with Refractory
Elements
Maryna V. Ved’, Nikolay D. Sakhnenko, Iryna Yu. Yermolenko,
and Tatyana A. Nenastina
Solving the applied problems in the development of new technologies and extending a range of functional materials predetermine the interest of researchers and
technologists in the galvanic multicomponent alloys. Special attention is paid to
the electrochemical synthesis of iron triad metal alloys with d 4 -elements, namely,
Fe(Ni, Co)–Mo(W) [1]. Such coatings are interesting by the possibility of combining functional properties that exceed alloying metals [2]. Comprehensive realization
in the thin layers of improved microhardness, wear and corrosion resistance, and
catalytic and magnetic properties makes it possible to significantly expand the scope
of such coating usage [3].
Spheres of multicomponent coating application are replacement of electrolytic
toxic chromium [4] and hardening of the surface [5, 6], corrosion protection [7, 8],
and magnetic films with increased microhardness [9, 10].
Eco-friendly fuel cells (FC) and solar cells (SC) are among the promising
renewable energy sources; however, the high cost of the noble metal electrodes
prevents their dissemination and widespread use [11, 12]. Development of FC, SC,
and various redox flow batteries (RFB) needs to create effective catalytically active
electrodes on the basis of transition metal alloys [13, 14]. The presence in such
alloys of metals with different affinity for oxygen and hydrogen opens up prospects
for their use as the catalysts and electrode materials for current sources [15]. Also,
it demonstrated the possibility of using multicomponent coatings as electrocatalytic
materials for hydrogen synthesis [16] and active layers for detoxification of toxins
[17].
Utilization of the electrochemical methods for thin alloy coating synthesis
displays interactions in the chain “process parameters, composition and structure
of the material, properties, functions, and application.” Of course, the advantage
M. V. Ved’ · N. D. Sakhnenko · I. Y. Yermolenko () · T. A. Nenastina
National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
O. Fesenko, L. Yatsenko (eds.), Nanochemistry, Biotechnology, Nanomaterials,
and Their Applications, Springer Proceedings in Physics 214,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92567-7_1
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