New in situ description of electrodepositing multiple nucleation processes under galvanostatic stimuli

Chronoamperometry was used to investigate phase transformations at the early stage of electrodeposition under potentiostatic stimuli. Whilst electrodeposition mostly occurs under galvanostatic stimuli, this work provides a new in situ description using chronopotentiometry to analyse phase transformations during electrodeposition. With theoretical Ohm's law electro-relationship formula derivation, a non-dimensional plot between (ΔE(min)/ΔE(T))(2) and t/t(m) was established similar to (I(t)/I(max))(2)vs. t/t(m) in the SH model. The non-dimensional plots were verified by the chronopotentiometry curve during gold electrodeposition. This work provides a new method of investigating phase transformation using chronopotentiometry during electrodeposition.