Interfacial stability of electrodeposition of cuprous oxide films.
Experiments on deposition of Cu(2)O films from basic copper sulfate solution show that copper also deposits. At low, but basic values of pH only copper deposits and at high pH only cuprous oxide deposits. In the intermediate range where both compete the system shows oscillations at "constant current." Linear stability analysis has been conducted for such an electrochemical cell to show that oscillations can take place in the parameter space identified in the experiments. The results are keeping with most of the experimental observations, which are many, but not with all. The physical mechanisms behind the oscillations are explained in terms of competing reactions.
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Chemical Engineering Department, University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, Missouri 65409-1230, USA.