The kinetics of organic film growth during the cathodic electrodeposition process

Abstract

The kinetics and the mechanism of organic film growth during the cathodic electrodeposition process are investigated by galvanostatic and constant voltage methods. Constant voltage experiments carried out at lower voltages enabled the more accurate observation of current density changes and enabled the proposal of a mathematical model which gives a consistent picture of film growth kinetics. It was shown that the film thickness increases with time but a limiting value was not achieved.