High capacitance devices were developed using rapid electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of barium titanate (BaTiO3) on ultrasonically etched nickel (Ni) substrates. The microstructural and electrical properties of films with varying thicknesses, sintering temperatures and substrate etching times were investigated to study their effect on the capacitance. Although increasing the capacitance was the primary goal, decreasing manufacturing costs and reducing environmental impact was also considered. After confirming the tetragonality and particle size of a 0.2 µm hydrothermal powder, it was dispersed in an aqueous-organic mixture of ethanol, acetone and water. A zeta potential of 50 mV was observed at the EPD pH level (6.8). Flocculation or coagulation was not likely in this situation. Therefore, mixing water with an organic solution was an effective method for reducing environmental impact while maintaining deposition quality. The presence of BaCO3 in the films was proven using X-ray diffraction. Other impurities such as TiO2 and NiO were not detected. A significant variation in the average grain size was not observed for films with different thicknesses whereas films sintered at different temperatures displayed greater variation. A bimodal pore size distribution in the samples suggested that the powder was agglomerated after deposition due to a high deposition voltage (20 V). Rapid deposition times of 2 to 8 seconds offered a potential for cost reduction compared to longer deposition times implemented in industry. Therefore the increased porosity was accepted. The dielectric constant of the films increased from 2900 to 6730 as the thickness increased from 17.75 µm to 47.5 µm. The dissipation factor decreased from 0.27 to 0.06 with increasing thickness. This behavior was attributed to a low dielectric constant interfacial layer and a higher dielectric leakage current at smaller thicknesses. The dielectric constant increased from 1700 to 6350 and the dissipation factor decreased from 0.23 to 0.04 as the sintering temperature increased from 1150°C to 1300°C. This was attributed to an increase in tetragonality with grain size and a decrease in porosity with sintering temperature. Finally, etching a substrate for 60 seconds increased its capacitance by 27.47% and using ultrasonic agitation further increased the capacitance by 8.75%. / Thesis (Master, Mechanical and Materials Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2012-10-12 00:54:53.915

In 2012 the net world electricity generation was 21.56 trillion kilowatt hours. Photovoltaics only accounted for only 0.1 trillion kilowatt hours, less than 1 % of the total power. Recently there has been a push to convert more energy production to renewable sources. In recent years a great deal of interest has been shown for dye sensitized solar cells. These devices use inexpensive materials and have reported efficiencies approaching 12% in the lab. Here methods have been studied to improve upon these, and other, devices. Different approaches for the addition of gold nanoparticles to TiO2 films were studied. These additions acted as plasmonic and light scattering enhancements to reported dye sensitized devices. These nanoparticle enhancements generated a 10% efficiency in device performance for dye sensitized devices. Quantum dot (QD) sensitized solar cells were prepared by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) synthesis of QDs in mesoporous films as well as the chemical attachment of colloidal quantum dots using 3-mercaptopropionic acid (3-MPA). Methods of synthesizing a copper sulfide (Cu2S) counter electrode were investigated to improve the device performance. By using a mesoporous film of indium tin oxide nanoparticles as a substrate for SILAR growth of Cu2S catalyst, an increase in device performance was seen over that of devices using platinum. These devices did suffer from construction drawbacks. This lead to the development of 3D nanostructures for use in Schottky photovoltaics. These high surface area devices were designed to overcome the recombination problems of thin film Schottky devices. The need to deposit a transparent top electrode limited the success of these devices, but did lead to the development of highly ordered metal nanotube arrays. To further explore these nanostructures depleted heterojunction devices were produced. Along with these devices a new approach to depositing lead sulfide quantum dots was developed. This electrophoretic deposition technique uses an applied electric field to deposit nanoparticles onto a substrate. This creates the possibility for a low waste method for depositing nanocrystals onto nanostructured substrates.

O titânio é amplamente empregado em indústrias químicas, geração de energia, aeroespaciais e biomédicas, pois além de suas boas propriedades mecânicas e resistência à corrosão, apresenta também boa biocompatibilidade. Porém, quando usado, por exemplo, em turbinas a vapor é necessário aumentar ainda mais sua resistência à corrosão em altas temperaturas. Ou quando usado em odontologia a cor acinzentada do metal compromete as reabilitações orais. Sendo assim, torna-se interessante o recobrimento do titânio com uma camada cerâmica, sendo a 3YTZP (zircônia tetragonal policristalina) adequada a tal aplicação, pois além de apresentar resistência mecânica, boa resistência a ciclos térmicos, apresenta boa biocompatibilidade. Neste trabalho foi feito o estudo do recobrimento do titânio com 3YTZP utilizando a técnica da deposição eletroforética além de realizar a irradiação do filme cerâmico utilizando o laser contínuo Nd:YAG com a finalidade de sinterização. O pó de 3YTZP foi obtido pela rota de coprecipitação de óxidos em meio amoniacal e caracterizada por DRX e MEV-FEG. Os resultados de DRX do pó mostraram a presença das fases tetragonal e monoclínica, e pelas micrografias observa-se que as partículas têm estruturas alongadas em formas de bastonetes. Por meio da densificação dos corpos cerâmicos foi possível observar boa sinterabilidade do pó. Como substrato para EPD foram utilizadas chapas de titânio (15 mm x 15 mm) e foram caracterizadas por DRX, que confirmou apenas a presença da fase α do Ti, indicando assim que são de titânio comercialmente puro. As chapas foram atacadas quimicamente com ácido sulfúrico 50% em volume por 10s. A deposição eletroforética foi realizada com as suspensões de 75%vol.acetona:25%.vol.etanol a 30 V por 20, 45 e 60 segundos; 50%vol.acetona:50%vol.etanol a 20 V por 30, 45 e 60 segundos; 25%vol.acetilacetona:75%vol.etanol a 60 V por 20, 40 e 60 segundos e a 40 V por 20 segundos; e com acetilacetona pura a 60 V por 20, 40 e 60 segundos e a 40 V por 20 e 40 segundos. Por meio das microscopias ópticas dos filmes depositados pode-se observar que a melhor condição de deposição foi utilizando a suspensão de acetilacetona a 40 V por 20 segundos, gerando filmes homogêneos e sem trincas. Foram realizados cinco ensaios de irradiação com lazer a fim de alcançar uma condição ideal de sinterização. As condições fixas para todos os ensaios foram energia de 0,5 J, coeficiente de duração de pulso (Tp) de 10 ms e coeficiente de repetição de pulso de 10 Hz. No decorrer dos ensaios foi variada a fluência do laser e o número de incidência. As amostras irradiadas foram caracterizadas por microscopia óptica e eletrônica, DRX e Scratch, e verificou-se que a melhor condição de irradiação foi utilizando a fluência de 120 J/cm2 para o número de incidência do laser de igual a 27. / Titanium is widely used in chemical, power generatin, aerospace and biomedical industries because of you good mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and good biocompatibility. However, when is used, for example, in steam turbines is necessary increase the corrosion resistance at high temperature. Or when is used in dentistry, when the gray color compromisse the aesthetics rehab. In this case, it becomes interesting to coat the titanium with a ceramic layers, and 3YTZP (Yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia) is suitable for this application, because it has good mechanical properties, good resistance to thermal cycles and good biocompatibility. In this work it was studied the coating of titanium with 3YTZP using electrophoretic deposition technique in addition irradiation of films using the Nd:YAG continuous laser. The 3YTZP powder was obtained by hydroxide coprecipitation route in ammoniacal medium and characterized by XDR and SEM. The XDR results shower presence os monoclinic and tetragonal phases, and micrographs it can be observed the the particles agglomerates. These particles have elongated structure. Through the densification of the ceramic bodies it was possible to observe good sinterability of the powder. Was used as the substrate to EPD titanium plates (dimension 15 mm x 15 mm), and was characterized by XRD, that show presence of α-fase, thus indicating that they are commercially pure titanium. The plates were chemically etched with 50% vol. Sulfuric acid for 10 s. Electrophoretic deposition was performed with suspensions of 75%vol.acetone: 25%.vol.ethanol at 30 V for 20, 45 e 60 seconds; 50%vol.acetone:50%vol.ethanol at 20 V for 30, 45 e 60 seconds; 25%vol.acetylacetone:75%vol.ethanol at 60 V for 20, 40 e 60 seconds and at 40 V for 20 seconds; and with pure acetylacetone at 60 V for 20, 40 e 60 seconds and at 40 V for 20 e 40 seconds. From observation in an optical microscope of the deposited films, we concluded that the best deposition condition was the acetylacetone suspension at 40 V for 20 seconds, being homogeneous films and free of cracks. Five laser irradiation tests were performed in order to achieve an optimum sintering condition. The fixed conditions for all the tests were energy of 0.5 J, pulse duration coefficient (Tp) of 10 ms and pulse repetition coefficient of 10 Hz. In the course of the tests, the laser fluency and the laser incidence number were varied. The irradiated samples were characterized by optical and electron microscopy, XRD and Scratch, and it was found that the best irradiation condition was using fluency of 120 J/cm2 and laser incidence number of 27.

As propriedades protetoras à corrosão dos polímeros condutores, especialmente da poli(anilina) (PANI), têm sido amplamente explorada. Entretanto, o mecanismo pelo qual esta proteção é efetuada ainda não foi completamente elucidado. Evidências mostram que a habilidade protetora à corrosão da PANI está ligada à formação de um par galvânico entre o polímero e o metal. Neste trabalho, foi feito um estudo sobre a formação de um par galvânico entre a PANI e diferentes substratos metálicos (zinco, ferro, níquel e cobre) em meios ácidos e neutros. Medidas de potencial de circuito aberto mostram que há a possibilidade de formação de um acoplamento galvânico e medidas de corrente galvânica mostram que há uma corrente galvânica fluindo entre todos os pares PANI-metal. Durante este trabalho, foi sintetizada uma suspensão à base de epóxi e PANI, a qual foi eletroforeticamente depositada sobre um eletrodo de ferro. Medidas de potencial de circuito aberto e impedância em uma solução aquosa de ácido sulfúrico mostraram que o revestimento à base de PANI protegeu o substrato metálico em questão através da formação de um par galvânico entre o metal e o polímero. / The corrosion protection properties of conducting polymers, especially poly(aniline) (PANI) ones, have been widely exploited. However, the mechanism by which this protection is made has not been completely cleared yet. Evidences show the ability of PANI\'s corrosion protection is connected to the building of a galvanic couple between the polymer and the metal. In this work, a study about the building of a galvanic couple between PANI and distinct metallic substrates (zinc, iron, nickel and copper) in acid and neutral environment was done. Measurements of open circuit potential showed the possibility of the building of a galvanic coupling and measurements of galvanic current showed the flux of a galvanic current between all the couples PANI-metal. In the course of this work, a suspension based on epoxy and PANI was synthesized and electrophoretically depositated on a iron electrode. Measurements of open circuit potential and impedance in a aqueous sulfuric acid solution showed that the revestiment based on PANI protected the metallic substrate by the building of a galvanic couple between the metal and the polymer.

O titânio é amplamente empregado em indústrias químicas, geração de energia, aeroespaciais e biomédicas, pois além de suas boas propriedades mecânicas e resistência à corrosão, apresenta também boa biocompatibilidade. Porém, quando usado, por exemplo, em turbinas a vapor é necessário aumentar ainda mais sua resistência à corrosão em altas temperaturas. Ou quando usado em odontologia a cor acinzentada do metal compromete as reabilitações orais. Sendo assim, torna-se interessante o recobrimento do titânio com uma camada cerâmica, sendo a 3YTZP (zircônia tetragonal policristalina) adequada a tal aplicação, pois além de apresentar resistência mecânica, boa resistência a ciclos térmicos, apresenta boa biocompatibilidade. Neste trabalho foi feito o estudo do recobrimento do titânio com 3YTZP utilizando a técnica da deposição eletroforética além de realizar a irradiação do filme cerâmico utilizando o laser contínuo Nd:YAG com a finalidade de sinterização. O pó de 3YTZP foi obtido pela rota de coprecipitação de óxidos em meio amoniacal e caracterizada por DRX e MEV-FEG. Os resultados de DRX do pó mostraram a presença das fases tetragonal e monoclínica, e pelas micrografias observa-se que as partículas têm estruturas alongadas em formas de bastonetes. Por meio da densificação dos corpos cerâmicos foi possível observar boa sinterabilidade do pó. Como substrato para EPD foram utilizadas chapas de titânio (15 mm x 15 mm) e foram caracterizadas por DRX, que confirmou apenas a presença da fase α do Ti, indicando assim que são de titânio comercialmente puro. As chapas foram atacadas quimicamente com ácido sulfúrico 50% em volume por 10s. A deposição eletroforética foi realizada com as suspensões de 75%vol.acetona:25%.vol.etanol a 30 V por 20, 45 e 60 segundos; 50%vol.acetona:50%vol.etanol a 20 V por 30, 45 e 60 segundos; 25%vol.acetilacetona:75%vol.etanol a 60 V por 20, 40 e 60 segundos e a 40 V por 20 segundos; e com acetilacetona pura a 60 V por 20, 40 e 60 segundos e a 40 V por 20 e 40 segundos. Por meio das microscopias ópticas dos filmes depositados pode-se observar que a melhor condição de deposição foi utilizando a suspensão de acetilacetona a 40 V por 20 segundos, gerando filmes homogêneos e sem trincas. Foram realizados cinco ensaios de irradiação com lazer a fim de alcançar uma condição ideal de sinterização. As condições fixas para todos os ensaios foram energia de 0,5 J, coeficiente de duração de pulso (Tp) de 10 ms e coeficiente de repetição de pulso de 10 Hz. No decorrer dos ensaios foi variada a fluência do laser e o número de incidência. As amostras irradiadas foram caracterizadas por microscopia óptica e eletrônica, DRX e Scratch, e verificou-se que a melhor condição de irradiação foi utilizando a fluência de 120 J/cm2 para o número de incidência do laser de igual a 27. / Titanium is widely used in chemical, power generatin, aerospace and biomedical industries because of you good mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and good biocompatibility. However, when is used, for example, in steam turbines is necessary increase the corrosion resistance at high temperature. Or when is used in dentistry, when the gray color compromisse the aesthetics rehab. In this case, it becomes interesting to coat the titanium with a ceramic layers, and 3YTZP (Yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia) is suitable for this application, because it has good mechanical properties, good resistance to thermal cycles and good biocompatibility. In this work it was studied the coating of titanium with 3YTZP using electrophoretic deposition technique in addition irradiation of films using the Nd:YAG continuous laser. The 3YTZP powder was obtained by hydroxide coprecipitation route in ammoniacal medium and characterized by XDR and SEM. The XDR results shower presence os monoclinic and tetragonal phases, and micrographs it can be observed the the particles agglomerates. These particles have elongated structure. Through the densification of the ceramic bodies it was possible to observe good sinterability of the powder. Was used as the substrate to EPD titanium plates (dimension 15 mm x 15 mm), and was characterized by XRD, that show presence of α-fase, thus indicating that they are commercially pure titanium. The plates were chemically etched with 50% vol. Sulfuric acid for 10 s. Electrophoretic deposition was performed with suspensions of 75%vol.acetone: 25%.vol.ethanol at 30 V for 20, 45 e 60 seconds; 50%vol.acetone:50%vol.ethanol at 20 V for 30, 45 e 60 seconds; 25%vol.acetylacetone:75%vol.ethanol at 60 V for 20, 40 e 60 seconds and at 40 V for 20 seconds; and with pure acetylacetone at 60 V for 20, 40 e 60 seconds and at 40 V for 20 e 40 seconds. From observation in an optical microscope of the deposited films, we concluded that the best deposition condition was the acetylacetone suspension at 40 V for 20 seconds, being homogeneous films and free of cracks. Five laser irradiation tests were performed in order to achieve an optimum sintering condition. The fixed conditions for all the tests were energy of 0.5 J, pulse duration coefficient (Tp) of 10 ms and pulse repetition coefficient of 10 Hz. In the course of the tests, the laser fluency and the laser incidence number were varied. The irradiated samples were characterized by optical and electron microscopy, XRD and Scratch, and it was found that the best irradiation condition was using fluency of 120 J/cm2 and laser incidence number of 27.

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Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) has been used to produce the yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) coatings on metal substrates. Sintering of YSZ with and without doping has been carried out at 1150 °C for 2hrs. The properties of these coatings have been examined in light of thermal barrier applications. For EPD, the green density increases with an initial increase in the HCl concentration and the EPD time. This suggests that particle packing was influenced by a time dependent re-arrangement, in addition to the initial suspension dispersion state. The green density peaks at a electrical conductivity of around 10×10-4 S/m achieved by an 0.5 mM HCl addition for the 20 g/l suspensions with the EPD time of around 8 ~10 minute. For sintered coatings, the HCl concentration had a marked effect on the neck size to grain size ratio of the 8 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia (8YSZ) coatings. The presence of ZrCl4 and ZrOCl2, and a high concentration of oxygen vacancies at the grain boundaries are believed to promote neck growth in the early stage of sintering at 1150 °C. During sintering of 3 mol% and 8 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia (3YSZ and 8YSZ) at 1150 ºC for 2hrs, the densification rate substantially increased with a small amount of Fe2O3 addition (0.5 mol%) to the 3YSZ/8YSZ deposits. A more pronounced graingrowth was present in the Fe2O3 doped 8YSZ deposits. The increased Zr4+ diffusion coefficient is mainly responsible to the rapid densification rate of the Fe2O3 doped 3YSZ/8YSZ deposits. A small grain growth observed in the Fe2O3 doped 3YSZ deposits is attributed to the Fe3+ segregation at grain boundary. A small amount of CeO2 doping was found to substantially inhibit the densification rate of the doped 3YSZ deposits with a minor grain growth. Fe2O3 doping reduced the thermal conductivities of 3YSZ/8YSZ. It is found that Rayleigh-type phonon scattering due to the mass difference alone is inadequate to explain the thermal conductivity of Fe2O3 doped YSZ systems. The lattice strain effects due to the ionic radius difference could more effectively reduce thermal conductivity of the Fe2O3-doped 3YSZ. A decrease in the growth rate of the TGO scale with the increasing Fe2O3 additions was observed for the oxidized FeCrAlY metal substrates with the Fe2O3-doped 3YSZ coating, which was found to be attributed to the early formation of the stable and dense α-Al2O3 phase due to the presence of Fe3+ ions.

As propriedades protetoras à corrosão dos polímeros condutores, especialmente da poli(anilina) (PANI), têm sido amplamente explorada. Entretanto, o mecanismo pelo qual esta proteção é efetuada ainda não foi completamente elucidado. Evidências mostram que a habilidade protetora à corrosão da PANI está ligada à formação de um par galvânico entre o polímero e o metal. Neste trabalho, foi feito um estudo sobre a formação de um par galvânico entre a PANI e diferentes substratos metálicos (zinco, ferro, níquel e cobre) em meios ácidos e neutros. Medidas de potencial de circuito aberto mostram que há a possibilidade de formação de um acoplamento galvânico e medidas de corrente galvânica mostram que há uma corrente galvânica fluindo entre todos os pares PANI-metal. Durante este trabalho, foi sintetizada uma suspensão à base de epóxi e PANI, a qual foi eletroforeticamente depositada sobre um eletrodo de ferro. Medidas de potencial de circuito aberto e impedância em uma solução aquosa de ácido sulfúrico mostraram que o revestimento à base de PANI protegeu o substrato metálico em questão através da formação de um par galvânico entre o metal e o polímero. / The corrosion protection properties of conducting polymers, especially poly(aniline) (PANI) ones, have been widely exploited. However, the mechanism by which this protection is made has not been completely cleared yet. Evidences show the ability of PANI\'s corrosion protection is connected to the building of a galvanic couple between the polymer and the metal. In this work, a study about the building of a galvanic couple between PANI and distinct metallic substrates (zinc, iron, nickel and copper) in acid and neutral environment was done. Measurements of open circuit potential showed the possibility of the building of a galvanic coupling and measurements of galvanic current showed the flux of a galvanic current between all the couples PANI-metal. In the course of this work, a suspension based on epoxy and PANI was synthesized and electrophoretically depositated on a iron electrode. Measurements of open circuit potential and impedance in a aqueous sulfuric acid solution showed that the revestiment based on PANI protected the metallic substrate by the building of a galvanic couple between the metal and the polymer.