Figure 1: (a) Photo of molten salt surface; (b) Photo of molten salt after electrolysis
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Carbon contamination |
references |
Direct electrochemical production of Ti-10W alloys from the mixed oxides |
The surface of the sample is carbon-rich and TiC is detected |
Dring, et al.[13] (2006) |
Electrochemical reduction mechanism of Nb2O5 |
There is NbC on the product surface |
Vishnu,etal.[14](2013) |
The influence of graphite anode and SnO2- based inert anode on the current efficiency of Cr2O3 deoxidation |
There is obvious carbon contamination in molten salt, and Cr7C3 appears in chromium products |
Kilby, et al.[15] (2010) |
Electrochemical reduction of K2CrO4 in mol- ten salt using liquid zinc cathode |
Liquid zinc cathode avoids product contami- nation, but there is still molten salt contami- nation |
Weng, et al.[16] (2020) |
Preparation of metal Ti in CaCl2-based melt |
Carbon powder is floating on the surface of molten salt and TiC in the titanium product is detected. |
Suzuki, et al.[17] (2018) |
Electrolytic reduction of V3S4 in molten CaCl2 |
There is obvious molten salt contamination when electrolyzing V2O3 |
Matsuzaki,etal.[18] (2017) |
One-step electrochemical preparation of me- tallic vanadium from sodium metavanadate in molten chlorides |
Carbon contamination exists in molten salt and VC is mixed in vanadium products |
Weng, et al.[19] (2016) |
Electrodeoxidation of porous TiO2 in molten calcium chloride |
There is a large amount of carbon powder near the cathode and on the surface of the melt |
Schwandt,etal.[9] (2009) |
K2CrO4 electrolysis in CaCl2-KCl molten salt |
There is obvious carbon contamination on the surface and section of molten salt |
Weng[20] (2017) |
Table 1: Calculated cake specific resistance (α) membrane specific resistance (RM) and for filtration of NFC suspensions with different ethanol contents
Figure 1: (a) Photo of molten salt surface; (b) Photo of molten salt after electrolysis
Figure 2: XRD patterns of the black salt
Figure 3: Photos of the graphite anode (a. before electrolysis, b. after electrolysis); SEM image of anode surface (c. before electrolysis, d. after electrolysis)
Figure 4: SEM-EDS results of the samples electrolysized for 10 minutes (a SEM image of the sample surface morphology; b. EDS results of point 1; c. EDS results of point 2)
Figure 5: Mophology element and its content of the sample electrolysis for 60min
Figure 6: The photo of the cathode (a) before electrolysis; (b) after electrolysis ;(c) SEM image of the cathode surface substance
Figure 7: XRD patterns of the sample (a. XRD patterns of the product; b. XRD patterns of the cathode surface substance)
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