- 著者
- Tetsuya TOBA Kouji YASUDA Toshiyuki NOHIRA Xiao YANG Rika HAGIWARA Koki ICHITSUBO Kenta MASUDA Takayuki HOMMA
- 出版者
- The Electrochemical Society of Japan
- 雑誌
- Electrochemistry (ISSN:13443542)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.81, no.7, pp.559-565, 2013-07-05 (Released:2013-07-05)
- 参考文献数
- 56
- 被引用文献数
- 19 31
Direct electrolytic reduction of SiO2 was investigated in molten CaCl2 at 1123 K as a fundamental study to develop a continuous process for solar-grade Si production. Several different types of SiO2 granules, as well as SiO2 pellets, were successfully reduced to Si on the bottom cathode of a Si plate. Three parameters were varied in the reduction of SiO2 granules: electrode potential, layer thickness of the SiO2 granules, and SiO2 particle size. The reduction rate was evaluated by the magnitude of the reduction current. The main factor determining the reduction rate was the diffusion of O2− ions inside the reduced porous Si layer filled with the electrolyte. Another factor which influenced the reduction rate was the contact resistance between Si granules.
- 著者
- Yutaro NORIKAWA Kouji YASUDA Toshiyuki NOHIRA
- 出版者
- The Electrochemical Society of Japan
- 雑誌
- Electrochemistry (ISSN:13443542)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.86, no.2, pp.99-103, 2018-04-05 (Released:2018-04-05)
- 参考文献数
- 31
- 被引用文献数
- 13
The electrochemical behavior of Ti(III) ions in a eutectic KF–KCl molten salt was investigated using cyclic voltammetry, square wave voltammetry, and chronoamperometry at 923 K. Ti(III) ions were produced by the addition of 0.50 mol% of K2TiF6 and 0.33 mol% of Ti sponge to the melt. The reduction of Ti(III) ions to metallic Ti was observed as a single 3-electron wave around 0.33 V vs. K+/K in the square-wave voltammogram. The electrodeposition was conducted at a Mo electrode by galvanostatic electrolysis at −50 mA cm−2 for 20 min. The deposits were confirmed to be compact and adherent Ti metal films by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis and X-ray diffraction analysis. The oxidation of Ti(III) to Ti(IV) was observed at 1.82 V vs. K+/K as a reversible electrochemical process. The diffusion coefficient of Ti(III) ions was determined to be 3.9 × 10−5 cm2 s−1.