Electrochemical Properties of Niobium Coating for Biomedical Application
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment
2.1. Substrate Preparation
2.2. Coating Preparation
2.3. Materials Characterization
2.4. Scratch Test
2.5. Electrochemical Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Niobium Coating
3.2. Open Circuit Potential Measurement
3.3. Potentiodynamic Polarization Measurement
3.4. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
3.5. XPS Analysis
3.6. Mott–Schottky Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Crystal Plane | (111) | (200) | (220) | (311) |
---|---|---|---|---|
TChkl | 0.21 | 2.58 | 0.58 | 0.62 |
Samples | Ecorr (V vs. SCE) | icorr (A·cm−2) | βa (mV/decade) | βc (mV/decade) | RP (×105 Ω·cm2) | Pe (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ti–6Al–4V | −0.42 | 1.36 × 10−7 | 109.13 | 78.31 | 14.65 | – |
Nb coating | −0.06 | 1.01 × 10−8 | 244.26 | 186.98 | 45.79 | 92.57 |
Samples | Ef (V) | Efb (V) | Nd (×1018 cm−3) |
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Nb coating | 0.4 | −1.34 | 1.948 |
0.6 | −1.26 | 1.438 | |
0.8 | −1.31 | 1.225 | |
1.0 | −1.35 | 1.044 | |
Ti–6Al–4V | 0.4 | −1.23 | 166.4 |
0.6 | −1.12 | 82.49 | |
0.8 | −1.01 | 60.23 | |
1.0 | −0.92 | 47.86 |
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Shi, K.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, J.; Xie, Z. Electrochemical Properties of Niobium Coating for Biomedical Application. Coatings 2019, 9, 546. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9090546
Shi K, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Xie Z. Electrochemical Properties of Niobium Coating for Biomedical Application. Coatings. 2019; 9(9):546. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9090546
Chicago/Turabian StyleShi, Kunyu, Yi Zhang, Jinzhong Zhang, and Zonghan Xie. 2019. "Electrochemical Properties of Niobium Coating for Biomedical Application" Coatings 9, no. 9: 546. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9090546