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Analysis of the geometrical–probabilistic models of electrocrystallization

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The formation of a three-dimensional electrode deposit under potentiostatic conditions, including the stages of nucleation, growth, and overlap of growing new-phase clusters and their diffusion zones, is considered. The models of electrochemical phase formation for kinetics- and diffusion-controlled growth are analyzed, and the correctness of the approximations used in these models is estimated. The possibility of application of these models to an analysis of the electrodeposition of silicon from molten salts is discussed.

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Isaev, O.V. Grishenkova, Yu.P. Zaykov, 2016, published in Rasplavy, 2016, No. 5, pp. 355–370.

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Isaev, V.A., Grishenkova, O.V. & Zaykov, Y.P. Analysis of the geometrical–probabilistic models of electrocrystallization. Russ. Metall. 2016, 776–784 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036029516080061

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