Overcoming the barrier of conventional electrochemical deposition of inorganic composites

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Jan 2;56(3):379-382. doi: 10.1039/c9cc07039g.

Abstract

We present an electrochemical approach for depositing composites made of two insoluble inorganic materials, which cannot be obtained by the conventional electrochemical deposition from ionic speices. Applying a negative potential in an aqueous solution generates OH-, which simultaneously destabilizes dispersed nanomaterials, such as insoluble phosphates and sulfides and causes the deposition of a metal hydroxide from its dissolved ions.