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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Jiguang Zhang, Richland, WA (US);
Wu Xu, Richland, WA (US);
Gordon L. Graff, West Richland, WA (US);
Xilin Chen, Richland, WA (US);
Fei Ding, Tianjin, CN;
Yuyan Shao, Richland, WA (US);
Jiguang Zhang, Richland, WA (US);
Wu Xu, Richland, WA (US);
Gordon L. Graff, West Richland, WA (US);
Xilin Chen, Richland, WA (US);
Fei Ding, Tianjin, CN;
Yuyan Shao, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Electrodeposition involving an electrolyte having a surface-smoothing additive can result in self-healing, instead of self-amplification, of initial protuberant tips that give rise to roughness and/or dendrite formation on the substrate and/or film surface. For electrodeposition of a first conductive material (C1) on a substrate from one or more reactants in an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution is characterized by a surface-smoothing additive containing cations of a second conductive material (C2), wherein cations of C2 have an effective electrochemical reduction potential in the solution lower than that of the reactants.