Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (02): 327.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0251-0790.2012.02.020

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Electrochemical Behavior of Mn(Ⅱ) in the Melt LiCl-KCl-MgCl2-MnCl2

CHEN Li-Jun, ZHANG Mi-Lin, HAN Wei, YAN Yong-De, CAO Peng   

  1. Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
  • Received:2011-06-22 Online:2012-02-10 Published:2012-01-13

Abstract: The reduction of Mn(Ⅱ) on a molybdenum electrode in the melt LiCl-KCl-MgCl2-MnCl2 at 898 K and the conditions of the co-deposition of Mg-Li-Mn alloys were investigated. Cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry show that the reductions of Mn(Ⅱ), Mg(Ⅱ) and Li(Ⅰ) start at -1.14, -1.78 and -2.19 V, respectively. And the underpotential deposition of magnesium on pre-deposited manganese leads to the formation of a liquid Mg-Mn solution, then a liquid Mg-Li-Mn solution forms for the succeeding underpotential deposition of lithium on pre-deposited Mg-Mn. The diffusion coefficient of Mn(Ⅱ) in the melts was also calculated with different methods, which was about 10-5 cm2/s. The analysis of X-ray diffraction indicats that there are three phases(β-Li, α-Mg and Mn) in the Mg-Li-Mn alloy.

Key words: Melt LiCl-KCl-MgCl2-MnCl2, Cyclic voltammogram, Chronopotentiometric, Diffusion coefficient, Mg-Li-Mn alloy

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