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Electrochemical Reduction of Silicon Oxide and Codeposition of Al-Si Alloy from Cryolite Molten Salt

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The preparation of high-purity and high-value alloys is of great significance to industrial production. The purpose of this study is to explore the process of producing aluminum-silicon (Al-Si) alloy by the electrochemical Al-Si eutectoid method. The electrochemical behavior of aluminum and silicon on tungsten electrode was studied by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic chronopotentiometry. The effect of SiO2 addition on the eutectoid behavior of Al and Si was studied. The results show that the precipitation potential of Al is about –1.35 V (versus Pt), and the initial precipitation potential of Si is about –0.8 V (versus Pt). The precipitation process of silicon includes two reduction stages. In addition, the precipitation of Si is a quasireversible reaction controlled by diffusion process. Finally, Al-Si alloy was obtained by potentiostatic electrodeposition at –1.8 V potential, indicating that Al and Si would codeposit at this potential.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51874086, 51804071, 51434005, 51529401, 51804069, and 51804070) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (N2025024).

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  1. Key Laboratory for Ecological Metallurgy of Multi-metallic Mineral (Ministry of Education), School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Jiaxin Yang, Wenju Tao, Liyu Chen, Yifan Zhang, Jiangyu Yu & Zhaowen Wang

  2. School of metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, Liaoning, China

    Jiaxin Yang, Wenju Tao, Liyu Chen, Yifan Zhang, Jiangyu Yu & Zhaowen Wang

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang Li-gong University, Shenyang, 110159, China

    **gui He

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Yang, J., Tao, W., Chen, L. et al. Electrochemical Reduction of Silicon Oxide and Codeposition of Al-Si Alloy from Cryolite Molten Salt. JOM 73, 3727–3733 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-04849-x

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