High-Frequency-Induced Cathodic Breakdown during Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation

作者:Nomine A*; Nomine A V; Braithwaite N St J; Belmonte T; Henrion G
来源:Physical Review Applied, 2017, 8(3): 031001.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.8.031001

摘要

The present communication shows the possibility of observing microdischarges under cathodic polarization during plasma electrolytic oxidation at high frequency. Cathodic microdischarges can ignite beyond a threshold frequency found close to 2 kHz. The presence (respectively, absence) of an electrical double layer is put forward to explain how the applied voltage can be screened, which therefore prevents (respectively, promotes) the ignition of a discharge. Interestingly, in the conditions of the present study, the electrical double layer requires between 175 and 260 mu s to form. This situates the expected threshold frequency between 1.92 and 2.86 kHz, which is in good agreement with the value obtained experimentally.

  • 出版日期2017-9-12