Developing an Understanding and Control of Electrochemical Deposition Processes for Functional Coatings on Complex Three-Dimensionally Printed Substrates

Nikola Dudukovic | 20-ERD-056

Executive Summary

Our goal is to enable scientifically informed methodologies and design rules for achieving uniform, conformal, functional coatings on complex three-dimensionally printed polymer and carbon substrates using electroless, electrochemical atomic layer deposition and bulk electrochemical deposition. Developing these capabilities beyond current trial-and-error approaches will bring benefits across the Department of Energy mission space by improving the manufacturing of products such as fuel cells, neural probes, and laser targets.

Publications, Presentations, and Patents

Clemens, Auston Louis, Jonathan T. Davis, Christine A. Orme, Anna Ivanovskaya, Rohan Akolkar, and Nikola A. Dudukovic. 2023. “Predictive Modeling of Electrodeposition in a Single Pore Flow-Through Electrode: From Electronucleation to Coating Thickness Uniformity.” Accepted. J. Electrochem. Soc. 170 012502 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/acb234.

Clemens, Auston Louis, Yukun Gong, Anna Ivanovskaya, Jonathan Tesner Davis, Christine Orme, Rohan Akolkar, Nikola Dudukovic, and Eric B. Duoss. "Uniform Electrodeposition Under Flow in a Single Pore Flow-through Electrode." 240th ECS Meeting. Orlando, FL. October 10-14, 2021. ECS, 2021.

Ellis, Megan Elizabeth, Nikola A. Dudukovic, Shohini Sen-Britain, Jonathan Tesner Davis, Christine Orme, and Rohan Akolkar. "Electroless Deposition on 3D-Printed Acrylate Polymers: Toward Establishing Design Guidelines." 240th ECS Meeting. Orlando, FL. October 10-14, 2021. ECS, 2021.

Wasalathanthri, Ruwani N., Yukun Gong, Monika M. Biener, Anna N. Ivanovskaya, Nikola A. Dudukovic, and Rohan Akolkar. "Adsorption-Mediated Electrochemical Atomic Layer Deposition of Gold." In ECS Meeting Abstracts, no. 23, p. 1181. IOP Publishing, 2022.

Wasalathanthri, Ruwani N. "Adsorption Processes during Electrochemical Atomic Layer Deposition of Gold." 2021 J. Electrochem. Soc. 168 112505   https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac3310.