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Modern Innovations and Applications in Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Coatings on Aluminum, Magnesium, and Titanium
Summary
This review covers plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO), a technique for creating protective coatings on metals like aluminum, magnesium, and titanium. The coatings have applications in batteries, biomedical devices, water treatment, and energy production. While not directly about microplastics, the water treatment applications of PEO coatings are relevant to developing better filtration and remediation technologies for removing plastic particles from water.
Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) is an electrochemical surface modification technique for producing dense oxide layers on valve metals. This review compiles the various modifications to the PEO process that have been used to improve the produced coatings and make them suitable for specific applications, with a focus on examples of aluminum, magnesium, and titanium substrates. An overview of the PEO process is given, highlighting the various process parameters and their effects on the final surface. The challenges with light metals that motivate the use of surface modifications are summarized, along with some of the other modifications that attempt to overcome them. Two broad categories of modifications to the PEO process are presented: in situ modifications, influencing the properties of the coating during its formation, and ex situ modifications, augmenting the properties of an already-formed coating. Finally, specific examples of applications for modified PEO processes are discussed, including battery, biomedical, water treatment, and energy production applications.
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