The plasma-electrolytic formation of cerium-containing surface structures on titanium and aluminum

The possibility of obtaining cerium-containing structures on aluminum and titanium by the plasma-electrolytic method with the use of aqueous solutions of electrolytes containing Ce3+ polyphosphate complexes was demonstrated. The amount of cerium in the films obtained depended on the molar ratio n = [polyphosphate]/[Ce3+] in the electrolyte. The films contained crystalline CePO4. The growth of films on titanium was characterized by the formation of secondary layers by the mechanism involving the appearance of new phase nuclei followed by their expansion.