Abstract
The effect of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (2-MBT) on laser-assisted electroless copper plating, using formaldehyde as a reducing agent as well as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and ethylenediaminetetrapropionic acid (EDTP) as complexing agents, has been investigated. The surface morphology, roughness, and crystallinity of copper coating depend on the 2-MBT concentration. The plating rate enhances significantly with the increase of 2-MBT contents. Accelerating mechanism of electroless copper plating has been studied by means of Tafel plots and linear sweep voltammetry. It is found that the appropriate amount of 2-MBT can improve the quality of copper coatings and accelerate the electroless copper plating process due to the promotion of the controlling step, as 2-MBT additions can form new electrostatic forces resulting in the decrease of absorption of [CH2(OH)O-]ad or Had and then make the controlling step occur more easily.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 38647-38652 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | RSC Advances |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 45 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2016 |
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