**Electrochemical Synthesis of Rare Earth Ceramic Oxide Coatings**

Teresa D. Golden, Yajuan Shang, Qi Wang and Ting Zhou

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#### **Abstract**

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Rare earth ceramic oxides are used in several applications including, phosphors, gas sensors, fuel cells, catalytic converters, and corrosion protection. These materials exhibit attractive properties such as fracture toughness, stiffness, and high strengthto-weight ratios. Synthesis of rare earth oxides includes a long list of techniques, but electrodeposition is one that has not been used as extensively as other techniques. This chapter discusses in detail the electrochemical synthesis of lanthanum, cerium, and praseodymium oxides. The physical and chemical properties of the electrodeposited oxides are characterized by x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and other techniques. The electrochemical synthesis and post-treatment of other rare earth oxides, such as gadolinium, terbium, samarium, neodymium, europium, and dysprosium oxides are also covered in this chapter. Two main mechanisms of electrodeposition for rare earth oxides are discussed in detail.

**Keywords:** Electrodeposition, rare earth oxides, cathodic, anodic
