Deposition, Coating,
& Forming
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Faraday develops scalable approaches to apply a wide range of materials for enhanced operational performance. The following examples demonstrate some of the benefits observed for Electrodeposited metals (single/alloy), Electrocodeposited composites, and Electrophoretically deposited materials, from water and water-free electrolytes.
Deposition, Coating, & Forming
The FARADAYIC ® ElectroDeposition, ElectroCoDeposition, and Electrophoretic processes can enable robust, scalable operation to apply uniform functional coatings to a wide range of component shapes and materials. The application of pulse and pulse reverse electric fields, combined with simple chemistries, will reduce cost while increasing uniformity and process control.
These processes have been proven to:
- Improve coating uniformity
- Reduce chemical maintenance
- Simplify scale up
- Control grain size
- Enable material application onto complex shapes
- Simplify operational chemistry
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Single Metal
Alloy
Ionic Liquids
Composites
Electrophoretic
Surface Preparation
Single Metal
Filling and Coating High Aspect Ratio Vias
FARADAYIC® Advantage

DC Electric Fields results in Keyholes

Tuned Electric Fields achieves Filled Via

Tuned Electric Fields achieves Conformal Copper Layer
FARADAYIC® Trivalent Chromium Plating
- Hexavalent Chrome-Free
- Boric Acid-Free
- Hard chrome replacement
Publications & Awards:
- Functional Trivalent Chromium Electroplating of Internal Diameters
- Practical Performance Improvements in Functional REACH-Compliant Trivalent Chromium Plating
- Improving the Wear Performance of Functional Trivalent Chromium Plating Via Pulse-Reverse Electrodeposition
- Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2013 Small Business Award
Faraday’s Trivalent Chromium Plating Facility can accommodate 2’ x 2’ x 2’ components

Alloy
FARADAYIC® Ternary NiCoCr Coatings
- Broad controllable composition range
- Corrosion resistant in burning biomass scenario at 800 °C
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Functionally Graded NiMo Coating
- Single Electrolyte Functional Grading
- 90% Ni to 40% Ni
- Corrosion resistant in molten FLiNaK salts at 700 ° C
- Biocorrosion resistant
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Ionic Liquids
Reversible Mirror
- 8000 Reversible Cycles Demonstrated
- Silver deposited from ionic liquid electrolyte onto ITO electrodes
- Patented surface treatment approach keeps the mirror clean, to maintain reproducibility
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Composites
NiCo ( CrAlY ) Composite Coatings
- Controlled CrAlY inclusion density in Electrodeposited NiCo matrix
- Annealed to form NiCoCrAlY alloy for high temperature aerospace operations
Publications & Presentations:
Electrodeposited NiCo with CrAlY Inclusions

Nanocarbons in Copper
- Controllable physical material properties
- Enhanced conductivity

Electrophoretic
Yttrium stabilized Zirconium (YSZ) Thermal Barrier Coating Application
- Decreased roughness
- Decreased hydrolysis
- Enhanced uniformity
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Ultradark CNT Coatings
- Scalable application approach
- Total hemispherical reflection of <1% across the visible-Near IR wavebands of the CNT coatings
- Passed simulated launch vibration test
- Minimal (~0.14-0.32%) spectral reflectance changes after 5000 ESH UV/VUV illumination
- Enhanced resilience to LEO O-atom erosion when compared to Kapton, HOPG, Z306 black paint
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Surface Preparation
Surface Preparation
One step electrochemical surface pretreatment that enables direct electrodeposition onto a range of Aluminum alloys, and other passive metals.
- Deposit nickel and nickel-phosphorus coatings onto aluminum and titanium alloys
- Deposit corrosion-resistant zinc-nickel coating directly onto aluminum alloys
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