Investigation on catalytic effectiveness of colloidal Pd-PVA with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment for electroless plating

This study uses Palladium-Polyvinyl Alcohol (Pd-PVA) as the catalyst for electroless nickel plating (ENP) on a non-conducting substrate to investigate its catalytic effect where a layer of graphene would also be used to form a conducting nanofilm the non-conducting substrate. The experiments conduct...

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Main Author: Kwok, Soon Jye
Other Authors: Hirotaka Sato
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Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2019
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1365062023-03-04T18:21:47Z Investigation on catalytic effectiveness of colloidal Pd-PVA with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment for electroless plating Kwok, Soon Jye Hirotaka Sato School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering hirosato@ntu.edu.sg Engineering Engineering::Mechanical engineering This study uses Palladium-Polyvinyl Alcohol (Pd-PVA) as the catalyst for electroless nickel plating (ENP) on a non-conducting substrate to investigate its catalytic effect where a layer of graphene would also be used to form a conducting nanofilm the non-conducting substrate. The experiments conducted in the study include a graphene coating process, a catalyzing process using Palladium Chloride (II) solution, and an ENP process. The basic design of this study was to compare ENP characteristics between two sets of samples, first control set with palladium chemically reduced by sodium hypophosphite and Pd-PVA, second experimental set with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment. Two major factors were used in the analysis of the catalytic effectiveness which is the ENP results, and catalyst loading on the substrate. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2019-12-20T07:00:08Z 2019-12-20T07:00:08Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136506 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Kwok, Soon Jye
Investigation on catalytic effectiveness of colloidal Pd-PVA with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment for electroless plating
description This study uses Palladium-Polyvinyl Alcohol (Pd-PVA) as the catalyst for electroless nickel plating (ENP) on a non-conducting substrate to investigate its catalytic effect where a layer of graphene would also be used to form a conducting nanofilm the non-conducting substrate. The experiments conducted in the study include a graphene coating process, a catalyzing process using Palladium Chloride (II) solution, and an ENP process. The basic design of this study was to compare ENP characteristics between two sets of samples, first control set with palladium chemically reduced by sodium hypophosphite and Pd-PVA, second experimental set with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment. Two major factors were used in the analysis of the catalytic effectiveness which is the ENP results, and catalyst loading on the substrate.
author2 Hirotaka Sato
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Kwok, Soon Jye
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author Kwok, Soon Jye
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title Investigation on catalytic effectiveness of colloidal Pd-PVA with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment for electroless plating
title_short Investigation on catalytic effectiveness of colloidal Pd-PVA with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment for electroless plating
title_full Investigation on catalytic effectiveness of colloidal Pd-PVA with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment for electroless plating
title_fullStr Investigation on catalytic effectiveness of colloidal Pd-PVA with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment for electroless plating
title_full_unstemmed Investigation on catalytic effectiveness of colloidal Pd-PVA with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment for electroless plating
title_sort investigation on catalytic effectiveness of colloidal pd-pva with graphene coating process as a pre-treatment for electroless plating
publisher Nanyang Technological University
publishDate 2019
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136506
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