Electrodeposition of superconducting rhenium-cobalt alloys from water-in-salt electrolytes

Electrodeposition of rhenium-cobalt (Re-Co) alloys is investigated in water-in-salt electrolyte with a superhigh concentration of lithium chloride. Cyclic and linear sweep voltammetries, potentiostatic deposition, and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy are used to characterize the electrochemical deposition behavior of electrolytes and determine the deposition rates of each elements. Re deposition rate is enhanced in the presence of Co and a...