The electrodeposition of polypyrrole (PPy) on aluminium electrodes has been achieved in phosphoric acid medium by using potentiodynamic, potentiostatic and galvanostatic techniques. The corrosion behavior of polypyrrole on aluminium in sodium chloride medium has been investigated by open circuit potential and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. A mechanism to explain the beneficial effect of PPy-doping dihydrogenophosphate ion in the passivation of aluminium is proposed.
polypyrrole; phosphate; aluminium; corrosion; sodium chloride
