Distributed reaction surface of carbon-graphite volume-porous cathodes as a parameter for optimizing of metallization process of composite and nanocomposite materials

Introduction. The porous composite and nanocomposite materials discussed in this publication are metallized carbon-graphite materials, in particular carbon fiber materials (CFMs). At metallization of CFMs one of the actual problems is the task of applying uniform metal coating on the surface of CFMs fibers over the entire volume of the processed material. One of the most effective ways to coat CFMs with metals and their alloys is the galvanic method. This method allows, among other things, to optimize the process by optimizing both the design of the electrolyzer with flow-through three-dimensional electrodes (FTE) and the choice of electrodeposition modes, such as galvanic, concentration, and hydrodynamic.