Current output during electrolysis of sulfide-alkaline solutions of tellurium

Abstract

Sulfide-alkaline electrolytes were studied for the cathodic isolation of tin, antimony, mercury, indium, and tellurium. Electrolysis of sulfide-alkaline solutions of antimony has found industrial application, which has been studied in a large number of works. There is insufficient information in the literature on changes in the ionic composition of the electrolyte during the electrolysis of thiosol solutions and its relationship to the current output. An attempt to study this issue in relation to tellurium solutions is described in this report. For the first time, the electrolysis of such solutions was considered earlier.