Corrosion semiconductor electrochemistry

As outlined above, electron transfer through the passive film can also be cmcial for passivation and thus for the corrosion behaviour of a metal. Therefore, interest has grown in studies of the electronic properties of passive films. Many passive films are of a semiconductive nature [92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 and 1031 and therefore can be investigated with teclmiques borrowed from semiconductor electrochemistry—most typically photoelectrochemistry and capacitance measurements of the Mott-Schottky type [104]. Generally it is found that many passive films cannot be described as ideal but rather as amorjDhous or highly defective semiconductors which often exlribit doping levels close to degeneracy [105]. 

Electrochemical concepts, terminology and symbols are more extensively described in [l.i]. For the field of semiconductor electrochemistry and photoelectrochemical energy conversion see [29] and for corrosion nomenclature [30]. 

We saw above that the study of the competition between Fe3+ and H + reduction on illuminated p-GaP led to an increased understanding of the nature of surface electrochemical processes on that material. For many n-type materials, however, the most serious competing reaction with the oxidation of some redox couple in solution is the oxidative corrosion of the semiconductor itself. This has considerable practical consequencies a photoelectrochemical device for the conversion of solar energy must be one in which the desired electrochemical route is overwhelmingly probable compared with semiconductor dissolution. So essential is this requirement, and so difficult has it proved to find satisfactory solutions for n-type semiconductors, that a substantial fraction of the recent literature on semiconductor electrochemistry has been devoted to both practical and theoretical considerations of the problem. 

Areas of fundamental electrochemistry that are particularly relevant to the manufacture of microelectronic components include the sciences of semiconductor electrochemistry, ion transport, corrosion, plating, microcells (of 1 to 20 pm dimension), photoetching, and photoelectroplating. 

C.M. Rangel, T.M. Sdva, M. da Cunha Belo, Semiconductor electrochemistry approach to passivity and stress corrosion cracking susceptibility of stainless steels, Electrochim. Acta 50 (2005) 5076-5082. 

The photoanodic dissolution also occurs in the electrochemistry and photoelectrochemistry of compact electrodes of these materials. In fact, it is the most serious obstacle to the practical use of semiconductors such as CdS in photoelectrochemical cells The product of corrosion in the absence of oxygen is sulfur. In the presence of oxygen, sulfate ions are formed as in the case of the colloidal particles... 

Various other semiconductor materials, such as CdSe, MoSe, WSe, and InP were also used in electrochemistry, mainly as n-type photoanodes. Stability against photoanodic corrosion is, naturally, much higher with semiconducting oxides (Ti02, ZnO, SrTi03, BaTi03, W03, etc.). For this reason, they are the most important n-type semiconductors for photoanodes. The semiconducting metal oxide electrodes are discussed in more detail below. 

This book systematically summarizes the researches on electrochemistry of sulphide flotation in our group. The various electrochemical measurements, especially electrochemical corrosive method, electrochemical equilibrium calculations, surface analysis and semiconductor energy band theory, practically, molecular orbital theory, have been used in our studies and introduced in this book. The collectorless and collector-induced flotation behavior of sulphide minerals and the mechanism in various flotation systems have been discussed. The electrochemical corrosive mechanism, mechano-electrochemical behavior and the molecular orbital approach of flotation of sulphide minerals will provide much new information to the researchers in this area. The example of electrochemical flotation separation of sulphide ores listed in this book will demonstrate the good future of flotation electrochemistry of sulphide minerals in industrial applications. 

As is known to all, the flotation mechanism of sulphide minerals can be explained based on electrochemistry because sulphide minerals have the semiconductor character and a series of electrochemistry reaction occurring in solution. After these reactions, the surface of sulphide minerals changes and forms a new phase. We called it as self-corrosion of sulphide minerals. As before, the essence of the reaction between the collector and the minerals is the formation of the hydrophobic entity on the mineral surface, and then minerals can be floated. We can find that the reaction between the collector and the minerals is similar to the depression on mineral self-corrosion. In the corrosion, we called this effect as inhibition, and this kind of reagent is an inhibiting reagent. There are many studies on corrosion, especially its research method and theory. Thus, we can get some new information on the mechanism of sulphide flotation from corrosive electrochemistry. 

Here SC stands for a semiconductor material, (SC + for the product of its oxidation, Ox for the oxidizer, and Red for the reduced form of Ox. The above reactions, called the conjugated reactions, proceed at a solid-solution interface simultaneously and with equal rate. In electrochemistry of metals they are considered as quite independent from each other. Once the kinetic parameters of these reactions are known, one can determine the rate (current) and potential of corrosion, using the condition, which follows from the above considerations ... 

Wang, Heli he has worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the United States. He received a Ph.D. in corrosion science and materials chemistry from the Helsinki University of Technology in Finland. From 1998, he had worked with nanostructured semiconductors of metal oxides at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden. His research work has been in materials, electrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, as well as fuel cell components. 

Owing to its extraordinary chemical stability, diamond is a prospective electrode material for use in theoretical and applied electrochemistry. In this work studies performed during the last decade on boron-doped diamond electrochemistry are reviewed. Depending on the doping level, diamond exhibits properties either of a superwide-gap semiconductor or a semimetal. In the first case, electrochemical, photoelectrochemical and impedance-spectroscopy studies make the determination of properties of the semiconductor diamond possible. Among them are the resistivity, the acceptor concentration, the minority carrier diffusion length, the flat-band potential, electron phototransition energies, etc. In the second case, the metal-like diamond appears to be a corrosion-stable electrode that is efficient in the electrosyntheses (e.g., in the electroreduction of hard to reduce compounds) and electroanalysis. Kinetic characteristics of many outer-sphere... 

Ref. [i] Schultze JW, Hassel AW (2006) Passivity of metals, alloys, and semiconductors. In Bard A], Stratmann M, Frankel GS (eds) Corrosion and oxide films. Encyclopedia of electrochemistry, vol. 4. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp 216-270... 

Since the mid-1970s there has been a considerable amount of material published on the influence of ultrasound upon the electrochemistry of metal systems. Most of this work was carried out in former Eastern block countries and concentrated on such electrochemical processes as corrosion, electrodeposition, and electrochemical dissolution. Recently there has been an upsurge in the interest shown in sonoelectrochemical processes using both non-metal and metal systems worldwide. There have been a considerable number of publications in the employment of ultrasound in areas as diverse as semiconductor production to sono-electrochemical machining and metal finishing. A review by R. Walker [27] into the use of ultrasound in metal deposition systems, provides an introduction into the fundamental effects of ultrasound in plating and metal finishing. 

The principles that govern electrochemistry at semiconductor electrodes can also be applied to redox processes in particle systems. In this case, one considers the rates of the oxidation and reduction half-reactions that occur on the particle, usually in terms of the current, as a function of particle potential. One can use current-potential curves to estimate the nature and rates of heterogeneous reactions on surfaces. This approach applies not only to semiconductor particles, but also to metal particles that behave as catalysts and to surfaces undergoing corrosion. 

The adsorption of halogens on a wide range of metal and semiconductor surfaces has been extensively studied over the last thirty years. The interest in halogen adsorption stems from practical problems in such disparate areas as microelectronics fabrication, heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, and corrosion. 

There are several challenges associated with the synthesis of BDD suitable for electrochemistry. Since diamond is a semiconductor with exceptional properties, precise control of dopant impurities and extended defects is required to dope the diamond lattice with sufficient boron to make the material conduct. However, as the boron levels increase, it can be harder to maintain crystallinity and control the amount of nondiamond carbon (NDC) both within crystal defects and at grain boundaries. While NDC can increase material conductivity, it is be detrimental to a diamond electrochemist, as the widely recognized electrochemical properties of BDD (wide solvent window, low background currents, reduced susceptibility to electrode fouling, corrosion resistance) are impaired and the electrochemical response becomes more akin to glassy carbon. If the presence of NDC is unaccounted for, electrical resistivity measurements will mislead the user into believing that there is more boron than actually present in the matrix. 

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