Fundamentals of Semiconductor Electrochemistry

There are two principle differences which distinguish the electrochemical behavior of semiconductors from that of metal electrodes. First, the by orders of magnitude smaller concentration of mobile charge carriers leads to a different double layer structure and to different kinetic relations. Secondly, the existence of an energy gap in the electronic band structure leads to a distinction between electrode reactions in which the charge carriers of either the conduction band or the valeTice band are involved. 

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Hundreds of papers, summarized partly in review articles were published in this field. In the present paper not only the state of art is given but also the essential effects and problems are described and analyzed in detail. Concerning the fundamentals of semiconductor electrochemistry which are not introduced here, it must be referred to corresponding review articles ". ... 

For an excellent review of the fundamentals of semiconductor electrochemistry, see H. Gerischer, Physical Chemistry—An Advanced Treatise, Vol 9A, Electrochemistry, H. Eyring, ed Academic Press, New York, 1970, p. 463. 

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