Publication Type Journal Article
Title Electronic structure of iridium oxide films formed in neutral phosphate buffer solution
Authors T. M. Silva AMP Simoes MGS Ferreira M Walls MD Belo
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Journal JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Year 1998
Month January
Volume 441
Number 1
Pages 5-12
Abstract Iridium oxide films were formed by potential cycling in neutral phosphate buffer solution (pH = 6.9) and studied by capacitance and photoelectrochemical measurements, and by TEM. The results have revealed p-type semiconductivity of the oxide. The increase of the electric conductivity occurring simultaneously with the colouring of the film is explained by a transition, at the film\electrolyte interface, from a Schottky barrier to an ohmic contact. This transition takes place at the flatband potential; which is close to the potential of the main voltammetric peak. The doping values obtained from the Mott-Schottky approach are related with the porous structure of the film. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A.
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0728(97)00300-8
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ISSN 1572-6657
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Bibtex ID ISI:000072658500002
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