Surface composition of n-GaAs cathodes during hydrogen evolution characterized by in situ ultraviolet-visible ellipsometry and in situ infrared spectroscopy

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 447-456

  Erne B H ^a   Stchakovsky, M ^b   Ozanam, F ^a   Chazalviel, J N ^a,c  

^a U Rech 1254 Associee au Ctr N

^b Jobin Yvon   (France)

^c ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CURRENT DENSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ELLIPSOMETRY; HYDROGEN; HYSTERESIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SURFACE PHENOMENA; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATHODIC DECOMPOSITION; CATHODIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; VOLMER-HEYROVSKY ROUTE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 0031996546     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.1838283     Document Type: Article

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