Electronic barriers in the iron oxide film govern its passivity and redox behavior: Effect of electrode potential and solution pH

Electrochemistry Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1595-1602

  Diez Perez I ^a   Sanz, F ^a,b   Gorostiza, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrochemical tunneling spectroscopy; Electronic energy barriers; Fe passivity; pH effect on passivity

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; PASSIVATION; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX REACTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY (ECTS); ELECTRONIC ENERGY BARRIERS; FE PASSIVITY; PH EFFECT ON PASSIVITY;

IRON OXIDES;

EID: 33749601291     PISSN: 13882481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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