Field-induced water electrolysis switches an oxide semiconductor from an insulator to a metal

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Ohta, Hiromichi ^a,b   Sato, Yukio ^c   Kato, Takeharu ^c   Kim, Sungwng ^d   Nomura, Kenji ^d   Ikuhara, Yuichi ^c,e   Hosono, Hideo ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; METAL; OXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; INSULATOR ELEMENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650038192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1112     Document Type: Article

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