Field Effect in Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interfaces:
Application to Investigations of Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Surfaces
Pavel P. Konorov, Adil M. Yafyasov & Vladislav B. Bogevolnov

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Preface vii
Abbreviations xi
Introduction xiii

CHAPTER ONE: Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interface: Basic Notions and Definitions 1

CHAPTER TWO: Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interface under Polarization: Voltage-Current Relationships (Polarization Characteristics) 7

CHAPTER THREE: Quasi-Equilibrium Field Effect in Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interfaces: Studies of Surface States 15
3.1 QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM FESE 15
3.2 SURFACE STATES INDUCED BY GERMANIUM SURFACE OXIDATION 25
3.3 SURFACE STATES ARISING ON GERMANIUM BY METAL ADSORPTION 27

CHAPTER FOUR: Field Effect in Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interfaces on Nonequilibrium Depletion of Free Charge Carriers from Semiconductor 30

CHAPTER FIVE: Application of Field Effect in Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interfaces for Studies of Surface Charge Layer Characteristics of Semiconductors and Semimetals 37
5.1 WIDE-GAP SEMICONDUCTORS 38
5.2 NARROW-GAP SEMICONDUCTORS 45
5.3 ZERO-GAP SEMICONDUCTORS AND SEMIMETALS 70
5.4 FESE TECHNIQUE AS APPLIED TO STUDIES OF SURFACES OF METAL ELECTRODES AND HTSCMATERIALS 82

CHAPTER SIX: Processes of Spatial and Temporal Self-Organization in the Semiconductor--Electrolyte System and Their Manifestation in the Field Effect 88
6.1 PROCESSES UNDER POLARIZATION 88
6.2 PROCESSES UNDER ADSORPTION 94
6.3 QUASI-PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS IN THE CARBON FIBER--ELECTROLYTE SYSTEM 101
6.4 BELOUSOV-ZHABOTINSKY REACTION 105

CHAPTER SEVEN: Size Quantization in the Semiconductor-Electrolyte System 109
7.1 TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM SYSTEMS: THEORY 109
7.2 TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIZE QUANTIZATION IN SEMICONDUCTOR-ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES AND ITS MANIFESTATION IN FESE EXPERIMENTS 114
7.3 ONE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM SYSTEM: THEORY 119
7.4 FABRICATION OF LOW-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM STRUCTURES AND THEIR ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES 121

CHAPTER EIGHT: Technique of FESE Method and Some Possibilities for Its Technological Applications 136
8.1 TECHNIQUE OF QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM FESEMETHOD 136
8.2 APPLICATION OF FESE FOR CONTROL OF THE IMPURITY DISTRIBUTION IN SEMICONDUCTORS 140
8.3 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STOICHIOMETRIC COMPOSITION OF SOLID SOLUTIONS 141
8.4 FESE TECHNIQUE FOR INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 147

Conclusion 153
Bibliography 155
Index 175

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