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This lecture considers the distribution of charge and potential at the semiconductor-electrolyte interface and examines the influence of different types of surface sites on the electro-chemical behaviour of semiconductors. A brief analysis of the illuminated semiconductor-electrolyte interface follows, and it is shown that non-steady state photocurrents can be related to the density and energy level of surface states. The lecture concludes with some experimental results which illustrate the effects of surface recombination at p-GaP and suggests some new experimental approaches to the study of surface states and photo-chemical kinetics.
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Peter, L.M. (1986). The Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interface. In: Silva, A.F. (eds) Trends in Interfacial Electrochemistry. NATO ASI Series, vol 179. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4694-1_18
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