FIZIKA A 11 (2002) 3 , 113-120

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ELECTROLYSIS THROUGH HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS CONTACTS IN INSULATING SOLIDS

SATYAJIT KAR, AJAY KUMAR MAITI, SWARUPA BANDYOPADHYAY, KAMAL KANTI RAY and KUSHALENDU GOSWAMI

Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India

Received 15 September 2001; revised manuscript received 27 July 2002
Accepted 16 September 2002   Online 07 February 2002

The basic measurement of the primary state of ionization related to the formation of a non-rectifying contact by the electrolysis of insulating solids under homogeneous and heterogeneous contacts has been carried out. The activation energy involved in the first stage has been found to correlate with the band scheme of energy of contact which is necessary for creating the defect centres towards space charge limited injection.

PACS numbers: 72.20.Jv, 72.90.+y, 73.40.Cg
UDC 537.311.4

Keywords: electrolysis, ionic solid, Galvani voltage, contact potential

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