Abstract
The model explaining the occurrence of the electron concentration step front during oxidation of nitrogen-doped TiO2-δ thin films is presented. This model is based on ambipolar chemical diffusion coefficient analysis, for which immobile and uniformly distributed nitrogen component is assumed. The diffusion species and oxygen activity (pressure) profiles are obtained by numerical and approximate analytical simulation of the chemical diffusion. The profiles indicate the presence of two separate singularities: the electron concentration step front, and the electronhole recombination reaction front. The electron concentration step front relates to the singularity of the ambipolar diffusion of three types of charged species with essentially different diffusion coefficients.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Diffusion in Materials DIMAT-2017 - 10th International Conference on Diffusion in Materials |
| Editors | Eugen Rabkin, Leonid Klinger, Amy Novick-Cohen, Nachum Frage |
| Publisher | Trans Tech Publications Ltd |
| Pages | 147-152 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | 383 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783035711301 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
| Event | 10th International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, DIMAT 2017 - Haifa, Israel Duration: 7 May 2017 → 12 May 2017 |
Conference
| Conference | 10th International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, DIMAT 2017 |
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| Country/Territory | Israel |
| City | Haifa |
| Period | 7/05/17 → 12/05/17 |
Keywords
- Ambipolar chemical diffusion
- Oxidation kinetics
- Parabolic rate law
- Titania
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiation
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics