Schottky Emission as a Rate-Limiting Factor in Thermal Oxidation of Metals
- 12 December 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 17 (24) , 1212-1216
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.17.1212
Abstract
A new model for the kinetics of thermal oxidation of metals is presented which is based on the hypothesis that the rate-limiting step is thermal excitation of electrons or electron holes over Schottky-type barriers in a diffusion-controlled electric field created by the ionic species.Keywords
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