Application of Semiconductor Physics to Corrosion and Electrochemistry : An investigation of the electronic properties of passive films

Ever since the discovery of the thin protective oxide films that naturally form on transition metals, the properties and protective nature of these films has been the subject of intense investigation. This work analyzes how Mott-Schottky theory can be adapted to measure the electronic properties of these thin and disordered films and how these semiconducting properties are related to the corrosion and electrochemical behavior of the metal oxide system.