Electronic phenomena in adsorption and catalysis on semiconductors and dielectrics
The purpose of this book, as described by the authors, is to generalize the experimental data and relationship between two important classes of phenomena occurring at semiconductor surfaces. These are the following: one, the electronic properties of semiconductors and how they are influenced by adsorption and catalytic processes taking place at the surface; and two, the influence the electronic subsystems of semiconductors can have on adsorption and dissociation of molecules at the surface. The majority of the book deals with the first topic. After a short introductory chapter there are eight more chapters that focus primarily on the electronic structure of semiconductors and to a lesser extent dielectric materials. The topics covered are as follows: Chapter 2, The phenomenological description of electronic processes on semiconductor surfaces; Chapter 3, The energy spectrum of semiconductor surfaces; Chapter 4, Electron processes in semiconductor adsorbents and catalysts; Chapter 5, The electron theory of chemisorption and catalysis on ideal semiconductor surfaces; Chapter 6, The effects of adsorption on the electrophysical parameters of real semiconductor surfaces; Chapter 7, Catalysis and electronic phenomena on real semiconductor surfaces; Chapter 8, The phonon and shock mechanisms of charge-carrier capture in adsorption and catalysis; and, Chapter 9, Proton processes on the surfaces of semiconductors and insulators. This book combines the classical solid state physics descriptions of electronic structures of the substrates with empirical discussions of surface chemistry. This broad approach will appeal to readers with a very wide range of backgrounds.
- OSTI ID:
- 6749025
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: From review by Terry S. King, Iowa State Univ., in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 110, No. 9 (1988)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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