Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol.429, No.1-2, 55-60, 1997
Interfacial Behavior of Quantum-Well Electrode/Electrolyte - Effect of Redox Species on Eer Spectra of a Single-Quantum-Well GaAs-Vertical-Bar-AlxGa1-xAs Electrode
The EER spectra of a single quantum well GaAsAlxGa1-xAs electrode were studied as a function of applied reverse bias in ferrocene, p-methyl nitrobenzene and hydroquinone+benzoquinone non-aqueous solutions. EER spectra were compared for different redox species and showed that a pronounced quantum-confined Stark effect and a Franz-Keldysh oscillation for a single quantum well electrode were obtained in the p-methyl-nitrobenzene- and hydroquinone+benzoquinone-containing solutions. A surface interaction of the single quantum well electrode with ferrocene led to fewer changes in the electric field of the space charge layer for reverse bias; this was suggested to explain the weak quantum-confined Stark effect and Franz-Keldysh oscillation effect observed for the single quantum well electrode in the ferrocene-containing solution.
Keywords:PHOTOREFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;ELECTROREFLECTANCE SPECTRA;PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY;SUPERLATTICE ELECTRODES;LINE-SHAPE;SEMICONDUCTOR;SURFACE;MODEL;PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;MECHANISMS