SEMICONDUCTIVITY AND STABILITY OF PALLADIUM OXIDE Academic Article

abstract

• Films of palladium oxide of good optical quality have been prepared by the oxidation of sputtered films of palladium. Optical absorption and photoconductivity measurements indicate extrapolated band gaps of 2.130.03 eV and 2.670.03 eV respectively with the photoconductivity showing an exponential tail extending to lower energies. Measurements of the thermal stability of the films in the presence of a low partial pressure of oxygen indicate a dissociation enthalpy of -1.170.06 eV. The presence of hydrogen in the ambient during decomposition was found to reduce the temperature for decomposition to palladium metal from about 580 to 350 K. 1978 Chapman and Hall Ltd.

authors

• Miles, Richard

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

author list (cited authors)

• REY, E., KAMAL, M. R., MILES, R. B., & ROYCE, B.

citation count

• 56

complete list of authors

• REY, E||KAMAL, MR||MILES, RB||ROYCE, BSH

publication date

• April 1978

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Materials Science  Journal

keywords

• 34 Chemical Sciences
• 3406 Physical Chemistry
• 40 Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF00570517

start page

• 812

end page

• 816

volume

• 13

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00570517