Abstract
Separation of charge into double layers is a common occurrence at a solid surface. At times the phenomenon can be interpreted simply in terms of two plane sheets of charge. On a metal with an adsorbed layer of oxygen, where the oxygen has a large negative partial charge and the surface layer of metal an equal and opposite positive charge, the system can be viewed to a good first approximation as such a double layer composed of two such charged planes, as sketched on the left in Figure 2.1. If an insulating oxide layer grows between the positively charged metal and the now ionosorbed oxygen ions, the separation of the two sheets of charge becomes greater but to a reasonable approximation, with a coherent oxide and a thickness of less than a few hundred angstroms, the system can still be viewed as two planar sheets of charge.
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Morrison, S.R. (1977). Space Charge Effects. In: The Chemical Physics of Surfaces. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8007-2_2
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