Peculiarities of Charge Transfer in SiO₂(Ni)/Si Nanosystems

Figure 3

Schematic representation of electron-depleted region formation in contact area of metallic particles with -Si in absence of an external electric field (a), at with “+” sign on metal side (c), with a “–” sign (e); scheme for band structure formation in contact region at = 0 (b), > 0 (d), <0 (e).

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