Sa. Lilin et al., FORMATION OF ANODIC OXIDE-FILMS AT THE VANADIUM METALS - A PHOTOELECTRIC POLARIZATION AND IMPEDANCE STUDY, Russian journal of electrochemistry, 32(12), 1996, pp. 1349-1353
The initial stages of growth of thin oxide films on vanadium, niobium,
and tantalum are studied in the course of polarization. The kinetics
of anodic behavior of the metals in alcohol solutions of lithium perch
lorate is shown to depend on both intrinsic and impurity changes in th
e defect structure of oxides caused by the polarization. A pronounced
role played in the process rate control by charge-carrier transport th
rough the passivating film is confirmed.