The current burst model asserts that current flow through anodically dissolving semiconductor electrodes is localized in space and time. The only relevant parameters of the model are probability functions for current "on" and "off". Interactions between current bursts in space and time account quantitatively, or at least qualitatively, for a wealth of pattern formation phenomena observed on semiconductor electrodes that are classified as oscillations in time and space (= pore formation). The paper reviews these electrode oscillations in the light of the current burst model.
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