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Definition
1. The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons or other free carriers when light is shone onto a material. Electrons emitted in this manner can be called photo electrons. The phenomenon is commonly studied in electronic physics, as well as in fields of chemistry, such as quantum chemistry or electrochemistry.
2. Under the right circumstances light can be used to push electrons, freeing them from the surface of a solid. This process is called the photoelectric effect (or photoelectric emission or photoemission), a material that can exhibit this phenomena is said to be photoemissive, and the ejected electrons are called photoelectrons.
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Superterms
PV, Solar cell
Subterms
Photon
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect (1.); https://physics.info/photoelectric/ (2.)
Author: Alexander Kravchik
