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Becquerel Photovoltaic Effect in Binary Compounds
Abstract
An experimental study has been made of photovoltaic effects which occur at semiconductor-electrolyte interfaces. Single crystal specimens of CdS and several other compounds were used. It was found that in a number of cases the photovoltaic effect results from a chemical reaction of the electrode materials. In such cases the observations may be explained by a simple mechanism which relates the sign of the photo-emf to the conductivity type of the semiconductor and to the chemical reaction which is occurring. The reaction may be predicted using readily available thermodynamic data. A different process occurs when the electrode material is GaAs. It acts as an inert electrode which exchanges electrons with an oxidation-reduction couple in the solution.
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- Authors
- Williams, R.
- Venue
- The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 1960-05-01
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1505-1514
- ISSN
- 0021-9606 (ISSN-L)
- 1089-7690
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- W2018738886
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- 2.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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