PHYS 2004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Work Function

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If the voltage between the cathode and anode is positive, the current does not change as the voltage increases. If the voltage between the cathode and anode is decreased and made negative, the current decreases. Current reaches zero when v = vstop, where vstop is the stopping potential. The current i is directly proportional to the light intensity. The current appears without delay when the light is applied. The value of vstop is the same for both weak and intense incident light. A minimum energy is needed to free an electron from a metal. This minimum energy is called the work function e0 of the metal. Some deeper electrons may require more energy than e0 to escape, but all will require at least.

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