photocurrent

American

[foh-toh-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-] / ˈfoʊ toʊˌkɜr ənt, -ˌkʌr- /

noun

Physics.

an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.

photocurrent British

/ ˈfəʊtəʊˌkʌrənt /

noun

an electric current produced by electromagnetic radiation in the photoelectric effect, photovoltaic effect, or photoconductivity

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Etymology

Origin of photocurrent

First recorded in 1910–15; photo- + current

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photocurrent

Thirdly, the ZnO nanoparticles are photoresponsive and generate a photocurrent when exposed to pulsed UV light and a constant voltage.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024

"Direct imaging to track photocurrent streamlines in quantum optoelectronic devices remains a key challenge in understanding exotic device behavior," Gabor said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023

A photocurrent is an electric current induced by the action of light.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023

The EQE is a spectrally resolved photocurrent measured under zero external bias and represents the ratio of photocarriers collected by an external circuit to the number of incident photons at a given wavelength.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 15, 2011

We compared photocurrent results to spectroscopic results reported in previous literature in Fig. 3C.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 15, 2011

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