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ANODIC photocurrents are often produced when polarized metallic electrodes covered with oxide or other semiconducting material are illuminated in solutions1. The primary process is here the generation of a pair electron-hole, which results from the absorption of a light quantum in the surface layer.
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HEYROVSKÝ, M. Anodic Photocurrent and the Primary Process in Electrochemical Photoeffect. Nature 209, 708 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209708a0
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