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More than one mechanism is required to account for the photoinduced movement of charge across semiconductor–electrolyte junctions. Distinguishing the various mechanisms, which is here accomplished using a synthesis of theoretical ideas from both solid-state physics and electrochemistry, may have important consequences in research related to potential applications of liquid junction devices in solar energy conversion.
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Williams, F., Nozik, A. Solid-state perspectives of the photoelectrochemistry of semiconductor–electrolyte junctions. Nature 312, 21–27 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/312021a0
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