Photovoltaic effect on copper oxide

Abstract

A large amount of experimental material has been presented in works on photovoltaic phenomena. The elucidation of the general laws governing these phenomena is complicated by the fact that the photoelectric effect occurs in the "electrode-solution" system, where the slightest changes are manifested in a violation of the established potential. Due to these considerations, the results obtained by different authors for the same object are contradictory and often irreproducible. This article establishes a number of important laws (see article).