Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Photoelectric effect

Photoelectric effect — practice question

(a)[2]

State the meaning of the term photon.

(b)[3]

Calculate the energy, in eV, for a photon of light with wavelength $540\,\text{nm}$.

(c)[4]

The outermost electron energy bands of a semiconductor material are shown in Fig. 11.1. The width of the forbidden band is $1.1\,\text{eV}$. Explain why, when photons of light, each of energy $2.1\,\text{eV}$, strike the semiconductor material, its resistance decreases.

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