A photosensitive metallic surface has work function, h vo, If photons of energy 2hvo, fall on this surface, the electrons come out with a maximum velocity of 4 x 106 m/s. When the photon energy is increased to 5 hv,, then maximum velocity of photoelectrons will be
2 × 106 m/s
2 × 107 m/s
8 × 105 m/s
8 × 106 m/s
D.
8 × 106 m/s
The solution to our problem consists in Einstein's photoelectric equation.
Einstein's photoelectric equation can be written as
Dividing equation (ii) by eq (i)
The efficiency of photoelectric effect is less than 1 o .ie, number of photons less than 1 % are capable of ejecting photoelectrons.