photoelectrochemicaladj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊᵻˌlɛktrə(ʊ)ˈkɛmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊəˌlɛktroʊˈkɛmək(ə)l/, /ˈˌfoʊdoʊəˌlɛktrəˈkɛmək(ə)l/; see also electrochemical adj. Physics and Chemistry.
Of, relating to, or designating an electrochemical cell or reaction in which the electrode potential or the current flowing depends upon the degree of illumination.
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photoelectrochemical1942
1942 Chem. Rev. 31 212 By choosing the proper electrolyte, photoelectrochemical effects can be dissociated from secondary electronic effects.
1976 Nature 9 Sept. 100/1 Better and cheaper means of storing electricity..remain desirable, and hence the practical importance of photoelectrochemical decomposition of water into hydrogen and oxygen.
1990 Jrnl. Pharmaceut. & Biomed. Anal. 8 521 Ions were detected with a photoelectrochemical detector.
2002 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 10958/2 Photoelectrochemical measurements..on free NO have yielded substantially more negative reduction potentials.
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ˌphotoelectroˈchemically adv. by photoelectrochemical means; by a photoelectrochemical effect.
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1977 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 99 7534/2 When the light pulse is turned off, a cathodic current spike is observed, representing the reduction of the photoelectrochemically generated Ox-1+· reduction wave.
1994 Biotechnol. Techniques 8 615 The effects of herbicides..were assayed photoelectrochemically.
2002 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 124 4922 The compounds were studied spectroscopically, electrochemically, and photoelectrochemically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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