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photocathode

surface which converts light into electrons via the photoelectric effect
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photocathode

Summary

photocathode draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (components category, ranking #28 of 81).[1]

Key Facts

  • photocathode's GND ID is recorded as 4174510-3[2].
  • photocathode's subclass of is recorded as electrode[3].
  • photocathode's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ghp8[4].
  • photocathode's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/photocathode[5].
  • photocathode's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 13115443[6].
  • photocathode's IEV number is recorded as 881-13-64[7].
  • photocathode's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C13115443[8].
  • photocathode's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as fotokatod-edfd14[9].

Why It Matters

photocathode draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (components category, ranking #28 of 81).[1] photocathode has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] photocathode is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

electrode

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). photocathode. Retrieved April 25, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/photocathode
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_photocathode_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{photocathode}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/photocathode}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-25}}
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