# work function

> difference of the energy of an electron at rest at infinity and the Fermi energy

**Wikidata**: [Q783800](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q783800)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_function)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/work-function


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. International Electrotechnical Vocabulary
3. Compendium of Chemical Terminology
4. ISO 80000-12:2019 Quantities and units — Part 12: Condensed matter physics
5. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
6. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)