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Question
Answer the following question.
Plot a graph of photocurrent versus anode potential for radiation of frequency ν and intensities I1 and I2 (I1 < I2).
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Solution
Graph of photocurrent versus anode potential for radiation of frequency ν and intensities I1 and I2 (I1 < I2):
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