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Photoelectric current in an experimental study of photoelectric effect is made zero by making anode negative with respect to cathode. If stopping potential is V0, then
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Solution:
Photoelectric current is zero when the stopping potential is sufficient to repel even the most energetic photoelectrons, with the maximum kinetic energy (Kmax), so that Kmax=eV0