04605 IUPAC Gold Book - photoelectrochemical cell 10.1351/goldbook.P04605 P04605 current 1 An electrochemical cell in which current and a voltage are simultaneously produced upon absorption of light by one or more of the electrodes. Usually at least one of the electrodes is a semiconductor. photoelectrolytic cell https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04608 photogalvanic cell https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04615 photovoltaic cell https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04659 semiconductor https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05591 PAC, 1991, 63, 569. 'Terminology in semiconductor electrochemistry and photoelectrochemical energy conversion (Recommendations 1991)' on page 593 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199163040569) PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. 'Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2260 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122223) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/P04605/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/P04605/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/P04605/plain Citation: 'photoelectrochemical cell' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.P04605 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-31T03:41:20+00:00