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Reversal of Current in Rectifier Photo-Ceils

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I HAVE just seen the letter on the above subject by Messrs. H. H. Poole and W. R. G. Atkins in NATURE of January 28. I encountered the phenomenon to which they refer about three months ago when determining the spectral sensitivity of some gold—cuprous oxide—copper cells of the Auger type, but refrained from directing immediate attention to it as it was apparent from an examination of the results that further work was required before a completely satisfactory explanation was forthcoming.

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GUILD, J. Reversal of Current in Rectifier Photo-Ceils. Nature 131, 327–328 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131327b0

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