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Is this similar to how a solar panel would work?

During the photoelecrtical effect, when a single electron gains energy from a single photon through collison and the electron has energy to move out past the outer shell of the atom, would this effect cause ionisation, therefore making it possible for producing an electrical current between objects?

i would also like to know why certain photons are absorbed by materials and why light (photons) sometimes reflects off surfaces. What does this depend on?

I would like to know the answers to these questions: How does a photon reflect off a surface and if so is energy lost (i do realize that photons travel at the speed of light but i was just wondering)? When a photon reflects off a surface is this point equal to the angle of incidence...

Thanks. I'm only 16 and i still have a lot to learn :)

I find this very rude Hootenanny as it was me who initially created this thread. i was simply adding on to this thread by asking another question!

[SIZE="3"]To Zapper Z Why are you suggesting that a photon has an electric charge and it transfers this charge over to the electron. This does not make sense. A photon has no charge and no mass as it is a bundle of energy. Shouldn't you mean energy (j) and not electron volts (eV).

does an antineutrino have a charge?

So photons don't lose their energy because they travel at the speed of light and keep their momentum? So during the photoelectric effect, photons are emmitted from an EM source with a high frequency and these photons collide with electrons on a charged object giving them energy to move either...

Is energy lost from photons when traveling through the air (eg: friction) to an object from a source such as the sun? If so or not, please explain it me simply. Thank you.