How Do You Determine the Work Function of a Photoemissive Material?

[Anton999]

Homework Statement

I need to calculate the work function of a photoemissive material. Light is shone through a photocathode (cathode) and the stopping potential V, is measured between anode (stainless steel) and cathode using a picoammeter)
Following are the data measured/calculated
ν = 1.402 e15 Hz (deuterium lamp, at λ= 214nm)
hν = 5.798 eV
stopping potential, V = 2.44 v
ϕ (anode) = 4.4 eV (stainless steel)

Homework Equations

E = hc/λ = hν
hν = ϕ + Ek

The Attempt at a Solution

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How do I calculate the ϕ (cathode)?
Is the formula ϕ (cathode) = hν + V - ϕ (anode) correct?

stopping potential V is measured in volts, everything else in the above equation is in eV. Any solutions?

 

[J Hann]

The work function (phi) has no meaning for the cathode.
The cathode collects photoelectrons until the stopping potential is
greater than the kinetic energy of the photoelectrons emitted from the anode.
Also, what is the kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons as it
relates to the work function of the anode?