photoadsorption

Also contains definition of: photodesorption
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04577
@I03255@ by light (usually @VT07496@ or @UT07492@) may affect @A00155@. In a system containing @A00166@ and @A00153@ exposure to light may lead to increased adsorption (photoadsorption) or it may lead to @D01620@ of an @A00152@ (photodesorption).
Source:
PAC, 1976, 46, 71. (Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units - Appendix II. Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Part II: Heterogeneous Catalysis) on page 77 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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