Spectral distributions of the photoelectric yield and energy distributions of the photoelectrons were observed at room temperature, 195°K and 90°K for Cs
3Sb. The facts obtained are as follows: (1) The quantum efficiency
Y rises rapidly as
hν increases above 2ev, and reaches the maximum at
hν∼3.8ev, where the magnitude of
Y exceeds 10
−1. Further, there appears the second maximum at
hν∼5ev. (2) For
hν\gtrsim3ev
Y increases with the decrease in temperature in accordance with the relation (∂
Y⁄∂
T)⁄
Y\fallingdotseq−10
−3/deg. (3) On the contrary, in the low energy tails at
hν∼2ev
Y decreases with decreasing temperature, or the photoelectric work function \varphi shifts with temperature in the form ∂\varphi⁄∂
T=−3∼5×10
−4ev/deg. (4) At lower temperatures a minor hump in
Y can be seen at
hν∼2.2ev. (5) Energy distributions are comparatively temperature-insensitive, but for
hν∼5ev, corresponding to the second maximum in
Y, there is a growing preponderance of low velocity electrons, which is quite unlike those for smaller
hν.
These results are discussed in terms of a possible energy structure for Cs
3Sb.
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