Einstein won the nobel prize for his work on solar cells, so I know somewhere he defined them in his own words. Can someone find me that quote?
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read this wiki article, it was the Photoelectric Effect, there are lots of resources at the bottom of the page that might help further your research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect