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photocatalysis

Definition of photocatalysis

noun

[mass noun] Chemistry
  • the acceleration of a chemical reaction by light.

Derivatives

photocatalytic

adjective

photocatalysis in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of photocatalysis in the US English dictionary
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