{{Short description|Light produced by passing electric current through an appropriate electrolyte}} Category:Luminescence Category:Materials science '''Galvanoluminescence''' is luminescence produced by the passage of an electric current through an appropriate electrolyte in which an electrode, made of certain metals such as aluminium or tantalum, has been immersed.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Stojadinovic |first1=S. |last2=Zekovic |first2=Lj. |date=2004 |title=Galvanoluminescence of oxide films formed by anodization of aluminum in phosphoric acid |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2004.02.016 |journal=Electrochemistry Communications |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=427–431 |doi=10.1016/j.elecom.2004.02.016 |issn=1388-2481|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kasalica |first1=B. V. |last2=Belca |first2=I. D. |date=2006 |title=Light-Emitting-Diode-Based Light Source for Calibration of an Intensified Charge-Coupled Device Detection System Intended for Galvanoluminescence Measurements |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1366/000370206778397254 |journal=Applied Spectroscopy |language=en |volume=60 |issue=9 |pages=1090–1094 |doi=10.1366/000370206778397254 |pmid=17002836 |bibcode=2006ApSpe..60.1090K |issn=0003-7028|url-access=subscription }}</ref> One example is electrolysis with aluminum electrodes in sodium bicarbonate solution.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=galvanoluminescence |encyclopedia=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galvanoluminescence |publisher=Merriam-Webster |access-date=18 Jan 2026}}</ref>
==See also== *{{annotated link|Electroluminescence}} *{{annotated link|List of light sources}}
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