Question
Albert Einstein got a nobel prize in physics for his work on:

Answer

  1. Photoelectric effect
Explanation:
In 1905, Albert Einstein extended Planck's hypothesis to explain the photoelectric effect, which is the emission of electrons by a metal surface when it is irradiated by light or more-energetic photons.

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