When a point light source, of power E emitting monochromatic light of wavelength is kept at a distance r from a photosensitive surface of work -function and area s, then number of photons striking the surface per unit time is
The number of photons released per unit time
These photons are spread out in all directions over an area . The share of an area s is of total number of photons. So, the number of photons striking area s of photo-sensitive surface per unit time