Charge carrier (physics)

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A carrier is in the physics a with a charge lossy particles . The electrical charge is almost always meant.

In semiconductor physics , charge carriers are understood to be freely movable electrons and defect electrons . They enable charge transport, i.e. electric current . A defect electron is an electron that is missing from the entirety of the valence electrons; it acts like a moving positive elementary charge. Defect electrons are therefore also simply referred to as “holes”.

Also ions are electrical charge carriers, z. B. in electrolysis , in a plasma or in particle accelerators . Some quasiparticles and quarks also carry electrical charges.

Particles that exist with a negative and a positive charge can occur as carrier pairs .

See also

• Carrier density
• Majority carrier
• Minority carriers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charge carriers - Lexicon of Physics. Retrieved July 15, 2016 .