Title: charge carrier injection
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - charge carrier injection
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08779
Status: current

Definition
Process whereby charge carriers in excess of the thermodynamic equilibrium level are introduced into a conductor, a semiconductor or an insulator from another material.

Related Terms
- charge carriers: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08775
- conductor: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08774
- double injection: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08792
- electroinjection: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08801
- photoinjection: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08853
- thermal injection: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08877

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 18 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0501)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08779/xml

Citation: Citation: 'charge carrier injection' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08779
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