Fission of an exciton into independent, Coulombically unbound mobile
charge carriers: an electron and a
hole, or a negative and a positive polaron.
Source:
PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 31 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0501)