Title: radiative charge carrier recombination
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - radiative charge carrier recombination
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08864
Status: current

Definition
Charge carrier recombination in which the energy released is emitted as a photon of corresponding energy.

Note
Radiative charge carrier recombination occurs if a mobile electron meets a hole with which it forms an exciton that then decays by the radiative electron transition to the ground state.

Related Terms
- Charge carrier recombination: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08781
- hole: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08826
- stimulated radiative charge carrier recombination: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08876

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 44 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0501)

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Citation: Citation: 'radiative charge carrier recombination' 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.08864
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