Title: hole transfer
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - hole transfer
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.H02835
Status: current

Definition
Charge migration process in which the majority carriers are positively charged.

Related Term
- migration: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/M03920

Source
- PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. 'Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2246 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122223)

Other Outputs
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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/H02835/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/H02835/xml

Citation: Citation: 'hole transfer' 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.H02835
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