charge carrier

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Particle or quasiparticle capable of transporting an electric charge.
Note:
A charge carrier can be free (mobile) or trapped (immobile).
Example:
Charge carriers are electrons, electron holes, protons or other ions, charged solitons, polarons or bipolarons.
See also: Coulomb radius
Source:
PAC, 2022, 94, 15. (Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)) on page 17 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'charge carrier' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08775 RIS BibTex EndNote
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