https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08825
Interface between dissimilar crystalline or amorphous solid phases that have unequal bandgap levels.
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Heterojunction allows efficient dissociation of charge carriers, which is utilized, e.g., in diode lasers, heterojunction bipolar transistors and high electron mobility transistors.
Heterojunction allows efficient dissociation of charge carriers, which is utilized, e.g., in diode lasers, heterojunction bipolar transistors and high electron mobility transistors.
See also: homojunction