electron hole

American  

noun

1. hole.

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electron hole Scientific  

1. See hole

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Example Sentences

To develop cuprous oxides to the point where they can be a credible contender to established photovoltaic materials, they need to be optimised so they can efficiently generate and move electric charges -- made of an electron and a positively-charged electron 'hole' -- when sunlight hits them.

From Science Daily

These extra electrons -- or holes -- do not participate in atomic bonding but sometimes bind to excitons -- quasi-particles consisting of an electron and an electron hole -- in semiconductors and other condensed matter.

From Science Daily

Recently, the team used Hawk to simulate how excitons -- a pairing of an optically exited electron and the electron "hole" it leaves behind -- can be controlled and moved within solar cells so more energy is captured.

From Science Daily

Strontium titanate produces electron–hole pairs by absorbing ultraviolet light.

From Nature

In this process, the energy generated by the electron–hole merger is transferred to another charge carrier, and a photon is not emitted. c, Won et al.3 demonstrate QDs that are highly efficient light emitters, because Auger recombination is suppressed.

From Nature