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• n-type
  n-type

  adjective

  (of a semiconductor) having more conduction electrons than mobile holes
• N-type
  N-type

  Made of material, usually a semiconductor such as silicon, that has been doped with impurities so that it has an excess of conductive electrons.

n-type

British  

adjective

1. (of a semiconductor) having more conduction electrons than mobile holes

2. associated with or resulting from the movement of electrons in a semiconductor

   n-type conductivity

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N-type Scientific  

1. Made of material, usually a semiconductor such as silicon, that has been doped with impurities so that it has an excess of conductive electrons.

2. Compare P-type

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Zhao’s team recently reported making an n-type single-crystal tin selenide by spiking it with bromine atoms.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 2, 2021

Eighty years ago7, dopant atoms of boron and phosphorus were added to pure silicon to produce materials called p-type and n-type silicon, respectively; these form p–n junctions, the basis of computing.

From Nature ● Jan. 21, 2020

A p-type semiconductor is a material rich in positive charge carriers or holes, whereas negative charges make up the opposing n-type semiconductor.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 28, 2015

In some transistors, source and drain are p-type, and channel n-type.

From Economist ● Aug. 17, 2011

The results, notes Prof. Rabani, indicate that the nanocrystals have been doped with both n-type dopants, indicating the presence of excess electrons in the nanocrystals, and p-type, which contribute positively charged holes to the semiconductors.

From US News ● Jul. 19, 2011

Like opioid receptors, N-type calcium channels occur throughout the nervous system.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 10, 2021

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