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  • p-type
    p-type
    adjective
    (of a semiconductor) having a density of mobile holes in excess of that of conduction electrons
  • P-type
    P-type
    Made of material, usually a semiconductor such as silicon, that has been doped with impurities so that it has an excess of electron holes.

p-type

British  

adjective

  1. (of a semiconductor) having a density of mobile holes in excess of that of conduction electrons

  2. associated with or resulting from the movement of holes in a semiconductor Compare n-type

    p-type conductivity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

P-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 electron holes.

  2. Compare N-type


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Research progress on p-type amorphous semiconductors has been notably sluggish.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024

Once n-type and p-type tin selenide devices are paired, researchers should have a clear path to making a new generation of ultra-efficient thermoelectric generators.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 2, 2021

Therefore, n = 3 and, for a p-type orbital, l = 1.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

He acknowledges, however, that more research will have to be done to determine what happens when you add a significant amount of magnesium and reach p-type activation.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 28, 2015

Early advances in performance relied on a metal-semiconductor Schottky junction, in which a light metal with a shallow work function established a charge-separating electric field within the p-type colloidal quantum-dot solid.

From Nature ● Aug. 15, 2012

The eventual design they settled on has two layers of a silicon material known as P-type, which respond to light by creating electrical charge.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

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