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	[[File:electronhole.png\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Figure 1. A diagram showing a crystal lattice and how the movement of an electron from the valence band creates a hole.<ref>''Created internally by a member of the Energy Education team. Adapted from: HyperPhysics. (August 20, 2015). P and N-Type Semiconductors [Online]. Available: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/dope.html</ref> Both electrons and holes are possible charge carriers.]]		[[File:electronhole.png\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Figure 1. A diagram showing a crystal lattice and how the movement of an electron from the valence band creates a hole.<ref>''Created internally by a member of the Energy Education team. Adapted from: HyperPhysics. (August 20, 2015). P and N-Type Semiconductors [Online]. Available: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/dope.html</ref> Both electrons and holes are possible charge carriers.]]
	<onlyinclude>'''Charge carriers''' are particles or [[electron hole\|hole]]s that freely move within a material and carry an electric [[charge]].</onlyinclude> In most [[electric circuit]]s and electric devices, the charge carriers are negatively charged [[electron]]s that move under the influence of a [[voltage]] to create an [[electric current]]. However, most circuitry is ~~designed~~ in terms of [[conventional current]], which uses positive charges that move in the opposite direction of electrons.<ref name = a>''Electric Charge Carriers'' [Online]. Available:http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/miccur.html#c2</ref> Other than electrons and hypothetical positively charged particles, holes are also charge carriers. Holes are empty valence electron orbitals, and as such, they represent an electron deficiency that can move freely within a material. In [[semiconductor]] devices like [[~~diode~~]]s, two types of charge ~~carrier~~ - electrons and holes - ~~converge~~ to create a current.<ref name = a></ref><ref>''Charge Carriers in Semiconductors'' [Online]. Available:http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/semiconductors/charge_carriers.php</ref> ~~See~~ [[diode operation]] for more information about how charge carriers impact [[conduction]] in a diode.		<onlyinclude>'''Charge carriers''' are particles or [[electron hole\|hole]]s that freely move within a material and carry an electric [[charge]].</onlyinclude> In most [[electric circuit]]s and electric devices, the charge carriers are negatively charged [[electron]]s that move under the influence of a [[voltage]] to create an [[electric current]]. However, most circuitry is described in terms of [[conventional current]], which uses positive charges that move in the opposite direction of electrons.<ref name = a>''Electric Charge Carriers'' [Online]. Available:http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/miccur.html#c2</ref> Other than electrons and hypothetical positively charged particles, holes are also charge carriers. Holes are empty valence electron orbitals, and as such, they represent an electron deficiency that can move freely within a material. In [[semiconductor]] devices like a [[photovoltaic cell]], light creates two types of charge carriers - electrons and holes - which are pushed in opposite directions to create a current.<ref name = a></ref><ref>''Charge Carriers in Semiconductors'' [Online]. Available:http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/semiconductors/charge_carriers.php</ref> This process is similar to a [[diode]], see [[diode operation]] for more information about how charge carriers impact [[conduction]] in a diode.

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	<onlyinclude>'''Charge carriers''' are particles or [[electron hole\|hole]]s that freely move within a material and carry an electric [[charge]].</onlyinclude> In most [[circuit]]s and electric devices, the charge carriers are negatively charged [[electron]]s that move under the influence of a [[voltage]] to create a [[current]]. However, most circuitry is designed in terms of [[conventional current]], which uses positive charges that move in the opposite direction of electrons.<ref name = a>''Electric Charge Carriers'' [Online]. Available:http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/miccur.html#c2</ref> Other than electrons and hypothetical positively charged particles, holes are also charge carriers. Holes are empty valence electron orbitals, and as such, they represent an electron deficiency that can move freely within a material. In [[semiconductor]] devices like [[diode]]s, two types of charge carrier - electrons and holes - converge to create a current.<ref name = a></ref><ref>''Charge Carriers in Semiconductors'' [Online]. Available:http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/semiconductors/charge_carriers.php</ref> See [[diode operation]] for more information about how charge carriers impact [[conduction]] in a diode.		[[File:electronhole.png\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Figure 1. A diagram showing a crystal lattice and how the movement of an electron from the valence band creates a hole.<ref>''Created internally by a member of the Energy Education team. Adapted from: HyperPhysics. (August 20, 2015). P and N-Type Semiconductors [Online]. Available: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/dope.html</ref> Both electrons and holes are possible charge carriers.]]
			<onlyinclude>'''Charge carriers''' are particles or [[electron hole\|hole]]s that freely move within a material and carry an electric [[charge]].</onlyinclude> In most [[electric circuit]]s and electric devices, the charge carriers are negatively charged [[electron]]s that move under the influence of a [[voltage]] to create an [[electric current]]. However, most circuitry is designed in terms of [[conventional current]], which uses positive charges that move in the opposite direction of electrons.<ref name = a>''Electric Charge Carriers'' [Online]. Available:http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/miccur.html#c2</ref> Other than electrons and hypothetical positively charged particles, holes are also charge carriers. Holes are empty valence electron orbitals, and as such, they represent an electron deficiency that can move freely within a material. In [[semiconductor]] devices like [[diode]]s, two types of charge carrier - electrons and holes - converge to create a current.<ref name = a></ref><ref>''Charge Carriers in Semiconductors'' [Online]. Available:http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/semiconductors/charge_carriers.php</ref> See [[diode operation]] for more information about how charge carriers impact [[conduction]] in a diode.

			== For Further Reading ==
			For further information please see the related pages below:
			*[[Semiconductor]]
			*[[Metal]]
			*[[Photovoltaic cell]]
			*[[Diode]]
			*[[Hole]]
			* Or explore a [[Special:Random\| random page!]]

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<onlyinclude>'''Charge carriers''' are particles or [[electron hole|hole]]s that freely move within a material and carry an electric [[charge]].</onlyinclude> In most [[circuit]]s and electric devices, the charge carriers are negatively charged [[electron]]s that move under the influence of a [[voltage]] to create a [[current]]. However, most circuitry is designed in terms of [[conventional current]], which uses positive charges that move in the opposite direction of electrons.<ref name = a>''Electric Charge Carriers'' [Online]. Available:http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/miccur.html#c2</ref> Other than electrons and hypothetical positively charged particles, holes are also charge carriers. Holes are empty valence electron orbitals, and as such, they represent an electron deficiency that can move freely within a material. In [[semiconductor]] devices like [[diode]]s, two types of charge carrier - electrons and holes - converge to create a current.<ref name = a></ref><ref>''Charge Carriers in Semiconductors'' [Online]. Available:http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/semiconductors/charge_carriers.php</ref> See [[diode operation]] for more information about how charge carriers impact [[conduction]] in a diode.

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