Definition of Minority carrier

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Minority carrier

The term 'Minority carrier' as it applies to the area of energy can be defined as ' A current carrier, either an electron or a hole, that is in the minority in a specific layer of a semiconductor material; the diffusion of minority carriers under the action of the cell junction voltage is the current in a photovoltaic device'.

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