P-type semiconductor

A P-type semiconductor is obtained by carrying out a process of doping, that is adding a certain type of atoms to the semiconductor in order to increase the number of free charge carriers. When the doping material is added, it takes away weakly-bound outer electron

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s from the semiconductor atoms.

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A P-type semiconductor is obtained by carrying out a process of doping, that is adding a certain type of atoms to the semiconductor in order to increase the number of free charge carriers.
When the doping material is added, it takes away weakly-bound outer electron

Electron

The electron is a fundamental [i] subatomic particle [i] that carries an electric charge [i]...

s from the semiconductor atoms.