Electron mobility

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In solid-state physics, the electron mobility characterizes how quickly an electron can move through a metal or semiconductor when pushed or pulled by an electric field. There is an analogous quantity for holes, called hole mobility. The term carrier mobility refers in general to both electron and hole mobility. Electron and hole mobility are special cases of electrical mobility of charged particles in a fluid under an applied electric field. When an electric field E is applied across a piece of material, the electrons respond by moving with an average velocity called the drift velocity, v d {\displaystyle v_{d}} . Then the electron mobility μ is defined as v d = μ E . {\displaystyle v_{d}=\mu E.} Electron mobility is almost always specified in units of cm2/(V⋅s)...

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