space charge

space charge
a distribution of an excess of electrons or ions over a three-dimensional region, in contrast to the distribution of an electric charge over the surface of a conductor.
[1910-15]

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      electrical charge distributed through a three-dimensional region. In an electron tube, for example, a negative charge results because electrons that are emitted from the cathode do not travel instantaneously to the plate (anode) but require a finite time for the trip. These electrons form a cloud around the cathode, the cloud being continually depleted by electrons going to the plate and replenished by electrons emitted from the cathode. It is this cloud of electrons that produces the negative space charge.

      Another example of space charge occurs when two different semiconductor materials are brought together. Electrons very near the interface in one of the materials (the donor) typically migrate into the other material (the acceptor) in order to establish thermodynamic equilibrium. Atoms that lose electrons are positively charged and form a fixed space charge layer within the donor.

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