Definition of p-type in English:

adjective

• Denoting a region in a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes.

  Compare with n-type

  Example sentences

  • ‘We could create, for example, a thin n-type region surrounded by a p-type region.’
  • ‘Likewise, we could create a p-type layer just as thin.’
  • ‘Instead, it must wait until it passes through the depletion region, and into the p-type region, where it is met with a huge concentration of holes, and can recombine.’
  • ‘This type of conduction is known as p-type conduction.’
  • ‘When the researchers instead replaced the next two thiophenes from the ends, the molecule behaved as a p-type semiconductor.’