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The motion of charge carriers caused by an electric field is called:
ACarrier injection
BCarrier drift
CRecombination
DCarrier diffusion
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Carrier drift
Carrier motion driven by a field is drift, while motion driven by a concentration gradient is diffusion.
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