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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2025

The electrical resistance to the diffusion current in the depletion layer in a p-n junction is large due to the presence of

  1. A strong electric field
  2. B large number of charge carriers
  3. C electrons as charge carriers
  4. D holes as charge carriers
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(A) strong electric field

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Diffusion current is caused by the movement of majority charge carriers (electrons from the n-side and holes from the p-side) crossing the junction. In the depletion layer, immobile positive and negative ions create a strong internal electric field directed from the n-side to…