Title: dark electric conductivity
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - dark electric conductivity
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08788
Status: current

Definition
Electric conductivity of a material in the dark where the free charge-carrier photogeneration is excluded.

Note
The dark electric conductivity of a material in thermal equilibrium is proportional to the product of the concentration of free charge carriers and the charge carrier mobility.

Related Terms
- charge carrier: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08775
- free charge-carrier photogeneration: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08823

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 22 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0501)

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Citation: Citation: 'dark electric conductivity' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08788
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