Title: hot electron
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - hot electron
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08830
Status: current

Definition
Electron that is out of the thermal equilibrium with its environment and has enough kinetic energy to overcome potential barriers to travel between different regions of a molecule or lattice.

Related Term
- lattice: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08835

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 35 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0501)

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Citation: Citation: 'hot electron' 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.08830
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