I always meet the word "reservoir", such as electron reservoir. I was wondering what exactly the reservoir is. Does it mean a metal that provides electrons?
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Electron reservoirs as you say can store electrons, but they can accept and release electrons in a reversible fashion too.
Electron reservoirs and molecular wires are basic motifs of single-electron devices. Both can accept and release electrons in a reversible fashion, but the former can also store electrons.
From: K. Venkatesan, O. Blacque and H. Berke, "Metallacumulenes as Potential Electron Reservoir Devices", Organometallics 2006, 25, 22, 5190–5200.
answered Jan 9, 2020 at 3:59
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$\begingroup$ Thanks for your reply! In silicon based quantum dot device( like a CMOS), is the reservoir the bunch of electrons under source? $\endgroup$ Jan 9, 2020 at 8:04