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    Undergrad Why Can't the Voltage at a PN Junction be Measured from the Outside?

    I am having a hard time to find answers to 2 simple questions regarding semiconductors. Firts, at a PN junction diffusion creates a potential step. Why can this voltage not been measured from the outside. The schoolbook answer is, that there are diffusion potential at the wire connections...