When a diode is
connected to a battery as
shown, holes in the nside
are forced to the
left while electrons in
the p-side are forced to
the right. This results in
an empty zone around
the pn- junction that is
free of charge carries
creating a depletion
region. This depletion
region acts as an
insulator preventing
current from flowing
through the diode.
When a diode is
arranged in this way, it
is said to be reversebiased.