Why does the width of depletion region increase in reverse bias?

Question

Please can you check my concepts??

Under a normal PN junction diode before connecting any batteries we know that there comes a "potential barrier" due to intermixing of holes and electrons because of diffusion effects. But

Btw I also got a doubt on why current was 0 in a reverse bias and Referred to this sites answers so do check my understanding and let me know if you find any faults:
In a reverse bias we know that because of extensive concentration of holes towards the cathode(where the -ve terminal of battery connects the p part of PN junction diode) and electrons towards the anode which induces an opposing electric field which counteracts the external electric field which got induced because of the battery inside the diode resulting in 0 net electric field inside the diode because of which current stops.
Here now as there is no electric field inside the diode at this point and this process is increasing the diffusion forces because the holes are even more concentrated(near the anode)and so are the electrons(towards anode aka where +ve terminal of battery connects the diode) hence because of diffusion effect more extensive the electrons present in holes also move a little bit towards the left end and holes to the right end till their electric field counters the effect of increased diffusion.
Is all of this correct? I have attached pics to illustrate my thoughts:

Answer 1

Forgive me if I rehash things you have already learned but I notice you never mentioned drift in your description of the junction. Let's think about the junction in equilibrium: due to the different relative concentrations of holes and electrons in the P and N regions, you will get a diffusion current as holes move across the junction from the P side to the N side and electrons move from the N side to the P side. This movement of charge sets up an electric field "pointing" from the N side to the P side which pulls holes back to the P side and electrons back to the N side. This is your drift current.

With no applied voltage, the drift and diffusion currents will reach equilibrium and there will be no net flow of charge carriers across the junction, so no net current. If you apply a forward bias, the external voltage opposes drift and current flows as charge carriers diffuse across the junction and do not get pulled back. If you apply a reverse bias, the external voltage aids drift, but since there are very few free holes on the N side and very few free electrons on the P side, you do not see a large increase in current.