In DIFFUSION AND FACILITATED DIFFUSION no energy is used. The one that needs a helper to get thing across is FACILITATED DIFFUSION. Facilitated diffusion involves the diffusion of materials across the cell plasma membrane with the aid of membrane proteins such as carriers and channels. The process of diffusion does not need a carrier, the molecules to be transported just move on their own from the area of high concentration to the region of low concentration until the concentration in the space become uniform.
