In a divalent metal, the outermost valence electrons fully occupy the band of allowed energies. Although full energy bands do not contribute to electrical conduction, electrical current can still be measured. Why is this?
In a divalent metal, the outermost valence electrons fully occupy the band of allowed energies. Although full energy bands do not contribute to electrical conduction, electrical current can still be m...
(2) In a semiconductor with an energy gap Eg between the valence and the conduction bands we can take Ef (the Fermi energy) to be halfway between the bands (see figure below): Conduction band Energy gap Eg Valence band Semiconductor a. Show that for a typical semiconductor or insulator at room temperature the Fermi- Dirac factor is approximately equal to exp(-E 2kBT). (Typical Eg for semi-conductors ranges from about 0.5eV to 6eV at T-293K.) b. In heavily doped n-type silicon,...