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What is the probability of an electron being thermally excited to conduction band in silicon at 200C. The band gap energy is 1.12eV. Boltzmann constant is 1.38 x 10^-23 J/K.

Mumbai university > FE > SEM 1 > Applied Physics 1

Marks: 3M

Year: Dec 2012

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Given:-

$Temperature T= 20^oC = 293 K$

Boltzmann Constant, $k = 1.38 ×10^{-23}$

Band Gap Energy, (Eg) =1.12eV

To Find:

Probability of an electron being excited i.e. $F(E_C)$

Solution:

For an intrinsic semiconductor,

$E_C - E_V = \frac{E_Q}{2} = \frac{1.12}{2}$

$E_C - E_V = 0.56eV$

Now,

$k = 1.38 × …

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