A Semiconductor Has Equal Electron And Hole Concentrations Of . On Doping With A Certain Impurity, The Hole Concentration Increases To . Calculate The New Electron Concentration Of The Semiconductor.   

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Question

A semiconductor has equal electron and hole concentrations of . On doping with a certain impurity, the hole concentration increases to . Calculate the new electron concentration of the semiconductor.   

Solution

Correct option is

106 m–3

For a doped semiconductor, we have

    

             

             = 106 m–3.

SIMILAR QUESTIONS

Q1

Pure Si at 300 K has equal electron (ne) and hole (nh) concentrations of . Doping by indium increases nh to . Calculate ne in the dopped Si.

Q2

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Q3

A semiconductor has an electron concentration of m–3 and a hole concentration of . Calculate its conductivity. Given : electron mobility , hole mobility 

Q4

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Q5

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Q6

A semiconductor is known to have an electron concentration of  and a hole concentration of . Is the semiconductor n-type or p-type? What is the resistivity of the sample if the electron mobility is 23,000 cm2V–1s–1 and hole mobility is 100 cm2V–1s–1.

Q7

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Q8

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Q9

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Q10

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