Which one of the following expressions may be used to correctly describe the temperature (T) variation of the intrinsic carrier density (ni) of a semiconductor?
Eg is the band gap, A is pre-factor's k is Boltzmann constant.
A. ni(T) = (A/T) exp (-Eg/kT2)
B. ni(T) = A(Eg/kT)10
C. ni(T) = A exp(-Eg/2kT)
D. ni(T) = AT3/2 exp(-Eg/2kT)
Answer: Option D
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