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ple
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ing m
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Physic
al D
evic
es
21
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nt
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n)
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ays
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ican
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sic
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r Concentra
tion
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trinsic
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r thre
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om
mon s
em
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rials
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om
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pera
ture
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ubic
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ato
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fore
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pera
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, only
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3.5
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12
ato
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hole
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e in
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s
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e n
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tions: n
& p
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ni
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24
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r Concentra
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ela
tively
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rom
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t pro
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r levels
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inate
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intrin
sic
sem
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e c
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s. T
em
p
Ferm
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robability
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erm
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nerg
y a
t whic
h p
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ed
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the
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ente
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intrin
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hole
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1+
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EF
kT
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sic
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iconducto
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pe S
em
iconducto
rp=
type S
em
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n B
and
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nce B
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the e
nerg
y a
t whic
h p
robability
of
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g a
n e
lectro
n F
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+1)=
0.5
belo
w E
i
above E
i
p=
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n=
Nd
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rity
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rs
EF
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g /2
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rity c
arrie
rs
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N-d
oped S
i
P-d
oped S
i
Dis
tributio
n o
f Fre
e C
arrie
rs�
EF
isa
gre
ate
st
use
insem
iconducto
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invis
ualiz
ing
the
ele
ctro
nic
pro
pertie
s(c
arrie
rconcentra
tions
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pe)
thro
ugh
the
band
dia
gra
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ula
ten
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ina
giv
en
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atio
n,
we
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ba
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em
at
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llow
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v
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ppro
xim
atio
ns
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num
ber
ofallo
we
dele
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yle
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are
:
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C
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1
1+
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EF
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n B
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ole
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nce B
and
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EF
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Carrie
r Concentra
tion
Charg
e N
eutra
lity
Energ
y B
and D
ependence o
n T
em
pera
ture
�
La
rge
rte
mp
era
ture
we
ake
ns
the
bo
nd
ing
b/w
ato
ms
ca
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gb
an
dg
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erg
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ne
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ne
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ed
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ee
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de
cre
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pe
ratu
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ep
en
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nt
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nd
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va
len
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ba
nd
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rmile
ve
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ase
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nce
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tion
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nve
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on
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ste
mp
era
ture
incre
ase
s
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0-4T
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6)≈
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rinks w
ith T
Exam
ple
En
erg
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ve
ls fo
r
sh
allo
w d
op
an
ts a
re
clo
se
to th
e m
ajo
rity
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rrier b
an
ds
RT
1000°
C
�D
opin
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y A
s &
B re
sults
in p
-type S
i at R
T
In in
trinsic
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t 1000°
C
n≈p≈n
i at 1
000°
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p>
>n
Ele
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n-H
ole
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enera
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he
nio
niz
ing
rad
iatio
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es
ase
mic
on
du
cto
r,it
ma
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xcite
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ele
ctro
no
ut
of
itse
ne
rgy
leve
la
nd
co
nse
qu
en
tlyle
ave
ah
ole
.T
his
pro
ce
ss
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lled
EP
H
�E
PH
are
co
nsta
ntly
ge
ne
rate
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mth
erm
al
en
erg
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sw
ell,
inth
ea
bse
nce
of
an
ye
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rna
l
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urc
e
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PH
are
als
oa
pt
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co
mb
ine
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on
se
rva
tion
of
en
erg
yd
em
an
ds
tha
tth
ese
reco
mb
ina
tion
eve
nts
,in
wh
ich
an
ele
ctro
nlo
se
sa
na
mo
un
to
fe
ne
rgy
larg
er
tha
nth
eb
an
dg
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,b
e
acco
mp
an
ied
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the
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issio
no
fth
erm
al
en
erg
y(in
the
form
of
ph
on
on
s)
or
rad
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the
form
of
ph
oto
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34
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ppin
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henom
ena
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on
-eq
uilib
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free
ca
rriers
ca
nb
eg
en
era
ted
inb
ulk
se
mic
on
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ate
rials
by
va
riou
s
pro
ce
sse
s,
su
ch
as
ligh
ta
bso
rptio
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hig
he
lectric
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rrier
inje
ctio
nth
rou
gh
ab
arrie
r,
irrad
iatio
nw
ithh
igh
-en
erg
yp
artic
les
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fter
the
pro
ce
ss
wh
ich
ha
sg
en
era
ted
the
no
n-e
qu
ilibriu
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rriers
ha
sce
ase
d,
the
syste
m
retu
rns
toe
qu
ilibriu
md
ue
toth
ea
nn
ihila
tion
of
EP
Hb
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co
mb
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tion
.If
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rriers
tha
t
reco
mb
ine
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bo
thfre
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lectro
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co
nd
uctio
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ole
invale
nce
ba
nd
),th
eir
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nih
ilatio
n
pro
ce
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lled
ba
nd
-to-b
an
dre
co
mb
ina
tion
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on
eo
fth
eca
rriers
isca
ptu
red
on
alo
ca
lize
dsta
te(i.e
.,it
ha
sa
fixe
dp
ositio
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se
mic
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r)&
oth
er
on
eis
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on
loca
lize
dsta
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reco
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pro
ce
ss,
an
am
ou
nt
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ithe
ra
ph
oto
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iativ
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co
mb
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ph
on
on
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tive
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rse
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nd
ary
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ctro
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mb
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ra
ph
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tive
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mb
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),o
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co
nd
ary
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ctro
n
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ge
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co
mb
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tc.
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arrie
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ptu
red
on
alo
ca
lize
dsta
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nre
co
mb
ine
with
an
op
po
site
sig
nca
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ifth
is
op
po
site
sig
nca
rrier
issu
bse
qu
en
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ptu
red
on
sa
me
localiz
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te,
or
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nb
ere
lea
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din
the
co
rresp
on
din
gb
an
d.
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eca
ptu
reo
fse
co
nd
ca
rrier
with
an
op
po
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no
nsa
me
localiz
ed
sta
tele
ad
sto
an
nih
ilatio
no
fp
air
an
dit
isca
lled
reco
mb
ina
tion
on
alo
ca
lize
dsta
te.
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e
ca
ptu
red
ca
rrier
isre
lea
se
din
the
ba
nd
,th
eca
ptu
rece
nte
ris
ca
lled
atra
p.
Th
en
the
ca
ptu
re
pro
ce
ss
isca
lled
trap
pin
ga
nd
the
rele
ase
pro
ce
ss
isca
lled
de
trap
pin
g
a.
Intrin
sic
absorp
tion &
band-to
-band re
com
bin
atio
nb.
Recom
bin
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