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How does the forbidden energy gap vary with increase in temperature ?

How does the forbidden energy gap vary with increase in temperature ?

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Deepak Kumar Shringi
askIITians Faculty 4404 Points
5 years ago
heenergy bandgapof semiconductors tends to decrease as thetemperatureisincreased. This behaviourcanbe better understood if one considers that the interatomic spacingincreaseswhen the amplitude of the atomic vibrationsincreasesdue to theincreasedthermalenergy

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