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Grade 12General Physics

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

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7 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer7 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