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Offline Purpleurkel

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Calculating the valence electrons in the conduction states of a semiconductor
« on: December 22, 2021, 09:29:58 AM »
More specifically, the question is to calculate the number of valence electrons in the conduction states for 1 mol of the intrinsic semiconductor Si (Eg = 1.1 eV) at 300 K (KB = 8.617 x 10-5 eV/K).
The lecturer has not provided any equations related to this, which is why I'm struggling to calculate it.
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Re: Calculating the valence electrons in the conduction states of a semiconductor
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2021, 10:21:56 AM »
Are you aware of the relationship between the Boltzmann constant and the distribution among energy levels in a system of (particles/whatever) at temperature T?
(I.e., do you know how to use partition functions? See section "Role in Boltzmann Factors" here.)
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