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An n-type Si wafer has been doped uniformly with 10 cm³ antimony (Sb) atoms. Calculate the position of the Fermi energy with respect to the Fermi energy Eri in intrinsic Si [ n1x10" cm³]

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Chapter10: Statistical Physics

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Problem 20P

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An n-type Si wafer has been doped uniformly with 10® cm³ antimony (Sb) atoms. Calculate the
position of the Fermi energy with respect to the Fermi energy Eri in intrinsic Si [ n-1x10" cm³]

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