QUESTION: 5 Assume that in an n-type Gallium Arsenide semiconductor at 300K, the electron concentration varies linearly from 1 x 10" cm-3 to 7 x 10" cm over a distance of 0.01cm. Determine the diffusion current density if the electron diffusion co-efficient is Dn =225cm/s

QUESTION: 5 Assume that in an n-type Gallium Arsenide semiconductor at 300K, the electron concentration varies linearly from 1 x 10" cm-3 to 7 x 10" cm over a distance of 0.01cm. Determine the diffusion current density if the electron diffusion co-efficient is Dn =225cm/s

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