Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 1, Chapter 1-20
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Chapter 41, Problem 34P
To determine
To show:
(a) that when the number of electrons in the
in which ∆Ec = Ec - EF and ∆Ev = - (Ev - EF).
(b) that under the conditions when the Fermi level is in the gap between the two bands and its distance from each band is large relative to kT
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