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Addheattocrystal
Thisisasmallonedimensionalsliceofacrystalofsilicon.AtzeroKelvinalltheelectronsarebondedtotheneighbouringsiliconatoms.Suchacrystaliscalledanintrinsicsemiconductor.
Semiconductors
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Semiconductors
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Thepure,intrinsic,crystalofsiliconcanhaveanimpurityaddedtoitsstructure.Thisimpurityistheelementarsenic.Ithas5valenceelectrons.Addingsuchanimpurityiscalleddopingthecrystal.Clickthedopethecrystalbuttontoaddtheimpurity
Dopethecrystal
Seetheresults
Thecrystalhasnowafreemovingelectroninitsstructure.Thisisjustonesmallpartofthecrystal.Overallthecrystaltherewillbelotsmoreextraelectrons.Thecrystalbecomesamuchbetterconductor.Thisisanexampleofan-typesemiconductor
Thisisanexampleofaan-typesemiconductorn
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Dopethecrystal
Insteadofdopingwithanimpurityatomwith5valenceelectrons,animpurityatomsuchasIndiumwithonly3valenceelectronsisused.These3valenceelectronsformbondsbutleaveaspaceinthecrystal.
Seetheresults
Thistypeofdopingcreatesholes.Thisgivesspacefortheelectronstomoveinto.Thisdopedsemiconductoriscalledap-typesemiconductor.Whenyouthinkaboutititistheholesthataremoving
Thisisanexampleofap-typesemiconductor
Semiconductors