A silicon crystal is doped with boron and no donors

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Condensed Matter Physics, Ch Homogeneous semiconductors: counting carriers, doping and mobility

Problem

A silicon crystal is doped with Na=4.0×1015 cm−3N_a=4.0\times10^{15}\,\mathrm{cm^{-3}} boron and no donors. Using Nv=1.04×1019 cm−3N_v=1.04\times10^{19}\,\mathrm{cm^{-3}} and the measured ni=1.0×1010 cm−3n_i=1.0\times10^{10}\,\mathrm{cm^{-3}}, find the hole density pp, the electron density nn, and how far μ\mu sits above EvE_v.

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