The chapter asserts

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

Problem

The chapter asserts, by analogy, that in freeze-out (no acceptors present) the electron density varies as n∝e−Ed/2kBTn\propto e^{-E_d/2k_BT}, the same halving as the intrinsic case, but does not derive it. Derive this result from the same reasoning used earlier in the chapter for nin_i. Then use it to find the factor by which nn changes between 50 K50\,\mathrm{K} and 60 K60\,\mathrm{K}, deep in freeze-out, for phosphorus-doped silicon (Ed=45 meVE_d=45\,\mathrm{meV}).

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