Enhanced Current Flow: In pure (intrinsic) semiconductors, relatively few free electrons are available for carrying current. Holes provide an additional mechanism for charge movement.

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Duration: 3 hours. In this module, we will cover carrier statistics. Topics include Currents in semiconductors, Density of states, Fermi-Dirac probability function, Equilibrium carrier concentrations, ...

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In radiation-damaged samples, however, the concentration of the high-energy defect pairs can be much greater. This led Shiyou Chen and his colleagues to study all 21 defect pairs in GaN, performing ...