Semiconductor Physics and Flat Band Potential Semiconductors are materials with electrical properties that lie between those of conductors and insulators. In semiconductors, valence electrons occupy ...

Prior knowledge needed: Introductory physics including electromagnetics and modern physics and Introductory calculus and ordinary differential equations Understand the energy band structures ...

Extrinsic semiconductors (those that use dopant ... Since it's a measure of energy, the band gap is expressed in electron volts, abbreviated eV. Most electronic devices rely on semiconductors ...