P-type semiconductors use dopants that act as electron acceptors. Boron fits into the crystal lattice just like silicon atoms, but since boron has only three electrons to use, a kind of hole is ...

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NCERT Class 12 Physics Chapter 14 Semiconductor Electronics ... are the dopants. (b) Electrons are minority carriers and pentavalent atoms are the dopants. (c) Holes are minority carriers and ...

Unlike metals or even other doped semiconductors ... allowing it to accept electrons. Boron essentially opens up a periodic electronic "hole" in the material that has the effect of increasing ...

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