In the energy band diagram of a material shown below, the open circles and filled circles denote holes and electrons respectively. The material is a/an
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a
p-type semiconductor
b
insulator
c
metal
d
n-type semiconductor
answer is A.
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The given figure represents p-type semiconductor as described below. When one of the silicon atoms (valence= 4) has been replaced by an atom of aluminium (valence = 3), the aluminium atom can bond covalently with only three silicon atoms, so there is now a "missing" electron(a hole) in one aluminium-silicon bond. With a small expenditure of energy, an electron can be tom from a neighbouring silicon-silicon bond to fill this hole, thereby creating a hole in that bond. Similarly, an electron from some other bond can be moved to fill the second hole. In this way, the hole can migrate through the lattice.The aluminium atom is called an acceptor atom because it readily accepts an electron from a neighbouring bond that is from the valence band of silicon. As figure suggests, this electron occupiesa localized acceptor state that lies within the energy gap, at an average energy interval Ea above the top of the valence band.