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← ScienceWhich behaviour prevents electrical excitation when incident photons match valence-conduction band gap energies in silicon?
A)Increased phonon scattering rates
B)Rapid electron-hole recombination✓
C)Reduced electron effective mass
D)Enhanced Auger recombination losses
💡 Explanation
Electrical excitation ceases because the mechanism of rapid electron-hole recombination dissipates excited electrons as heat rather than allowing sustained charge separation; therefore, light doesn't create free carriers, rather than producing persistent current flow.
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