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← ScienceWhich effect results inside a semiconductor when impurities increase?
A)Smaller bandgap; increased conductance✓
B)Enhanced phonon scattering; heating
C)Increased dielectric strength; capacitance
D)Reduced electron mobility; saturation
💡 Explanation
Increased doping causes impurity band broadening, shrinking the bandgap, because the added states reduce the energy needed for electrons to jump to the conduction band; therefore conductance increases rather than decreases due to smaller barrier.
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