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← ScienceWhich mechanism causes diminished photoconductivity when doped semiconductors reach high impurity concentrations?
A)Coulomb blockade impeding carrier flow
B)Anderson localization decreasing band mobility✓
C)Debye screening increasing carrier attraction
D)Franz-Keldysh effect broadening spectrum
💡 Explanation
Anderson localization reduces the mean free path and electron mobility as disorder increases in the semiconductor band structure; because high doping introduces such disorder, the additional charge carriers contribute less to photoconductivity, therefore reducing overall response rather than enhancing it.
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