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← ScienceWhich mechanism enables increased current despite widening band gap?
A)Increased quantum tunneling probability✓
B)Increased electron-phonon coupling
C)Decreased effective carrier mass
D)Augmented defect-mediated transport
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Increased tunneling through a widened band gap occurs because of quantum tunneling; the probability depends exponentially on the gap width. Therefore, electrons traverse the wider barrier, rather than obeying classical constraints, leading to unexpected current flow in quantum devices.
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