Which outcome occurs when impurities distort a silicon crystal lattice?

💡 Explanation

Introducing impurities alters the lattice, affecting electronic band structure through the mechanism of electronic band modulation, because changed doping levels can modify the allowed energy ranges; therefore, the band gap changes, rather than phonon behaviour or conductivity increases without purpose.

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