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Silicon and germanium are among the widely used semiconducting elements.
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What class elements are semiconductors?
Metalloids
Pentavalent elements are added to intrinsic semiconductors elements to produce what type?
N
Which group of the periodic table of elements is used to make semiconductors?
Group 14 elements, mainly silicon or germanium are semiconductors. If they are dopped with group 13 elements such as gallium / indium or with group 15 elements such as arsenic / antimony, then the conducting ability increases.
Elements that are intermediate conductors of heat and electricity?
semiconductors
The elements in the Periodic Table which are semiconductors are called?
metalloids
What are p type semiconductors?
P type semiconductors have been doped with trivalent elements, causing them to conduct via "hole" flow. N type semiconductors have been doped with pentavalent elements, causing them to conduct via electron flow.
What is doping in extrinisc semiconductors?
3rd and 5th group elements
Do compound semiconductors behave as intrinsic semiconductors?
No, compound semiconductors do not behave as intrinsic semiconductors because they have different band structures due to the combination of different elements. Compound semiconductors have unique electrical properties that make them suitable for specific applications that require different performance characteristics compared to intrinsic semiconductors.
What are the elements on the stair step line on the periodic table known as?
Metalloids or semiconductors
Are semiconductors noble gases?
No, semiconductors are not noble gases. Semiconductors are a type of material that can conduct electricity under certain conditions, while noble gases are a group of non-reactive elements in the periodic table.
What is the meaning of semiconductors?
Oversimplifying it significantly "not quite conductors". These are materials whose ability to conduct electricity is between conductors and insulators but can be very precisely controlled by doping with other elements as impurities, allowing the construction of electronic devices that can: control the direction of current flow, amplify signals, act as switches, perform boolean logic functions, etc. These materials can be classed as elemental semiconductors, binary semiconductors, other semiconductors. The elemental semiconductors are elements with 4 valence electrons that are not metals (e.g. silicon, germanium), the binary semiconductors are "alloys" of two elements: one with 3 valence electrons and the other with 5 valence electrons (e.g. gallium arsenide, indium phosphide), other semiconductors can be elements (e.g. selenium) compounds (e.g. galena, copper oxide) or complex "alloys" of several elements (e.g. gallium arsenide phosphide, aluminum gallium indium phosphide). The term semiconductors is also used to refer to the electronic devices mades of these materials.
Are non metals semiconductors?
Metals are conductors. Semiconductors are usually non-metals or metalloids.
