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Silicon is by all means an indirect band gap material.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoDirect band gap means in E-K diagram valance bands are exactly below covalance band,in this band electon fall's c.b to v.b direct without going to metastable state
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Why is silicon not used in fabrication of LED?
Silicon is an indirect band gap semiconductor
What is power diode generally made from?
As that of most power devices power diode are maid from silicon material(because of its wide band gap) . but now days alloy of silicon are used like sic(silicon carbide) by ank
What are the Characteristics of Direct and indirect band gap semiconductors?
Direct band semconductors are mostly for LEDs. Indirect band semiconductors like Si and Ge are conventional diodes.
What is the band gap of carbon?
C is a conductor, so valence and conduction bands overlap. if you mean SiC, silicon carbide, energy gap is ~2.86eV @ 300K (ambient temperature)
Give some Examples of direct and indirect band gap semiconductors?
direct band gap-semiconductor in which the bottom of the conduction band and the top of the valence band occur at the momentum k=0;in the case of d.b.s. energy released during band-to-band electron recombination with a hole is converted primarily into radiation (radiant recombination); wavelength of emitted radiation is determined by the energy gap of semiconductor; examples of d.b.s. GaAs, InP, ZnS, ZnSs, CdS, CdSe etc. indirect bandgap semiconductor --semiconductor in which bottom of the conduction band does not occur at effective momentum k=0, i.e. is shifted with respect to the top of the valence band which occurs at k=0; energy released during electron recombination with a hole is converted primarily into phonon; e.g. Si, Ge, GaP, GaAsp ,Ge etc, .
Titanium dioxide is direct band gap or indirect band gap material?
Yes it is. Most Sn (tin) materials as semiconductors are direct band gap materials. Silicon on the other hand is an indirect band gap material.
Is ZnSe is direct or indirect band gap?
It is direct band gap material.
Why is silicon not used in fabrication of LED?
Silicon is an indirect band gap semiconductor
Is GAAs is a direct band gap material?
Yes it is.
Why silicon is not used for led?
bcz silicon has direct band gap.in intermediatestage its not required any external energy between conduction band and valence band..due to that radiation willbe less..more external energy more more energy radiate...
What different between band gap silicon amorphous with crystaline?
Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) has band gap of about 1.7eV, whereas crystalline (c-Si) only has a band gap of 1.1eV
Why carbon is not used as semiconductor material?
carbon is not used as the semiconductor because it has larger band gap than silicon and germenium
What elements have little band gap?
silicon
The gallium arsenide is prepared for laser action but silicon and germanium are not. explain why?
I think because GaAs has a direct band gap transition but Si and Ge has indirect band gap transition. Both silicon and germanium are opaque and thus cannot be used to make LASERs.
Why indirect band gap material is used for manufacturing LED's?
Optical sources like LEDs use direct band gap so that conduction band electorn can recombine directly with a hole in valence band .
Why do we mostly use indirect semiconductors?
The indirect band gap semiconductors like silicon and germanium are mostly used because they are elemental, plentiful, and easier to process than the direct band gap semiconductors which are alloys or compounds.
Why silicon does not emit light?
I agree with Binitha on the point that Silicon is an indirect band gap semiconductor.
