Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 41 - Conduction of Electricity in Solids - Problems - Page 1274: 34a

Answer

$ \frac{N_v}{e^{-(E_V - E_F)/kT} + 1} = \frac{N_c}{e^{E_c - E_F/kT} + 1} $

Work Step by Step

$N_{ev} = N_vP(E_v) = \frac{1}{e^{E_v - E_F/kT} + 1}$ Since there are total of $N_V$ states inn valence band, the number of in the valence band is $N_{hv} = N_V - N_{ev}$ $N_{hv} = N_V [ 1 - \frac{1}{e^{E_V - E_F/kT} + 1}]$ $N_{hv} = \frac{N_v}{e^{-(E_V - E_F)/kT} + 1}$ The number of electron in the conduction band is $N_{ec} = N_cP(E_c) = \frac{N_c}{e^{E_c - E_F/kT} + 1}$ take $ N_{ec} = N_{hv} $ we get $ \frac{N_v}{e^{-(E_V - E_F)/kT} + 1} = \frac{N_c}{e^{E_c - E_F/kT} + 1} $ in which $-(E_V - E_F) = \Delta E_v $ and $(E_c - E_F) = \Delta E_c$
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