Answer
The Fermi level is above top of silicon valence band.
Work Step by Step
Fermi level is above the top of valence band since the band gap energy of silicon is 1.10 eV, but the energy of the donor state is 0.110 eV below conduction band.
Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)
by Halliday, David; Resnick, Robert; Walker, Jearl
Published by
Wiley
ISBN 10:
1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13:
978-1-11823-072-5
Chapter 41 - Conduction of Electricity in Solids - Problems - Page 1274: 36a
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