Answer
$P(E) = 1.40 \times 10^{-2}$
Work Step by Step
For doped silicon, Fermi level is 0.11 eV below conduction band
$ (E - E_F)/kT= \frac{0.11 eV}{0.02586eV} = 4.254$
$ P(E) = \frac{1}{e^{4.254} + 1}$
$P(E) = 1.40 \times 10^{-2}$
Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)
by Halliday, David; Resnick, Robert; Walker, Jearl
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Wiley
ISBN 10:
1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13:
978-1-11823-072-5
Chapter 41 - Conduction of Electricity in Solids - Problems - Page 1274: 37b
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