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    Undergrad How ionization energy can be lower than band gap?

    @ rigetFrog: I was reading the book. The answer given by matterwave is correct. I has a silly confusion which is clear now.
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    Undergrad How ionization energy can be lower than band gap?

    Well that makes sense. The book does not says it explicitly so I guess what you say is the case.
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    Undergrad How ionization energy can be lower than band gap?

    I am reading about the ionization energy in semiconductors and came across this thing that for Silicon, the ionization energy is lower than its band gap energy. I don't understand how can this be?
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