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Hi, thanks for your response! I'm still a bit confused, though. I might be misunderstanding something; I thought current flows through the diode in forward bias when the electrons on the n-side flow to the p-side (and vice versa for holes). Since these are carriers introduced through doping...

I don't understand why voltage increases with band gap. I understand why from the equations, but not conceptually. From my understanding, the onset voltage is what is needed to overcome the contact potential that forms when the p-type and n-type samples are joined together in a p-n junction. But...