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Hello,
In my book it says that semiconductors have a full valence band and a fermi energy somewhere in between that valence band and the conduction band. But its two examples of semiconductors, crystals of Silicon or Germanium, have a [tex]3s^2 3p^2[/tex] resp. [tex]4s^2 4p^2[/tex] outer shell, so surely they can't result in a full valence band?
Thank you.
In my book it says that semiconductors have a full valence band and a fermi energy somewhere in between that valence band and the conduction band. But its two examples of semiconductors, crystals of Silicon or Germanium, have a [tex]3s^2 3p^2[/tex] resp. [tex]4s^2 4p^2[/tex] outer shell, so surely they can't result in a full valence band?
Thank you.