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Boltzmann carrier density of a two-dimensional parabolic band (n=gmkB​Te−(Ec​−μ)/(kB​T)/(2πℏ2))

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State counting with total degeneracy g gives a constant two-dimensional density of states gm/(2πℏ2) above a parabolic conduction band edge. Integrating the Boltzmann occupation yields the displayed areal carrier density. For one valley and two spin states the coefficient is mkB​T/(πℏ2). Applying the same count to holes gives np=Nc​Nv​e−Eg​/(kB​T) and the intrinsic density ni​=Nc​Nv​​e−Eg​/(2kB​T)∝Te−Eg​/(2kB​T), distinct from the three-dimensional T3/2 prefactor.

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