 Intrinsic Fermi level (source code)

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= Intrinsic Fermi level
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The chemical potential fixed by equal conduction-electron and valence-hole densities in an intrinsic semiconductor. In the nondegenerate parabolic-band model, $E_i=(E_c+E_v)/2+(k_{\mathrm B}T/2)\ln(N_v/N_c)$.

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