Example 1 · difficulty 1/5
A pure silicon crystal is doped with a trace amount of arsenic. The resulting material is best described as:
- A. a p-type semiconductor because arsenic has five valence electrons
- B. an intrinsic semiconductor, since silicon remains tetravalent
- C. an n-type semiconductor in which electrons are the majority carriers
- D. a p-type semiconductor in which holes are the majority carriers