what is the value of electrical conductivity of a semiconductor at absolute zero?
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At 0K, the conductivity of semiconductors is 0.
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The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor at absolute zero temperature is zero.
Semiconductors act as conductors at high temperatures and as insulators at low temperatures. Conduction occurs at higher temperatures as the electrons surrounding the semiconductor atoms are able to break away from their covalent bond and move freely about the lattice at higher temperatures.
The conduction band electrons are equal to that of valence band holes in an intrinsic semiconductor at room temperature.
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