- P-type semiconductors are created by doping with trivalent impurities. - Trivalent impurities create electron deficiencies called holes. - Holes act as positive charge carriers. - In p-type semiconductors, holes are the majority charge carriers.
The majority charge carriers in a p-type semiconductor are
Asked in UPSC NDA 2 2017 · Topic: Conductivity (Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors: Doping, carrier concentration, and Fermi level)
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