At room temperature (~295 K with kT ~ 0.025 eV), what fraction of the free electrons in a semiconductor with an energy gap of 1.5 eV can be expected to be in the conduction band?

A)

10-9
B)

10-13
C)

10-30
D)

0.03
E)

10-15


B

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