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Offline ramkrishna

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intrinsic carrier density
« on: July 12, 2011, 09:59 »
How to calculate intrinsic carrier density of a unbiased Si -nanowire?

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Re: intrinsic carrier density
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2011, 10:31 »
Such physical quantity cannot be calculated directly the DFT code (including the ATK). According to the formula (which can be found in a book of semiconductor physics) of carrier density in an intrinsic semiconductor, one may estimate it once the band gap is calculated by the DFT code.