Solid State Class 12 Chemistry Maharashtra Board Textbook Solution

2. Answer the following in one or two sentences

v. How does electrical conductivity of a semiconductor change with temperature? Why?

Answer:-

The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor increases with increasing temperature. This is because, the number of electrons with sufficient energy so as  to get promoted to the conduction band increases as temperature rises. Thus, at higher temperatures, there are more mobile electrons in the conduction band and more vacancies in the valence band than at lower temperature.
In fact semiconductors are insulators at low temperatures and conductors at high temperatures.

Solid State Class 12 Chemistry Maharashtra Board Textbook Solution