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Electrons in a particular material follow the Fermi-Dirac
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Electrons in a particular material follow the Fermi-Dirac distribution function. At 300K, the Fremi energy for the material is 7.0 eV. Become a member and unlock all
(a) Find the probability of an energy level at 6.85 eV being occupied by an electron.
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(b) Repeat part (a) for E = 7.15 eV at I) 300 K and ii) 1000 K. (You may assume that E is a constant)
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The Fermi function describes the probability density of an electron being in a certain state with temperature. In this case, the Fermi function is given as:
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f(E ) =
exp((E − E F )/kT ) + 1

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(a) Given
T = 300 K is the temperature
E F = 7 eV is the fermi energy of the material Search Answers
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