Which mechanism causes increasing temperature to reduce conductivity in semiconductors controlling a space probe's power systems?

💡 Explanation

Semiconductor conductivity decreases as temperature rises because thermal excitation causes electron-hole pairs to jump across the energy band gaps, which narrow due to lattice expansion. Therefore resistivity rises, rather than decreasing phonon scattering or otherwise assisting conduction.

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