Which mechanism causes reduced photon generation efficiency in silicon LEDs?

💡 Explanation

The reduced efficiency occurs because indirect band gap recombination requires momentum change via phonons. This makes photon emission improbably; therefore, the recombination occurs non-radiatively, rather than directly emitting photons as in direct band gap materials.

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