Which mechanism limits the electrical conductivity of a metalloid like silicon at room temperature?

💡 Explanation

At room temperature in silicon, thermal vibrations generate phonons which cause scattering of the conduction electrons, reducing their mean free path and limiting electron mobility, as conduction is related to that mobility. Therefore phonon scattering limits conductivity, rather than grain boundaries, repulsion, or surface effects which have smaller influences at indicated condition.

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