Which mechanism reduces electrical conductivity in a doped ionic crystal as temperature decreases significantly?

💡 Explanation

As temperature decreases, the energy available to overcome the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged dopant ions reduces, causing increased ion association into neutral pairs which no longer contribute to conductivity. Therefore, conductivity decreases, rather than mobility reduction, electron scattering changes, or band gap widening, which involve different physical processes.

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