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Which outcome occurs when excessive doping destabilizes a crystal lattice?

A)Decreased mean free path of electrons
B)Increased thermal conductivity
C)Higher intrinsic carrier concentration
D)An increase in Hall effect

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Increased doping introduces defects affecting the crystal lattice. Lattice distortion increases electron scattering via ionized impurities because the mechanism, ionized impurity scattering, disrupts electron flow; therefore, electron mobility drops rather than thermal conductivity increasing in the absence of other effects like Umklapp scattering.

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