Which outcome results when thermal energy increases in semiconductor junctions?

💡 Explanation

The band gap decreases because increased thermal energy excites more electrons across the band gap, using more energy to break the bonds responsible for the band gap in a process called band gap renormalization, thus reducing the gap width overall rather than creating free carriers.

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