Which risk increases when a semimetal's band overlap decreases?

💡 Explanation

Decreasing band overlap diminishes the available states and therefore lower free carrier concentration results, because reduction in overlap makes excitation of electrons more difficult via reduction of available pathways. A lower free carriers leads causes decreased conductivity rather than the other options.

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