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A semiconductor material x is made by doping a germanium crystal with indium another semiconductor material y is made by doping a x nad y ar then joined together and connected to a battery

will the jucntion be forward or reverse biased also draw the V-I characteristics for the circuit

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Ge crystal doped with indium gives a p-type semiconductor, So X is a p- type semiconductor Gecrystal doped with phosphorus gives an n-type The junction will be reverse biased as p- side is connected to negative terminal of the battery.
The V-I characteristics d of revers biased p-n junction is
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