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Identify the property of which is not characteristic for a semiconductor?

A

at a very low temperatures, it behaves like an insulator

B

at higher temperatures two types of charge carriers will cause conductivity

C

the charge carriers are electrons and holes in the valence band at higher temperatures

D

the semiconductor is electrically neutral

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c

At the higher temperature electron crosses forbidden gap and reaches to conduction band leaving behind holes
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