Q44 / 256 · NTA Abhyas (NEET) 2020 · Physics · Current Electricity
An electric field is applied to a semiconductor. Let the number of charge carries be and the average drift speed be . If the temperature is increased, then
- Aboth and will increase
- Correct answerBwill increase and will decrease
- Cboth and will decrease
- Dwill decrease and will increase
Solution
As the temperature is increased, more electrons are able to move from valance band to conduction band, hence the number of charge carriers increases but with increase in the temperature the frequency of collisions increases so the average drift speed decreases
Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.