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Can a DC voltage excite a pure semiconductor (or insulator) from the valence band to the conduction band?

I have a question I am sticking around and can't find a satisfying answer. Say I have an intrinsic semidonductor at zero Kelvin (no electrons in conduction band). I apply a DC voltage across it. Can ...
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Why in a conductor increase in temperature makes the atoms vibrate but in a semiconductor the kinetic energy of the free electrons is increased?

When temperature is increased in case of a semiconductor the free electron gets more energy to cross the energy gap to the conduction band from the valence band.so now more electrons can go easily to ...
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How to check the ohmic contact to the film?

I have a thin semiconductor film deposited on an isolating substrate. I would like to check different metals to find out do they form the ohmic contact or Schottky barrier. What is the best way to do ...