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Consider a gold Schottkey diode at T=300k formed on a n-type GaAs doped at Nd=5x10^16 cm^-3. Among other things find Phi|n.

Phi|n=KT/e*ln(Nc/Nd)

I don't understand how to get NC from the information given here.

What is NC given the information stated in the problem?

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Nc is actually the effective density of states in GaAs. Effective density of states for any ...

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