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Question
Why are elemental dopants for Silicon or Germanium usually chosen from group XIII or group XV?
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Solution
The size of dopant atoms should be such as not to distort the pure semiconductor lattice structure and yet easily contribute a charge carrier on forming covalent bonds with Si or Ge.
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