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The Most Beautiful in the History of Semiconductivity
In the early days, there were a number of different semiconductors that were being considered. Most people thought germanium was the way to go. It had some nice properties related to things about how the electrons move inside the lattice. Silicon's band gap is just a little higher, 1.1 electron volts. That means you have to apply 0.75 volts to get a current moving.