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density of states

[′den·səd·ē əv ′stāts]
(solid-state physics)
A function of energy E equal to the number of quantum states in the energy range between E and E + dE divided by the product of dE and the volume of the substance.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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where [N.sub.v] and [N.sub.c] are the effective density of states in the valence and conduction band, respectively, [E.sub.f] is the Fermi level, [E.sub.v] and [E.sub.c] are the valence band and the conduction band mobility edges, respectively.
Effect of multijunction approach on electrical measurements of silicon and germanium alloy based thin-film solar cell using AMPS-1D
The sketch in Figure 3 illustrates the electronic density of states for a normal metal (panel a), a superconductor at finite temperatures (panel b) and the superconductor at T = 0 (panel c).
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