Template:Band structure filling diagram

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2001:1C02:1404:3500:818:A06D:EE7F:D3D6: Changed semimetals to semiconductors to be thermically populated

[[File:Band filling diagram.svg|thumb|{{{1|right}}}|400px|Filling of the electronic states in various types of materials at [[thermodynamic equilibrium|equilibrium]]. Here, height is energy while width is the [[Density of states|density of available states]] for a certain energy in the material listed. The shade follows the [[Fermi–Dirac statistics|Fermi–Dirac distribution]] (''black'': all states filled, ''white'': no state filled). In [[metal]]s and [[semimetal]]s the [[Fermi level]] ''E''<sub>F</sub> lies inside at least one band.{{paragraph}}

In [[insulator (electricity)|insulator]]s and [[semiconductor]]s the Fermi level is inside a [[band gap]]; however, in semiconductors the bands are near enough to the Fermi level to be [[Fermi-Dirac statistics|thermally populated]] with electrons or [[electron hole|hole]]s.
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