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This is called an n-type semiconductor. Boron can also be used to dope a pure crystal of silicon. But since boron only offers 3 of. the four electrons that a silicon atom needs, each silicon center is left with a hole. Semiconductors made in this manner are called p-type. In a p-type material if an atom from a neighbouring atom fills the hole, it will leave a. hole adjacent to it.
In solid state electronics, either pure silicon or germanium may be used as the intrinsic semiconductor which forms the starting point for fabrication. Each has four valence electrons, but germanium will at a given temperature have more free electrons and a higher conductivity. Silicon is by far the more widely used semiconductor for electronics, partly because it can be used at much higher temperatures than germanium.