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The special role played by the surface of a semiconductor is due to the presence of surface states which are located in the forbidden band. The electrons in these states are localized near the surface and cannot move along the crystal.
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Skobel’tsyn, D.V. (1971). Electron Processes on the Surface of a Semiconductor. In: Skobel’tsyn, D.V. (eds) Surface Properties of Semiconductors and Dynamics of Ionic Crystals. The Lebedev Physics Institute Series, vol 48. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1578-0_1
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