Effective Mass For Some Common Semiconductors
| Group | Material | Electron me | Hole mh |
|---|---|---|---|
| IV | Si (300K) | 1.08 | 0.56 |
| Ge | 0.55 | 0.37 | |
| III-V | GaAs | 0.067 | 0.45 |
| InSb | 0.013 | 0.6 | |
| II-VI | ZnO | 0.29 | 1.21 |
| ZnSe | 0.17 | 1.44 |
The effective mass is used in transport calculations, such as transport of electrons under the influence of fields or carrier gradients, but also is used to calculate the density of states. These masses are related, but are not the same because the weighting of various directions and wavevectors are different. The density-of-states effective masses are tabulated below for a few cases.
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