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by jpmattia 1749 days ago
> But diamond semiconductors are much too expensive ATM.

It is also difficult to dope diamond n-type, as most of the donors are not shallow.

Interestingly: The conduction band in bulk diamond is above the vacuum level, meaning that conduction electrons "want" to fall out of the material. (Surface physics gets in the way.)