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Why we use semiconductor instead of metal in thermopile.

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Semiconductors are not normal materials. They have special properties which conductors/metals cannot exhibit. The main reason for the behavior of semiconductors is that they have paired charge carriers-the electron-hole pair. This is not available in metals.

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