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Why, in general, is the concentration of excess carriers less at the surface of a semiconductor than
in the bulk?
3. When a concentration of one type of excess carrier is suddenly created in a semiconductor, what is
the mechanism by which the net charge density quickly becomes zero?
4. What is the time dependence of the density of excess carriers when the generation rate becomes
zero?

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