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This research aims to develop the electronic band structure and conductivity of graphite.

The Band Theory of Graphite

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Theoretical analysis reveals graphite's semiconductor nature and unique electrical properties.

This research aims to develop the electronic band structure and conductivity of graphite.
Developed the electronic energy bands and Brillouin zones using the tight binding approximation.
Assessed the electrical conductivity with considerations of the mean free path.
Graphite exhibits zero activation energy and behaves as a semiconductor with no free electrons at zero temperature.
Electrical conductivity is significantly higher (about 100 times) parallel to the crystal planes compared to across them.
Predicted large and anisotropic diamagnetic susceptibility for conduction electrons, greatest for fields perpendicular to the layers.

Philip R. Wallace (1947) studied this question.

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