Why does a semicondctor act as an insulator at 0'k and why its conductivity increases with increasing temperature?

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answer 1

its acts as an insulator at 0 k because electrons have low energy to jump from valance band to conduction band where it would have conducted electricity...

answer 2

there are no charge carrier either HOLE or ELECTRON are absent

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