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In solids, the valence band is the highest range of electron energy where electrons are normally present at absolute zero. In semiconductors and Electrical insulations, there is a bandgap above the valence band, followed by a conduction band above that. In metals, the conduction band has no energy gap separating it from the valence band. (The rest of this article refers to the valence band in semiconductors and insulators.)


Semiconductor band structure
See electrical conduction and semiconductor for a more detailed description of band structure.

Semiconductors and insulators owe their low electrical conductivity to the properties of the valence band in those materials. It just so happens that the number of electrons is precisely equal to the number of states available up to the top of the valence band. There are no available states in the bandgap. This means that when an electric field is applied, the electrons cannot increase their energy (i.e. accelerate) because there are no states available to the electrons where they would be moving faster than they are already going.

There is some conductivity in insulators, however. This is due to thermal excitation - some of the electrons get enough energy to jump the bandgap in one go. Once they are in the conduction band, they can conduct electricity, as can the electron hole they left behind in the valence band. The hole is an empty state which allows electrons in the valence band some degree of freedom.

It is a common misconception to refer to electrons in insulators as "bound" - as if they were somehow attached to the nucleus and couldn't move. Electrons in insulators are quite free to move - in fact they move at a speed on the order of 100 km (60 mi) per second! They are also delocalised, having no well defined position within the sample.

See also

• Semiconductor for a full explanation of the band structure of materials.
• Electrical conduction for more information about conduction in solids, and another description of band structure.

Valence band - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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valence band. The outermost electron shell of atoms in an insulator or semiconductor, in which the electrons are too tightly bound to the atom to carry electric current.

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Science Engineering Encyclopedia ... Valence Band. Highest filled or almost filled band in an atom. The number of electrons in this shell determines the conductivity of the atom.

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