jamesfirst
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Is conduction band a valence shell or is it just a theoretical 'band' that is said to be the path for free electrons to roam around the lattice?
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Is conduction band a valence shell ?? (2 Viewers)
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Fizzy_Cyst
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Conduction band in a SC is an energy band which comes from the atomic valence shell. It is completely empty when temperature = 0.
All you need to know for HSC is that energy of electrons in conduction band > energy of electrons in valence band and the greater the amount of electrons in the conduction band, the greater the conductivity of the material.