In solid-state physics, the valence band and conduction band are the bands closest to the Fermi level, and thus determine the electrical conductivity of...
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the conduction band in insulators and semiconductors. It is the energy required to promote an electron from the valence band to the conduction band. The...
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gap". The band gap is called "direct" if the crystal momentum of electrons and holes is the same in both the conduction band and the valence band; an electron...
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electric charge Valence electron, as an outer shell electron that is associated with an atom Valence and conduction bands, as a conduction band electron relative...
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of a cell. It introduces an intermediate band (IB) energy level in between the valence and conduction bands. Theoretically, introducing an IB allows two...
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lutetium is primary, sharing both valence electron count and valence orbital type. As chemical reactions involve the valence electrons, elements with similar...
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Electrons are in the conduction band and holes in the valence band. The electrons that have been excited to the conduction band may become entrapped in...
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small overlap between the bottom of the conduction band and the top of the valence band. According to electronic band theory, solids can be classified as...
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much smaller or nonexistent band gap than semiconductors since the valence and conduction bands overlap. Controlling the band gap allows for the creation...
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Quasi Fermi level (category Electronic band structures)
each band, the conduction band and valence band can each have an individual population that is internally in equilibrium, even though the bands are not...
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interactions between charge carriers. Valence and conduction bands split slightly compared to the difference between the various bands. Some mechanisms that allow...
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emission, which occurs if the surface energy bands of a semiconductor fall between its valence and conduction bands, which produces a phenomenon known as Fermi...
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forbidden band or band gap between two allowed bands called the valence band and the conduction band. The valence band, immediately below the forbidden band, is...
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Graphene is a semimetal whose conduction and valence bands meet at the Dirac points, which are six locations in momentum space, the vertices of its hexagonal...
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Bonding molecular orbital Valence and conduction bands Valence bond theory Molecular orbital theory Conjugated system Atkins P. and de Paula J. Atkins Physical...
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exists an energy gap between the valence and conduction bands of the material. But in a topological insulator, these bands are, in an informal sense, "twisted"...
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Solar cell (section Intermediate band)
of a cell. It introduces an intermediate band (IB) energy level in between the valence and conduction bands. Theoretically, introducing an IB allows two...
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Electron hole (redirect from Hole conduction)
effective mass), so a conduction-band electron responds to forces as if it had the mass m*. Electrons near the top of the valence band behave as if they have...
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nanotubes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and (partially) in fullerenes, and glassy carbon. The valence band is touched by a conduction band, making...
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Operation is described using band-bending diagrams that show how the lowest conduction band energy and the highest valence band energy vary with position...
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of the semiconductor and therefore preventing any band bending of the conduction and valence band. An application of the flat band potential can be found...
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contributing one valence electron. The presence of valence electrons can determine the element's chemical properties, such as its valence—whether it may...
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equations are useful in describing the populations of valence and conduction bands in terms of holes and electrons for the bulk metal. n {\displaystyle n}...
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Free electron model (category Electronic band structures)
narrow conduction bands also exist. This diversity is not predicted by the model and can only by explained by analysing the valence and conduction bands. Additionally...
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matrix elements shown in the bracket. For the initial and final states in valence and conduction bands, we have | i ⟩ = Ψ v , k i , s i ( r ) {\displaystyle...
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Gunn diode (section Sensors and measuring instruments)
another energy band or sub-band in addition to the valence and conduction bands which are usually used in semiconductor devices. This third band is at higher...
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OLED (section Manufacturers and commercial uses)
(HOMO and LUMO) of organic semiconductors are analogous to the valence and conduction bands of inorganic semiconductors. Originally, the most basic polymer...
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Density of states (category Electronic band structures)
of electrons at the band edge between the valence and conduction bands in a semiconductor, for an electron in the conduction band, an increase of the...
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Dirac cone (category Electronic band structures)
materials, at energies near the Fermi level, the valence band and conduction band take the shape of the upper and lower halves of a conical surface, meeting...
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Urbach energy (category Electronic band structures)
S.; Gottscho, R. A. (1998-06-04). "Correlation between the valence- and conduction-band-tail energies in hydrogenated amorphous silicon". Applied Physics...
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