valence band

valence band

noun

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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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.

Compare conduction band See also bandgap

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Noun

(plural valence bands)

(physics) The highest range of electron energies in an insulator or semiconductor that can be populated; it corresponds to the valence electrons of the constituent atoms

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