Sentence examples for valence band from inspiring English sources
noun
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
At room temperature, the valence band is almost completely filled.
The cyan line indicates the highest valence band.
The highest filled band is called the valence band.
Thus, a VVV Auger process starts with one hole in the valence band and ends with two valence-band holes in the final state.
Figure 3: Valence band, spatially-resolved photoemission electron spectroscopy and μ-ARPES.
The highest energy band occupied by electrons is the valence band.
Once in the valence band, the extra energy in the electron can be harvested as electricity.
When current drops, they've lost that extra energy and fallen back into the valence band.
KEAuger-max=ΔVB−φ, where ΔVB is the valence band width (that is, the energy difference between the top and bottom of the filled states in the valence band).
Dorfs, D. et al. Reversible tunability of the near-infrared valence band plasmon resonance in Cu2 xSe nanocrystals.
The calculations show that the distribution of annihilation-induced holes closely resembles the valence band density of states due to the fact that the positron partial annihilation rate is relatively constant for states in the valence band.
