Question

If free electrons in the conductor move from Lower potentential to higher potential i.e., from lower energy to higher energy, then won't they be unstable? and how does the movement form a region of lower potential to higher potential occur?

Answer 1

Dear student,

Electric field is from high potential to low potential. So if there is a positive charge at hight potential then electric force will act on it from high potential to low potential and thus positive charge move from high potential to low potential but since electrons are negatively charged, the electric force on them acts in opposite direction i.e from low potential to high potential and therefore free electrons move from low potential to high potential.

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