Confusing question about the movement of electrons

[Ahmad Syr]

Hi guys
Do electrons move from high to low potential or from low to high potential I think the first one ia right because when electrons are attracted to the negative terminal they have maximum potential energy

 

[davenn]

Hi Ahmad

electrons are not attracted to the negative terminal

specifically, are you referring to a battery or some other type of power supply ?

the basics of a battery are that the chemical reaction in the battery/cell causes the separation of free electrons from atoms so that we get an accumulation of electrons (negative charges) at one end of the cell ( the negative terminal) and an accumulation of ions (positive charges) at the other end of cell ( the positive terminal)

This separation of negative and positive charges produces a potential difference between the terminals

Does that help ?

cheers
Dave