The often told cause of conductor conducting electricity is their valence band and conduction band overlap and when an electric field is applied the electrons jumps into conduction band and electricity flows.I don' t get this how the jump of electrons from valence band to conduction band i.e,the next available energy band cause current to flow.I learnt electrodynamics using free electron sea model and now I am unable to harmonise the two.For example, Suppose we have sodium crystal which is a conductor.The valence band in this case will be the one due to 3s and conduction band 3p.How can a jump from 3s to 3p cause current flow?
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