Eli5: How do electrical generators work on an atomic level?

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As I understand it electricity is the flow of delocalised electrons, so where do they come from in the first place?

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When an electrical conductor passes through a magnetic field, a voltage potential is created and current is said to be induced.

On another note, if you reverse this process, you get an electrical motor, by which current running through a conductor near a magnetic field causes the conductor to pass through the field (motion).

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