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Mukta Lal

How is band gap estimated by UV-Vis spectroscopy?

Amita Dey  Follow

By using Tauc Plot. 

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Brian Dave  Follow

As Sobia Dilpazir told, Tauc plot is used to determine the optical gap, in semiconductors.
Tauc, J., Grigorovici, R., & Vancu, A. (1966). Optical Properties and Electronic Structure of Amorphous Germanium. Physica Status Solidi (b), 15(2), 627–637. doi:10.1002/pssb.19660150224
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pssb.19660150224/abstract

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