Band gap of Powder sample ?

05 May 2016 1 513 Report

How to find the optical band gap using powder sample.

Please give some reference or answer.

Thanks..

you can use reflectance mode in UV-Vis spectrometer and using Kubelka-Munk function you can get the bang gap by employing Tauc plot.

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