What is behind logic in the doping effect of Sn-doped ZnO thin film to work on red shift effect in its band gap? Can it be lower than 3.18 eV?
what does it mean in the following article?
link:
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0022-3727/42/18/185002/pdf
"The redshift of the optical band gap is due to the deep states in the band gap, and a change of ~0.2 eV can only be observed when a substrate is not used."