Band-gap determination from diffuse reflectance measurements of semiconductor films, and application to photoelectrochemical water-splitting

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 91, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1326-1337

  Murphy, A B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; Band gap; Photocatalysis; Solar hydrogen production; Tauc plot

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REFLECTOMETERS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; KUBELKA-MUNK RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; TAUC PLOT;

SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 34250875323     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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