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UV-Vis Spectroscopy

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In a UV-Vis (ultraviolet-visible light) spectroscopic measurement, light absorption as a function of wavelength provides information about electronic transitions occurring in the material. For semiconductors, UV-Vis spectroscopy offers a convenient method of estimating the optical band gap, since it probes electronic transitions between the valence band and the conduction band. Transmission UV-Vis, Diffuse Reflectance UV-Vis, and Absorption UV-Vis configurations are discussed.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305-5025, USA

    Zhebo Chen & Thomas F. Jaramillo

  2. Hydrogen Technologies and Systems Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA

    Todd G. Deutsch, Huyen N. Dinh & John Turner

  3. Department of Chemical System Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

    Kazunari Domen

  4. National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA

    Keith Emery

  5. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California–Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-5080, USA

    Arnold J. Forman

  6. Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA

    Nicolas Gaillard

  7. Fuel Cell Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, 20585, USA

    Roxanne Garland & Eric Miller

  8. Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada—Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-4003, USA

    Clemens Heske

  9. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California–Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-5080, USA

    Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein

  10. Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwall, Saudi Arabia

    Kazuhiro Takanabe

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Chen, Z. et al. (2013). UV-Vis Spectroscopy. In: Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. SpringerBriefs in Energy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8298-7_5

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