Hi,
I have a question on calculating a band gap from conductivity measurements.
G=G0exp(−Eg/2k)So
lnG=lnG0−2k−EgSo plotting lnG against 1/T gives a gradient of -Eg/2k
I've plotted the data in the question as above and have a gradient of 6.0x10^-5 which gave a band gap of 1.66x10^-27 J which doesn't seem right!
Assuming my units of J are correct, converting to eV gives 1.04 x 10^-4 eV which still doesnt seem right!
The data is:
G (ohms^-1 cm^-1) T (K)
0.47 ----------------- 2573
1 ------------------- 2953
1.64 ----------------- 3223
Thanks for any help! And sorry if this is meant to be in the Physics section!