“…The optical band gap was measured by using UV-vis spectrophotometer data and employing the Tauc method as presented in eqn (23) for direct bandgap. 37,38 ∝ hϑ = A ( hϑ − E g ) n where h = Plank's constant, ∝ = absorption co-efficient, ϑ = photon frequency, A = constant, E g = optical band gap, and n = 2 (constant) for direct band gap.…”