“…According to the analyzed optical absorption spectrum of the fabricated PVP/PVA blends the studied spectrum can be divided into two regions: at higher energies (I), where the absorption edge can be investigated to estimate the type of transition, evolve the energy gap, and calculate the Urbach's tail, (II). The optical absorption coefficient, , can be evaluated by correlate the intensity of the incident probe wave from the fabricated polymeric sheets, I, to that of the transmitted beam (I o ) 32 : Where d is the thickness of the blended polymer sheets, log( I/I o ) is the optical absorbance [Abs(λ)], and α is the coefficient of optical absorption, calculated according to the Beer–Lambert law 33 : Equation (6) was utilized to calculate the value of α. The most probable transitions between the (HOMO–LUMO) is investigated by using the Tauc's relation, 34 which elucidates the difference between the energy of the probe wave, hυ, and the energy of the optical bandgap, E g , against the and to estimate direct or indirect transition, respectively.…”