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The 60 pages that link to Band gap, each with the reason it gives.

• SemiconductorRelated: Band-gap size influences conductivity, optical absorption, and emitted photon energy.

• Light-emitting diodeRelated: Its size largely sets the photon energy and therefore the emitted color.

• Doping (semiconductors)Related: Its size influences dopant ionization and the semiconductor’s usable temperature range.

• SiliconRelated: Silicon’s band gap permits useful control of carrier populations at ordinary operating temperatures.

• Energy levelRelated: In solids, gaps between bands determine which electronic excitations are possible.

• Photovoltaic effectRelated: It sets the minimum photon energy that can excite carriers across the gap.

• Solar cellRelated: A cell's band gap determines which photon energies it can absorb.

• Electrical insulatorRelated: A large band gap makes it difficult for electrons to enter mobile states.

• Silicon carbideRelated: SiC’s wide band gap enables electronic devices to operate at high temperatures and voltages.

• ExcitonRelated: Exciton energies lie below the energy needed to create a free band electron and hole.

• Brillouin zoneRelated: Bragg scattering at zone boundaries can open gaps in energy bands.

• Fermi levelRelated: A Fermi level inside this gap corresponds to no available states at that energy.

• Titanium dioxideRelated: Titanium dioxide’s band gap determines which ultraviolet wavelengths can excite its electrons.

• PhotovoltaicsRelated: A cell's band gap determines which photons it can absorb and how much energy carriers can deliver.

• MetalloidRelated: Intermediate band gaps help explain the semiconducting behavior of many metalloids.

• PhotoconductivityRelated: It sets the minimum photon energy that can excite carriers across the gap.

• Quantum dotRelated: Quantum confinement shifts the effective transition energy associated with a dot’s band gap.

• PhotocatalysisRelated: Its size sets which photons can excite charge carriers in a semiconductor photocatalyst.

• Gallium nitrideRelated: GaN’s wide band gap supports blue and ultraviolet emission and high-voltage operation.

• GermaniumRelated: Germanium’s narrow band gap helps determine its electrical and infrared behavior.

• Quantum wellRelated: A larger band gap in the surrounding layers helps create barriers for electrons and holes.

• ElectroluminescenceRelated: It largely sets the photon energy and color in semiconductor emitters.

• P-type semiconductorRelated: The gap helps determine carrier excitation and dopant behavior.

• Quantum confinementRelated: In semiconductor nanostructures, confinement can shift the effective band gap.

• Dark currentRelated: Material band gap strongly influences thermal carrier generation and detector dark current.

• Infrared detectorRelated: Photon detector materials need suitable band gaps to absorb infrared photons.

• Topological insulatorRelated: A bulk band gap keeps the interior insulating while boundary states conduct.

• Laser diodeRelated: The active material’s band gap largely determines the emitted photon energy and wavelength.

• Perovskite solar cellRelated: The absorber's band gap sets which photons it can use and influences attainable voltage.

• Zinc sulfideRelated: ZnS’s wide band gap underlies its optical transparency and electronic behavior.

• HeterojunctionRelated: Different band gaps are a key source of heterojunction band offsets.

• Metal oxideRelated: An oxide’s band gap helps determine whether it acts as an insulator, semiconductor, or photocatalyst.

• AnataseRelated: Anatase's band gap sets the threshold for exciting electrons with light.

• Lithium fluorideRelated: LiF’s large electronic band gap is associated with its transparency across a broad optical range.

• Metallic hydrogenRelated: Compression can close hydrogen’s electronic gap, enabling metallic conduction.

• Semiconductor deviceRelated: Band-gap size shapes conductivity, optical response, and operating temperature.

• Solid-state lightingRelated: Band-gap energy helps determine the emitted photon wavelength.

• Beryllium oxideRelated: BeO's wide band gap helps explain its electrical insulation.

• Cadmium sulfideRelated: CdS's direct band gap determines which visible wavelengths it absorbs and emits.

• Copper(II) oxideRelated: CuO's band structure helps determine its electrical and optical behavior.

• Molybdenum disulfideRelated: MoS₂'s band gap varies with layer number and crystal structure, shaping its uses in optoelectronics.

• Copper(I) oxideRelated: Cu₂O’s band gap determines which photons it absorbs and how it conducts.

• Herbert KroemerRelated: Different band gaps let heterostructures confine carriers and shape their energies.

• OptoelectronicsRelated: Its size helps determine which photon energies a semiconductor can emit or absorb.

• Caesium iodideRelated: CsI’s wide electronic gap contributes to its transparency across much of the visible and infrared.

• Impurity (semiconductors)Related: Shallow impurity levels lie close to a band edge across this gap.

• Tin(IV) oxideRelated: Its wide band gap lets tin dioxide transmit visible light while absorbing higher-energy radiation.

• Band structure methodsRelated: Its size and location are among the most consequential outputs of a band calculation.

• Disodium helideRelated: Calculations predict an insulating electronic structure for Na₂He despite its metallic ingredients.

• Magnesium sulfideRelated: Its wide band gap shapes the optical and electronic behavior investigated for MgS.