Research Article
Role of Metals Content in Spinach in Enhancing the Conductivity and Optical Band Gap of Chitosan Films
Table 1
Thickness, conductivity, and band gap energy of chitosan and chitosan-spinach blend films.
| Chitosan : spinach ratio | Thickness (m) | Conductivity (S/m) | Band gap (eV) |
| 100 : 0 | 48.954 | 4.2 × 10−7 | 4.133 | 95 : 5 | 48.821 | 1.76 × 10−6 | 4.125 | 90 : 10 | 49.045 | 2.54 × 10−6 | 4.118 | 85 : 15 | 48.630 | 3.41 × 10−6 | 2.839 | 80 : 20 | 49.023 | 3.25 × 10−6 | 3.807 |
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