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 ratioThickness (m)Conductivity (S/m)Band gap (eV)

100 : 048.9544.2 × 10−74.133
95 : 548.8211.76 × 10−64.125
90 : 1049.0452.54 × 10−64.118
85 : 1548.6303.41 × 10−62.839
80 : 2049.0233.25 × 10−63.807