A semiconductor has an energy gap within which no electron can move or exist with that energy.
The range of the energy gap is from 0.5 to 0.6 eV.
It displays an inverted band structure, and the optical energy gap, e, is less than 0.
This two-way interaction arises because the energy gap in either direction is similar.
Energy levels from quantum states in two different shells will be separated by a relatively large energy gap.
It is a semiconductor with a large energy gap of around 3 eV.
Metals are special, because they have no energy gap at all.
For silver, the energy gap widens and it becomes silvery.
This has nothing to do with energy efficiency or plugging the energy gap.
Fears of a future energy gap could, of course, turn out to be unfounded.