The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV. When its electron is in the first excited state, its excitation energy is:
Excitation energy is defined as the energy required to take the electron from ground level orbit to any higher order orbit (i.e, n= 2, 3, 4...)
Given, ground state energy of hydrogen atom
Energy of electron in first excited state (i.e, n=2)
Therefore, excitation energy
=-
=-3.4+13.6=10.2eV