Abstract
Cu2I2Se6 is a new wide-bandgap semiconductor with high stability and great potential toward hard radiation and photon detection. Cu2I2Se6 crystallizes in the rhombohedral R3?m space group with a density of d = 5.287 g·cm-3 and a wide bandgap Eg of 1.95 eV. First-principles electronic band structure calculations at the density functional theory level indicate an indirect bandgap and a low electron effective mass me∗ of 0.32. The congruently melting compound was grown in centimeter-size Cu2I2Se6 single crystals using a vertical Bridgman method. A high electric resistivity of ?1012 ?·cm is readily achieved, and detectors made of Cu2I2Se6 single crystals demonstrate high photosensitivity to Ag Kα X-rays (22.4 keV) and show spectroscopic performance with energy resolutions under 241Am α-particles (5.5 MeV) radiation. The electron mobility is measured by a time-of-flight technique to be ?46 cm2·V-1·s-1. This value is comparable to that of one of the leading ?-ray detector materials, TlBr, and is a factor of 30 higher than mobility values obtained for amorphous Se for X-ray detection.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1894-1899 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 140 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 7 2018 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Chemistry(all)
- Biochemistry
- Colloid and Surface Chemistry