Dimensionally reduced heavy atom semiconductors as candidate materials for γ-ray detection: The case of Cs 2Hg 6S 7

Ioannis Androulakis; Hao Li; Christos Malliakas; John A. Peters; Zhifu Liu; Bruce W. Wessels; Jung Hwan Song; Hosub Jin; Arthur J. Freeman; Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

doi:10.1557/opl.2011.1273

Dimensionally reduced heavy atom semiconductors as candidate materials for γ-ray detection: The case of Cs ₂Hg ₆S ₇

Ioannis Androulakis^*, Hao Li, Christos Malliakas, John A. Peters, Zhifu Liu, Bruce W. Wessels, Jung Hwan Song, Hosub Jin, Arthur J. Freeman, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

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Abstract

We address the issue of decreasing band-gap with increasing atomic number, inherent in semiconducting materials, by introducing a concept we call dimensional reduction. The concept leads to semiconductor compounds containing high atomic number elements and simultaneously exhibiting a large band gap and high mass density suggesting that dimensional reduction can be successfully employed in developing new γ-ray detecting materials. As an example we discuss the compound Cs ₂Hg ₆S ₇ that exhibits a band-gap of 1.65eV and mobility-lifetime products comparable to those of optimized Cd _0.9Zn _0.1Te.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Nuclear Radiation Detection Materials - 2011
Pages	87-92
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.1273
State	Published - 2012
Event	2011 MRS Spring Meeting - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Apr 25 2011 → Apr 29 2011

Publication series

Name	Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume	1341
ISSN (Print)	0272-9172

Other

Other	2011 MRS Spring Meeting
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	4/25/11 → 4/29/11

Funding

This research was supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency through grant HDTRA1 09-1-0044.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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Androulakis, I., Li, H., Malliakas, C., Peters, J. A., Liu, Z., Wessels, B. W., Song, J. H., Jin, H., Freeman, A. J., & Kanatzidis, M. G. (2012). Dimensionally reduced heavy atom semiconductors as candidate materials for γ-ray detection: The case of Cs ₂Hg ₆S ₇. In Nuclear Radiation Detection Materials - 2011 (pp. 87-92). (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings; Vol. 1341). https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.1273

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Dimensionally reduced heavy atom semiconductors as candidate materials for γ-ray detection: The case of Cs ₂Hg ₆S ₇. / Androulakis, Ioannis; Li, Hao; Malliakas, Christos et al.
Nuclear Radiation Detection Materials - 2011. 2012. p. 87-92 (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings; Vol. 1341).

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