Evaluation of Antimony Tri-Iodide Crystals for Radiation Detectors
This study was carried out to examine the potential of antimony tri-iodide (SbI3) as a material for radiation detectors that operate at room temperature. SbI3 is a compound semiconductor with an AsI3-type crystal structure, high atomic number (Sb: 51, I: 53), high density (4.92 g/cm3), and a wide ba...
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| description | This study was carried out to examine the potential of antimony tri-iodide (SbI3) as a material for radiation detectors that operate at room temperature. SbI3 is a compound semiconductor with an AsI3-type crystal structure, high atomic number (Sb: 51, I: 53), high density (4.92 g/cm3), and a wide band-gap energy (2.2 eV). In addition, crystalline SbI3 is easy to grow by conventional crystal growth techniques from melting phase because the material exhibits a low melting point (171°C) and undergoes no phase transition in the range of its solid phase. In this study, SbI3 crystals were grown by the Bridgman method after synthesis of SbI3 from 99.9999% pure Sb and 99.999% pure I2. The grown crystals consisted of several large grains with red color and were confirmed to be single-phase crystals by X-ray diffraction analysis. SbI3 detectors with a simple planar structure were fabricated using the cleavage plates of the grown crystals, and the pulse-height spectra were recorded at room temperature using an 241Am alpha-particle (5.48 MeV) source. The detector showed response to the alpha-particle radiation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3f80a6049d544183b101d7688874c23b2025-02-03T01:08:49ZengWileyScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations1687-60751687-60832018-01-01201810.1155/2018/15327421532742Evaluation of Antimony Tri-Iodide Crystals for Radiation DetectorsToshiyuki Onodera0Koei Baba1Keitaro Hitomi2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai 982-8577, JapanDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai 982-8577, JapanCyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, JapanThis study was carried out to examine the potential of antimony tri-iodide (SbI3) as a material for radiation detectors that operate at room temperature. SbI3 is a compound semiconductor with an AsI3-type crystal structure, high atomic number (Sb: 51, I: 53), high density (4.92 g/cm3), and a wide band-gap energy (2.2 eV). In addition, crystalline SbI3 is easy to grow by conventional crystal growth techniques from melting phase because the material exhibits a low melting point (171°C) and undergoes no phase transition in the range of its solid phase. In this study, SbI3 crystals were grown by the Bridgman method after synthesis of SbI3 from 99.9999% pure Sb and 99.999% pure I2. The grown crystals consisted of several large grains with red color and were confirmed to be single-phase crystals by X-ray diffraction analysis. SbI3 detectors with a simple planar structure were fabricated using the cleavage plates of the grown crystals, and the pulse-height spectra were recorded at room temperature using an 241Am alpha-particle (5.48 MeV) source. The detector showed response to the alpha-particle radiation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1532742 |
| spellingShingle | Toshiyuki Onodera Koei Baba Keitaro Hitomi Evaluation of Antimony Tri-Iodide Crystals for Radiation Detectors Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations |
| title | Evaluation of Antimony Tri-Iodide Crystals for Radiation Detectors |
| title_full | Evaluation of Antimony Tri-Iodide Crystals for Radiation Detectors |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Antimony Tri-Iodide Crystals for Radiation Detectors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Antimony Tri-Iodide Crystals for Radiation Detectors |
| title_short | Evaluation of Antimony Tri-Iodide Crystals for Radiation Detectors |
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