TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical characterizations of Cd1-XZnXTe mixed crystals grown by vertical Bridgman-Stockbarger method
AU - Hsu, H. P.
AU - Lin, D. Y.
AU - Chen, C. W.
AU - Wu, Y. F.
AU - Strzałkowski, K.
AU - Sitarek, P.
PY - 2020/3/15
Y1 - 2020/3/15
N2 - Cadmium zinc telluride is a tunable band gap II–VI compound semiconductor, which has received considerable attention due to its applications such as nuclear radiation detectors and industrial process monitoring. We have studied the optical properties of the ternary compound semiconductors Cd1−xZnxTe grown by vertical Bridgman-Stockbarger method in the whole range of zinc content 0 < x < 1. The crystal structure and material phase were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectra. We measured the band gap energy for each of the samples by absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. From the experimental results we found that the band gap energy of Cd1−xZnxTe was located at around 1.457 eV with x = 0, and gradually shift to 2.174 eV for x equal to 1. The temperature-dependent absorption measurements to study the temperature dependence of band gap energy were also performed. Based on these analyses, the relationship between the band gap energies and the zinc content are verified and discussed. Furthermore, we will study the defect recombination mechanism by using temperature-dependent PL experiments.
AB - Cadmium zinc telluride is a tunable band gap II–VI compound semiconductor, which has received considerable attention due to its applications such as nuclear radiation detectors and industrial process monitoring. We have studied the optical properties of the ternary compound semiconductors Cd1−xZnxTe grown by vertical Bridgman-Stockbarger method in the whole range of zinc content 0 < x < 1. The crystal structure and material phase were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectra. We measured the band gap energy for each of the samples by absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. From the experimental results we found that the band gap energy of Cd1−xZnxTe was located at around 1.457 eV with x = 0, and gradually shift to 2.174 eV for x equal to 1. The temperature-dependent absorption measurements to study the temperature dependence of band gap energy were also performed. Based on these analyses, the relationship between the band gap energies and the zinc content are verified and discussed. Furthermore, we will study the defect recombination mechanism by using temperature-dependent PL experiments.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2020.125491
DO - 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2020.125491
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078138966
VL - 534
JO - Journal of Crystal Growth
JF - Journal of Crystal Growth
SN - 0022-0248
M1 - 125491
ER -