DocumentCode
1097802
Title
Composition Study of CdTe Charges Synthesized by the Travelling Heater Method
Author
Audet, Nicholas ; Levicharsky, Blagovest ; Zappettini, Andrea ; Zha, Mingzheng
Author_Institution
5N Plus Inc., St. Laurent
Volume
54
Issue
4
fYear
2007
Firstpage
782
Lastpage
785
Abstract
By means of the traveling heater method it was possible to synthesize CdTe polycrystalline charges with an extremely low Tellurium deviation. This result is somewhat unexpected, due to the fact that at the temperature of the synthesis process the phase diagram foresees a large incorporation of Tellurium excess. In order to study in detail this phenomenon, "ad hoc" synthesis processes are carried out and the composition of the obtained CdTe charges carefully measured. Possible explanations for the observed data are discussed.
Keywords
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; crystal growth from melt; phase diagrams; semiconductor growth; CdTe; CdTe - Binary; ad hoc synthesis; cadmium telluride polycrystalline charges; phase diagram; semiconductor growth; traveling heater method; Cameras; Costs; Current measurement; Detectors; Photomultipliers; Production; Semiconductor growth; Tellurium; Temperature; X-ray imaging; Cadmium telluride; semiconductor growth; semiconductor materials; semiconductor radiation detectors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.2007.903171
Filename
4291681
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