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Published on: September 8, 2017
Coexisting Dielectric and X-ray Response in a Nitrate-Bridged Perovskite-Type Bimetal Rare-Earth Hybrid Semiconductor
Zheng-Hui Hu1, Hong-Fei Zhao1, Zong-Ze Cui1
1Chaotic Matter Science Research Center, International Institute for Innovation, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China.
Abstract:
MIREIII-based nitrate-bridged double perovskite-type hybrid materials are an emerging class of multifunctional materials that exhibit intriguing physical properties. While the synthesis and structural phase transitions of these compounds, including (TMA)2NaPr(NO3)6 (TMA+ = tetramethylammonium cation, 1), have been recently established, their potential in electronic applications remains largely unexplored. Herein, we focus on the functional characterization of 1, which exhibits a reversible phase transition at Ttr = 306 K, dynamic dielectric response, and semiconducting behavior with an indirect band gap of 3.81 eV at 335 nm. Furthermore, 1 exhibits a luminescent property with a fluorescence lifetime of 29.09 ns. More importantly, an X-ray detector fabricated from a single crystal of 1 demonstrates a sensitivity of 27 μC·Gyair-1·cm-2 and a minimum detectable dose rate of 0.038 mGyair·s-1 at an ultralow bias of 1 V. This performance surpasses that of commercial amorphous selenium-based direct-type detectors (XR100SDD and BrillianSe). This work not only demonstrates the multifunctionality of 1, including dielectric response, fluorescence, and X-ray response but also opens potential applications for developing novel optoelectronic and sensing devices.
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