Photoconductive gain under low-flux X-ray irradiation in 4HCB organic single crystal detectors

Dou Zhao, Xin Liu, Jingyi Yu, Meng Xu, Binbin Zhang, Yadong Xu, Wanqi Jie

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Abstract

A photoconductive gain (up to 400%) is observed in a 4-hydroxycyanobenzene (4HCB, C7H5NO) bulk organic semiconducting detector, resulting in a high sensitivity of 38.8 μC Gyair-1 s-1 cm-2 under 50 kVp X-ray beam irradiation. The gain variation tendency as the function of both the applied bias voltage and the incident X-ray dose rate is revealed. A rising stage at the gain versus dose rate curve is observed at the low-flux range of X-ray irradiation, attributed to the trap-filling process. A deep-trapping dependent model is proposed, in which the hole injection assisted by trapped electrons is responsible for the gain.

Original languageEnglish
Article number071004
JournalApplied Physics Express
Volume13
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2020

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