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JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC CRYSTALS ›› 2024, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (3): 497-502.

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Preparation and Properties of 13N Ultra-High Purity Germanium Single Crystals

GU Xiaoying1, ZHAO Qingsong1, NIU Xiaodong1, DI Juqing1, ZHANG Jiaying1, XIAO Yi1, LUO Kai2   

  1. 1. Anhui Guangzhi Technology Co., Ltd., Chuzhou 239000, China;
    2. Guangdong Pioneer Thin Materials Co., Ltd., Qingyuan 511517, China
  • Received:2023-10-27 Published:2024-04-02

Abstract: 13N ultra-high purity germanium single crystal is the core material for producing ultra-high purity germanium detectors. This article obtains reduced germanium ingots by reduction method, then purifies them by horizontal zone refining method to obtain 12N high-purity germanium polycrystals, and finally grows 13N ultra-high purity germanium single crystals by Czochralski method. The performance of 13N ultra-high purity germanium single crystal was tested and studied through low-temperature Hall test, dislocation density test, and deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) detection. The low-temperature Hall results show that the average mobility of the crystal head cross-section is 4.515×104 cm2·V-1·s-1, the carrier concentration is 1.176×1010 cm-3, and the conductivity is p-type, the dislocation density at the crystal head is 2 256 cm-2. The average mobility of the tail section is 4.620×104 cm2·V-1·s-1, the carrier concentration is 1.007×1010 cm-3, and the conductivity type is p-type, the dislocation density at the tail of the crystal is 2 589 cm-2. The concentration of deep level impurities in the crystal is 1.843×109 cm-3. The results indicate that the crystal is 13N ultra-high purity germanium single crystal.

Key words: germanium single crystal, detector, mobility, carrier concentration, dislocation density

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