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The effect of gamma irradiation on SixTe60−xAs30Ge10, where x= 5, 12 and 20, has been studied using thermoluminescence (TL). As expected in semiconductor materials, both x=5 and 20 chalcogenides showed a wide TL peak ranging from ∼80–300 °C. However, these two materials also exhibited a sharp peak at ∼360 and ∼380 °C for x = 5 and 20, respectively. On the other hand, the material with x=12 showed very little response to gamma radiation, but if the sample was exposed to ultraviolet light (after being glowed of any TL up to 500°C) and then glowed (called phototransfer-thermoluminescence), several peaks appeared at ∼80, 180, 300, and 350°C. The x= 5 and 20 samples did not show any response to ultraviolet light. Because the TL response depended on the ratio of Te/Si, it can be concluded that the TL technique can also be used to characterize semiconductor materials, and it would complement other techniques such as electrical conductivity and differential thermal analysis.
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Maged, A.F., Amin, Y.M. & Durrani, S.A. Thermoluminescence study of semiconductor materials SixTe60−x As30Ge10 . J Mater Sci 27, 5536–5538 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00541618
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