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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Nucl Sci. 2009 Aug 1;56(4):1810–1816. doi: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2023478

Table II.

Characteristics of Semiconductor Detectors (Single-crystal data presented except for a-Se.)

Material Mean Energy
for e-h
Creation (eV)
Density
(g/cm3)
Atomic
Number
Resistivity
(Ω-cm)
Electron
Mobility-
Lifetime
Product
(cm2/V)
a-Se 50 @10V/μm 4.3 34 >1012 >10−9
TlBr 6.5 7.5 81,35 109 >10−5
PbI2 5 6.2 82,53 1011 >10−6
CZT 4.5 ∼6 48,30,52 >1010 >10−3
HgI2 4.2 6.4 80,53 >1012 >10−3
See [20].