Photoconductivity of Bi_{12}Ti_{1-x}Pb_{x}O_{20} Single Crystal

• Authors: M. Borowiec , B. Kozankiewicz , H. Szymczak , J. Żmija , A. Majchrowski , M. Załęski , T. Zayarnyuk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Single crystals of mixed sillenites Bi_{12}Ti_{1-x}Pb_{x}O_{20} were grown using the top seeded solution growth method. The pulse illumination was used to study the phototransport properties of these crystals. It was evidenced that the illumination changed the photoconducting properties by 4-5 orders of magnitude comparing with previously studied Bi_{12}MeO_{20}, where Me = Ge, Si, Ti. The performed experiments indicate on the photogeneration of metallic grains in the insulating matrix of Bi_{12}Ti_{1-x}Pb_{x}O_{20}. Correlations between photochromism and photoconductivity was established.

Keywords

EN

72.40.+w; 78.20.Nv; 72.20.Jv

Discipline

• 72.20.Jv: Charge carriers: generation, recombination, lifetime, and trapping
• 72.40.+w: Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1999
• Volume: 96
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 785-792

Dates

published

1999-12

received

1999-08-25

(unknown)

1999-11-08

Contributors

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M. Borowiec

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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B. Kozankiewicz

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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H. Szymczak

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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J. Żmija

• Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

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A. Majchrowski

• Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Załęski

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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T. Zayarnyuk

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.96.785