We measured, in the 873-1173 K temperature range, the temperature-and Cd vapor-pressure-dependences of the free electron density in single Cd1_xZnxTe (0~x~0.1) crystals with different In contents. Increasing the cooling rate of the crystals and/or decreasing the well-defined Cd vapor pressure reduced the free-electron density. We interpreted and modelled these phenomena and the crystal's high-temperature electrical properties within the framework of Kroger's point-defect theory. Our experiments demonstrated the possibility of controlling the free-electron density in Cd1_xZnxTe crystals by changing the cooling rate. We supplemented a point-defect structural study of these crystals by low-temperature (80-420 K) electrical measurements. These findings allowed us to identify the nature of the point defects responsible for free-carrier scattering, which is an important parameter influencing the fiT-product value in detector-grade material.

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High-Energy 3D Calorimeter based on positionsensitive virtual Frisch-grid CdZnTe detectors for use in Gamma-ray AstronomyNotice: This manuscript has been authored by employees of Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-SC0012704 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The publisher by accepting the manuscript for publication acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States

Solid-liquid phase transitions in Cd0.95-xMnxZn0.05Te alloys with x = 0.20 and 0.30 were investigated by differential thermal analysis (DTA). The heating/cooling rates were 5 and 10 K/min with a melt dwell time of 10, 30 and 60 minutes. Cd0.95-xMnxZn0.05Te (x=0.20, 0.30) single-crystal ingots were grown by the vertical Bridgman method guided by the DTA results.Te inclusions (1-20 micron diameter), typical of melt-grown CdTe and Cd(Zn)Te crystals, were observed in the ingots by infrared transmission microscopy. The measured X-ray diffraction patterns showed that all compositions are found to be in a single phase. Using current-voltage (I-V) measurements, the resistivity of the samples from each ingot was estimated to be about 10 5 Ohm•cm. The optical transmission analysis demonstrated that the band-gap of the investigated ingots increased from 1.77 to 1.88 eV with an increase of the MnTe content from 20 to 30 mol. %.