“…To date, only a few compounds have been commercially used for ionizing radiation detection. For instance, high-purity germanium (HPGe), , Si, , a -Se, − cadmium telluride (CdTe, CT), zinc-alloyed CdTe (Cd (1‑ x ) Zn x Te, 0 < x < 0.2, CZT), − lead iodide (PbI 2 ), − and mercury iodide (HgI 2 ) − are widely used for direct detectors; bismuth germanium oxide (Bi 4 Ge 3 O 12 ) (BGO), thallium-activated cesium iodide (CsI:Tl), − and terbium-doped gadolinium oxysulfide (GOS:Tb) are dominantly used as scintillators for indirect detectors. However, these compounds suffer from a variety of issues, such as large leakage currents, , high manufacturing cost, ,− poor mechanical properties, , relative compound toxicity, and progressive degradation over time due to the polarization phenomenon. , In a nutshell, despite enormous efforts, developing new materials with high performance, low manufacturing cost, and room-temperature operation ability for radiation detection has remained a challenge over the past decades.…”