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    Observation of in Situ Enhanced Crystallization, Negative Resistance Effect and Photosensitivity in Tl2ingase4< Crystals
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2021) Qasrawi, A. F.; Irshaid, Tahani M. A.; Gasanly, N. M.
    In this work, we report the properties of Tl2InGaSe4 crystals as multifunctional material. Namely, Tl2InGaSe4 crystals are grown by the modified Bridgman method using mixtures of TlInSe2 (50%) and TlGaSe2 (50%) single crystals. The enhanced crystallization and structural stabilities are monitored by the X-ray diffraction technique during the in situ heating and cooling cycles. The structural analyses on the Tl2InGaSe4 crystals revealed domination of both of the monoclinic and tetragonal phases in the crystals. In addition, the produced crystals are used to fabricate Schottky diodes. While the scanning electron microscopy has shown that the crystals are composed of layered nanosheets, the electrical analyses have shown that the crystals exhibit light photosensitivity of 12.7 under tungsten light illumination of 10 kLuxes. The attenuation in the electrical parameters of the Ag/Tl2InGaSe4/C diodes presented by series resistance, barrier height and ideality factor upon light excitations make them promising for applications in optoelectronics as switches and photodetectors. Moreover, the alternating electrical signals analyses on the capacitance spectra displayed resonance -antiresonance oscillations in the frequency domain of 83-100 MHz. The resistance spectra also exhibited negative resistance effect in the range of 55-135 MHz. These features of the device make it suitable for use as microwave resonators and memory devices as well.
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    Characterization of T1ins1.8se0.2 as Advanced Functional Crystals
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2018) Qasrawi, A. F.; Atatreh, Areen A. M.; Gasanly, N. M.
    In this work, selenium doped TlInS1.8Se0.2 crystals are used to fabricate multifunctional devices that can handle more than one duty at a time. After revealing the morphological, compositional, structural and optical properties of the doped crystal, it is sandwiched between Ag and carbon metals. The crystals are characterized by means of ultraviolet-visible light spectrophotometry, impedance spectroscopy and illumination dependent current-voltage characteristics techniques. While the optical spectroscopy allowed determining the energy band gap of the crystals as well as the optical conductivity in the terahertz frequency domain, the impedance spectroscopy allowed identifying the conductance and reflectance spectra in the gigahertz frequency domain. The two techniques reveal promising characteristics presented by optical switching at 2.20 eV and band pass filtering properties in mega/gigahertz frequency domains. On the other hand, the analysis of the current (I)- voltage (V) characteristics which are recorded in the dark and under photoexcitation of unfiltered tungsten light in the light power range of 25-130 mW, revealed light intensity dependent rectifying properties. Particularly, the modeling of the experimental I-V curves in accordance with the Richardson Schottky and Chueng's theoretical approaches have shown that the Schottky diode ideality factor, series resistance and barrier height decreases with increasing light power. Such behavior indicates wide tunability of the device when used as photosensors. With the features presented by small size, photosensitivity, gigahertz/terahertz spectral responses, the device can be promising element for use in visible light and microwave communications.