Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 54, Issue 7, 1146(2025)

Research Progress on Defects in CsPbBr3 Crystals for Radiation Detectors

Ning LI1, Xinlei ZHANG2, Bao XIAO3、*, and Binbin ZHANG1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies & Nanhu Laser Laboratory,National University of Defense Technology,Changsha 410073,China
  • 2School of Physics and Information Technology,Shaanxi Normal University,Xi’an 710119,China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicineand Protection,School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X),Soochow University,Suzhou 215123,China
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    Received: Mar. 21, 2025

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    Published Online: Aug. 28, 2025

    The Author Email: Bao XIAO (fsnhxiaobao@163.com), Binbin ZHANG (zbb@nwpu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.16553/j.cnki.issn1000-985x.2025.0056

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