Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol.509, 124-128, 2019
Preparation, structure and scintillation of cesium hafnium chloride bromide crystals
We report on the preparation, structure and scintillation properties of single crystal cesium hafnium chloride bromide (Cs2HfCl4Br2 or CHCB). The crystals were grown using a vertical Bridgman technique process. Single crystal X-ray diffraction showed that the as grown CHCB crystal structure was isostructural to Cs2HfCl6 crystals exhibiting the cubic K2PtCl6-type crystal structure. The Cs2HfCl6-x-Cs2HfBrx system is a solid solution with the lattice parameter of Cs2HfCl6-xBrx increasing linearly with x in the range 0 < x < 1 and following Vegard's law. The light yield was found to be 37,000 photons/MeV comparable to Cs2HfCl6 and an energy resolution of 4.5% at 662 keV. X-ray luminescence showed a peak with an emission centered at 423 nm. The principal decay time was found to be 1.78 mu s, which is over twice as fast as previously reported for Cs2HfCl6.