Solid-state neutron detector
Abstract
A method for fabricating a neutron detector includes providing an epilayer wafer of Boron-10 enriched hexagonal boron nitride (h-10BN or h-BN or 10BN or BN) having a thickness (t), dicing or cutting the epilayer wafer into one or more BN strips having a width (W) and a length (L), and depositing a first metal contact on a first surface of at least one of the BN strip and a second metal contact on a second surface of the at least one BN strip. The neutron detector includes an electrically insulating submount, a BN epilayer of Boron-10 enriched hexagonal boron nitride (h-10BN or h-BN or 10BN or BN) placed on the insulating submount, a first metal contact deposited on a first surface of the BN epilayer, and a second metal contact deposited on a second surface of the BN epilayer.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1735028
- Patent Number(s):
- 10714651
- Application Number:
- 16/170,500
- Assignee:
- Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, TX)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000964
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 10/25/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Jiang, Hongxing, Lin, Jingyu, Li, Jing, Maity, Avisek, and Grenadier, Sam. Solid-state neutron detector. United States: N. p., 2020.
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Jiang, Hongxing, Lin, Jingyu, Li, Jing, Maity, Avisek, & Grenadier, Sam. Solid-state neutron detector. United States.
Jiang, Hongxing, Lin, Jingyu, Li, Jing, Maity, Avisek, and Grenadier, Sam. Tue .
"Solid-state neutron detector". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1735028.
@article{osti_1735028,
title = {Solid-state neutron detector},
author = {Jiang, Hongxing and Lin, Jingyu and Li, Jing and Maity, Avisek and Grenadier, Sam},
abstractNote = {A method for fabricating a neutron detector includes providing an epilayer wafer of Boron-10 enriched hexagonal boron nitride (h-10BN or h-BN or 10BN or BN) having a thickness (t), dicing or cutting the epilayer wafer into one or more BN strips having a width (W) and a length (L), and depositing a first metal contact on a first surface of at least one of the BN strip and a second metal contact on a second surface of the at least one BN strip. The neutron detector includes an electrically insulating submount, a BN epilayer of Boron-10 enriched hexagonal boron nitride (h-10BN or h-BN or 10BN or BN) placed on the insulating submount, a first metal contact deposited on a first surface of the BN epilayer, and a second metal contact deposited on a second surface of the BN epilayer.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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