AUTHOR=De Napoli Marzio 

TITLE=SiC detectors: A review on the use of silicon carbide as radiation detection material

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2022.898833

DOI=10.3389/fphy.2022.898833

ISSN=2296-424X

ABSTRACT=Silicon Carbide (SiC) is a wide bandgap semiconductor with many excellent properties, which make it one of the most promising and investigated materials for radiation particle detection.
This review surveys the key advantages and the current experimental state of the field.  
The main aspects related to material properties, growth techniques, doping, defects, electrical contacts and characterization methods are summarized, with an highlight on how these can be related to detector performance.  
The most recent and significant experimental results on the use of SiC diodes to detect electrons, protons, alpha, ions, UV radiation, x-gamma rays, thermal and fast neutrons, are discussed. 
Finally, the effects of high temperature operation and radiation damage on detector performance are outlined.