Investigation of Photoconductivity in Pr-doped ZnS Powder Prepared by Simple Heat Treatment Technique.

In the present work, we have investigated photoconductivity properties in Pr-doped ZnS powders. ZnS: Pr powder has been prepared by simple heat treatment technique at temperature of 800 °C. I-V characteristics i.e. voltage dependence of photocurrent under UV illumination (?=365 nm) exhibits non-Ohmic (r < 1) behavior at low as well as high voltage regimes. The crystallite size of ZnS:Pr corresponding to main XRD peak is estimated as 37.25 µm. The micro strain is calculated as 0.46. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]