Mercury zinc telluride

Mercury zinc telluride (HgZnTe, MZT) is a telluride of mercury and zinc, an alloy of mercury telluride and zinc telluride. It is a narrow-gap semiconductor material.

Mercury zinc telluride is used in infrared detectors and arrays for infrared imaging and infrared astronomy.

Mercury zinc telluride has better chemical, thermal, and mechanical stability than mercury cadmium telluride. The bandgap of MZT is more sensitive to composition fluctuations than that of MCT, which may be an issue for reproducible device fabrication. MZT is less amenable than MCT to fabrication of complex heterostructures by molecular beam epitaxy.

See also

  • Cadmium zinc telluride
  • Mercury cadmium telluride

External links

  • National Pollutant Inventory - Mercury and compounds Fact Sheet
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Mercury compounds
Mercury(I)
  • HgH
  • Hg2H2
  • Hg2Br2
  • Hg2Cl2
  • Hg2F2
  • Hg2I2
  • Hg2(NO3)2
  • Hg2O
  • Hg2CO3
  • Hg2SO4
  • Hg2S (hypothetical)
Mercury(II)
  • HgH2
  • HgNH2Cl
  • HgSe
  • HgS
  • HgTe
  • Hg(O2CCH3)2
  • HgBr2
  • HgCl2
  • Hg(CN)2
  • HgF2
  • Hg(OH)2
  • HgI2
  • Hg(NO3)2
  • HgO
  • HgSO4
  • Hg(SCN)2
  • Hg(CNO)2
  • Hg3N2
  • Hg(Si(CH3)3)2
  • K2HgI4
Organomercury
compounds
  • Hg(CH3)2
  • Hg(C2H5)2
  • Hg(C6H5)2
  • HgC6H5CH3CO2
  • HgC6H5OB(OH)2
  • HgC6H5NO3
  • HgC6H5CCl3
  • HgClC6H4CO2H
  • HgOHCH2CHOCH3CH2(NHCO)
  • C
    36    H
    70    HgO
    4
  • HgOHCH2CHOCH3CH2NHCOC6H4OCH2CO2H
  • Na2HgOHC6HOBrC6H2OBrOCHC6H4CO2
  • HgOC6H2CH3NO2
  • NaHgC2H5SC6H4CO2
Mercury(IV)
  • HgF4 (hypothetical)
Amalgams
  • Na(Hg)
  • Al(Hg)
  • K(Hg)
  • Au(Hg)
  • Tl(Hg)
  • Sn(Hg)
Mercury cations
  • Hg2+
  • Hg22+
  • Hg32+
  • Hg42+
  • Hg34+
  • HgCH3+
  • HgC2H5+
  • HgC6H5+
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Zinc(I)
Organozinc(I) compounds
  • Zn2(C5(CH3)5)2
Zinc(II)
  • Zn(acac)2
  • Zn(N3)2
  • ZnBr2
  • ZnCO3
  • Zn(CN)2
  • ZnCl2
  • Zn(ClO3)2
  • ZnCrO4
  • ZnF2
  • ZnH2
  • ZnI2
  • ZnMoO4
  • Zn(NO3)2
  • ZnO
  • ZnO2
  • Zn(ClO
    4    )
    2
  • Zn(OH)2
  • ZnS
  • ZnSO4
  • ZnSe
  • ZnTe
  • Zn2P2O7
  • Zn3Sb2
  • Zn3As2
  • Zn3N2
  • Zn3P2
  • ZnP2
  • Zn3(PO4)2
Organozinc(II) compounds
  • Zn(CH3)2
  • Zn(C2H5)2
  • Zn(CH3COO)2
  • Zn(CH(CH3)2)2
  • Zn(C(CH3)3)2
  • Zn(C6H5)2
  • Zn(C3H5O3)2
  • ZnICH2I
    • C
      24      H
      46      ZnO
      4
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    Salts and covalent derivatives of the telluride ion
    H2Te He
    Li2Te BeTe B CTe2
    (CH3)2Te     		(NH4)2Te O F Ne
    Na2Te MgTe Al2Te Si P0.8Te0.2 S Cl Ar
    K2Te CaTe Sc2Te3 Ti VTe2 CrTe
    Cr2Te3     		MnTe
    MnTe2     		FeTe CoTe NiTe Cu2Te
    CuTe
    CuTe2     		ZnTe GaTe
    Ga2Te3
    -Ga     		GeTe
    -Ge     		As2Te3
    As4Te3
    +As     		Se +Br Kr
    Rb2Te SrTe Y2Te3 ZrTe5 NbTe2 MoTe2 Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag2Te CdTe In2Te3 SnTe
    SnTe2     		Sb2Te3 Te2-
    Te2-
    n         		I Xe
    Cs2Te BaTe * LuTe
    Lu2Te3     		HfTe5 TaTe2 WTe2
    WTe3     		ReTe2 Os Ir Pt AuxTey HgTe Tl2Te PbTe Bi2Te3 Po At Rn
    Fr RaTe ** Lr Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
     
    * LaTe
    La2Te3     		CeTe
    Ce2Te3     		PrTe
    Pr2Te3     		NdTe
    Nd2Te3     		Pm SmTe
    Sm2Te3     		EuTe
    Eu2Te3     		GdTe
    Gd2Te3     		TbTe
    Tb2Te3     		DyTe
    Dy2Te3     		HoTe
    Ho2Te3     		ErTe
    Er2Te3     		TmTe
    Tm2Te3     		YbTe
    Yb2Te3
    ** Ac ThTe2 Pa UTe2 Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No