The invention relates to the field of materials
physics and
chemistry, in particular to a method and
system for growing
lead iodide single crystals, which are capable of steadily obtaining
lead iodide single crystals with high purity and accordance of
stoichiometry. The method comprises the following steps of placing
lead iodide seed crystals, melting lead
iodide precasting ingots, crystallizing, and placing the lead
iodide seed crystals on the lead
iodide precasting ingots in a contact way, wherein the atom
mole ratio of lead and iodic in the lead iodide seed crystals and the lead iodide precasting ingots is 1:1.95 to 1:2.05; during melting and crystallizing, the lead iodide seed crystals are kept in
solid state, the lead iodide precasting ingots are heated from top to bottom in sequence in the vertical direction so as to be melted into liquid lead iodide from top to bottom in sequence, and the liquid lead iodide is enabled to crystallize during the melting and crystallizing; the temperature of the liquid lead iodide is 410-450 DEG C, and the
temperature gradient of the
crystallization interfaces between the liquid lead iodide and the lead iodide single crystals or between the liquid lead iodide and crystallized
solid liquid lead is enabled to be 5-30 DEG C / cm.