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In gamma-ray spectrometry, the full energy peak efficiency can be determined by experimental, or by Monte Carlo (MC) simulation methods. In experimental methods, reference standard materials including a large number of gamma emitters or mixed gamma emitters in different geometries are requested to determine the efficiency curves. Besides, simulation by MC methods has advantages of modelling any geometries and energy range of interest. However, by simulation it is not easy to determine the efficiency curves due to the lack of information supplied from manufacturers. In this work, it is focused on the effect of dead layer thickness and other geometric parameters of detector crystal on the efficiency of the detector. The general-purpose MC code PHITS and specific-purpose MC code GESPECOR are used to simulate the detector. The experiments are performed by single gamma point sources at a 12.5 cm …