All-Inorganic Perovskite Nanowires-InGaZnO Heterojunction for High-Performance Ultraviolet-Visible Photodetectors

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2018 Feb 28;10(8):7231-7238. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b17935. Epub 2018 Feb 19.

Abstract

Inorganic cesium lead halide perovskites have attracted intense interest in optoelectronic applications due to the relatively stable performance in air. However, most reported inorganic perovskite-based optoelectronic devices exhibit low photosensitivity, which greatly hinders their further applications. Here, we first demonstrate a hybrid optical structure, which combines the n-type thin-film InGaZnO and the all-inorganic perovskite nanowires of CsPbBr3 together. By this way, excellent optical and electrical properties such as a low dark current of 10-10 A (at -5 V), a high Iph/Idark of 1.2 × 104, a response time of 2 ms and photoresponsivity of 3.794 A/W have been obtained. It is also found that the photodetector shows good stability in air ambient for 2 months with little reduction in performance. Moreover, such hybrid photodetectors exhibit enhanced photocurrent and Iph/Idark in high-temperature environment. This work paves a new way for high-performance photodetectors and points out the possible application of the inorganic cesium lead halide perovskites in harsh environment.

Keywords: InGaZnO film; heterojunction; high temperature; inorganic perovskite nanowires; photodetector.