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Vol. 10 No. 3 (2018)

Formamidinium Lead Bromide (FAPbBr3) Perovskite Microcrystals for Sensitive and Fast Photodetectors

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-018-0196-2
Fengying Zhang
Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
Bin Yang
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Kaibo Zheng
Department of Chemical Physics and NanoLund Chemical Center, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
Songqiu Yang
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Yajuan Li
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Weiqiao Deng
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
Rongxing He
Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Rongxing He

herx@swu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 10 No. 3 (2018), Article Number: 43

Abstract

Because of the good thermal stability and superior carrier transport characteristics of formamidinium lead trihalide perovskite HC(NH2)2PbX3 (FAPbX3), it has been considered to be a better optoelectronic material than conventional CH3NH3PbX3 (MAPbX3). Herein, we fabricated a FAPbBr3 microcrystal-based photodetector that exhibited a good responsivity of 4000 A W−1 and external quantum efficiency up to 106% under one-photon excitation, corresponding to the detectivity greater than 1014 Jones. The responsivity is two orders of magnitude higher than that of previously reported formamidinium perovskite photodetectors. Furthermore, the FAPbBr3 photodetector’s responsivity to two-photon absorption with an 800-nm excitation source can reach 0.07 A W−1, which is four orders of magnitude higher than that of its MAPbBr3 counterparts. The response time of this photodetector is less than 1 ms. This study provides solid evidence that FAPbBr3 can be an excellent candidate for highly sensitive and fast photodetectors.


Highlights:


1 Formamidinium lead trihalide (FAPbBr3) microcrystal-based photodetectors facilitate efficient charge transfer.
2 The fabricated FAPbBr3 photodetector shows good responsivity, external quantum efficiency, and detectivity.
3 Two-photon performance of the photodetectors is better than that previously reported for MAPbBr3 photodetectors.

Keywords

Formamidinium lead trihalide (FAPbBr3) Perovskite microcrystals Photodetector External quantum efficiency
Zhang, Fengying, Bin Yang, Kaibo Zheng, Songqiu Yang, Yajuan Li, Weiqiao Deng, and Rongxing He. 2018. “Formamidinium Lead Bromide (FAPbBr3) Perovskite Microcrystals for Sensitive and Fast Photodetectors”. Nano-Micro Letters 10 (3):43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-018-0196-2.
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