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.
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1 Highlights
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Formamidinium lead trihalide (FAPbBr3) microcrystal-based photodetectors facilitate efficient charge transfer.
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The fabricated FAPbBr3 photodetector shows good responsivity, external quantum efficiency, and detectivity.
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Two-photon performance of the photodetectors is better than that previously reported for MAPbBr3 photodetectors.
2 Introduction
In recent years, photoelectric devices have been widely investigated [1,2,3], especially detectors with different morphologies and sizes, for exploring their mechanisms, simplifying their syntheses, and improving device efficiencies [4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. Photodetectors based on hybrid organolead trihalide perovskite CH3NH3PbX3 (MAPbX3, X = Cl, Br, I) have attracted significant attention in the optoelectronic field owing to their strong absorption coefficients (up to 105 cm−1) [11,12,13,14], carrier mobilities (2.5–1000 cm2 v−1 s−1) [15,16,17,18,19], long carrier lifetimes (0.08–4.5 μs) [17, 19,20,21], and diffusion lengths (2–175 μm) [19, 20, 22, 23]. In particular, Saidaminov et al. produced a planar-integrated photodetector using MAPbBr3 single crystals, achieving high-performance light detection in the wide wavelength range [24]. Bao et al. reported low-noise and large-linear-dynamic-range photodetectors based on MAPbBr3 and MAPbI3 [25]. Yang et al. demonstrated the great potential of metal–semiconductor–metal structures for low-cost and high-performance optoelectronic devices [26]. Moreover, Hu et al. [27] reported high-performance and low working-voltage perovskite thin-film photodetectors. Further, a UV-selective photodetector based on MAPbCl3 was also demonstrated [28, 29]. However, conventional MAPbX3 materials have poor stability [30, 31], which severely impedes device development.
HC(NH2)2PbX3 (FAPbX3), which replaces organic methylammonium cation (MA+) with the larger formamidinium cation (FA+) [32, 33], is much more stable in air because the high Goldschmidt tolerance factor of its lattice (≈ 1) [33,34,35]. Moreover, previous reports have revealed that FA-substituted compounds (e.g., FAPbX3) showed remarkably improved carrier transmission performance than MAPbX3 in both polycrystalline thin films and monocrystalline phases, including a longer carrier lifetime and lower dark carrier concentration [20, 22, 35,36,37]. As a result, FAPbBr3 is expected to perform better in photodetectors than MAPbBr3. However, a prototype device based on FAPbBr3 has not been reported yet, except for a two-dimensional (OA)2FAn−1Pb n Br3n+1 photodetector with low responsivity [38]. Taking advantage of the high carrier mobility, stability of single crystals and the efficient charge transfer in the micron scale, we synthesized FAPbBr3 microcrystals (MCs) and deposited them as a photodetector. Detailed investigations under single- and two-photon excitation and front- and back-side excitation were performed to reveal the great potential of the fabricated photodetector as an optoelectronic device.
3 Experimental
3.1 Chemicals and Reagents
Formamidine acetate, lead bromide (PbBr2, > 98%) and hydrobromic acid (48 wt% in water) were purchased from Alfa Aesar. Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) were purchased from Kermel. All compounds were used without any further purification.
3.2 Synthesis of CH(NH2)2Br (FABr)
FABr was synthesized by slowly dropping 10 mL hydrobromic acid into 50 mmol (5.205 g) formamidine acetate in a flask, accompanied by continuous stirring at 0 °C for 2 h under argon atmosphere. The product FABr was formed once the solvent was removed using a rotary evaporator at 70 °C. The crude white powder was dissolved in ethanol and subsequently reprecipitated in diethyl ether. Then, the filtered product was dried at 60 °C in a vacuum oven for 24 h for further use.
3.3 Synthesis of FAPbBr3 MCs
FAPbBr3 MCs were grown by a modified inverse temperature crystallization method using toluene as the antisolvent. In brief, 5 mmol PbBr2 (1.835 g) and 5 mmol FABr (0.625 g) were dissolved in 10 mL mixed DMF:GBL (1:1 v/v) solvent at 25 °C, and the solution was filtered using nylon filters with a 0.22-μm pore size. Then, 1 mL precursor was diluted in 2 mL DMF and antisolvent toluene was added to obtain a saturated solution. Single crystals of FAPbBr3 with millimeter dimensions were formed after stirring on a hot plate of 80 °C.
3.4 Device Preparation
Standard photolithography and hydrochloric acid etching were used to obtain conductive glass substrates with a channel length and width of 5 µm and 1 mm, respectively. After synthesizing FAPbBr3 MCs using the above-described method, the substrates were deposited on these crystals and dried at 160 °C for 10 min.
3.5 Measurements and Characterizations
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was performed using a field-emission scanning electron microscope (JEOL, JSM-7800F, 3 kV). X-ray diffraction (XRD) was performed using an X’pert PRO diffractometer equipped with Cu Kα X-ray (λ = 1.54186 Å) tubes. UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectra were recorded at room temperature on a JASCO V-550 UV–Vis absorption spectrometer with an integrating sphere operating in 200–900 nm. Photoluminescence (PL) was recorded using a Horiba PTI QuantaMaster 400 system with an excitation of 470 nm. Time-resolved PL decay was obtained on the basis of the time-correlated single-photon counter (TCSPC) technology using a light-emitting diode (LED) to provide a 376-nm excitation beam. The decay data were analyzed using commercial software provided by Horiba. For trap-state density evaluation, one layer of conductive glass (ITO) undertaken the crystal film was used as one electrode. An 800-nm-thick gold (Au) layer deposited on top of the film by thermal evaporation was used as the other electrode. This structure had a rather simple geometry with the sample deposited on ITO and evaporated Au on opposite sides, and the structure should be kept in the dark. Current–voltage measurements were conducted using a Keithley 2400 source meter. For light characterization under one-photon excitation, a monochromatic source (LED, λ = 495 nm) was used. Spectral responsivity (R) was calculated by the photocurrent (Iph) and incident power (Pinc) according to the relation R = Iph/Pinc. For two-photon irradiation, the photocurrent was generated using a femtosecond laser system (Spitfire Pro, SpectraPhysic) with an output wavelength of 800 nm and a repetition rate of 1000 Hz as the light source.
4 Results and Discussion
We synthesized FAPbBr3 MCs using a modified antisolvent-assisted inverse temperature crystallization method [8, 24, 28]. To facilitate the removal of the solvent and form homogeneous crystalline films, 1 M precursor (equimolar FABr and PbBr2 dissolved in a mixed solvent as shown in experimental section) was diluted three times in DMF. The antisolvent toluene was then added to obtain a saturated solution. This saturated solution was stirred at 80 °C to accelerate the nucleation and increase the yield of the interconnected crystals. The mean size of the as-obtained FAPbBr3 MCs was ~ 10 ± 5 µm, as shown in the top-view SEM image (Fig. 1a). These MCs were interconnected as a continuous film with a thickness of ~ 150 µm, as shown in Fig. 1b. XRD results shown in Fig. 1c confirmed the cubic phase of the FAPbBr3 MCs [35, 39]. The MCs exhibited an absorption band edge at 570 nm, corresponding to a bandgap of 2.18 eV, as obtained from the Tauc plot of the absorption spectrum (Fig. 1d). The emission peak of the MCs appeared at 567 nm (insets of Fig. 1d), which was consistent with previous results [33, 37, 40]. Additionally, PL decay was measured using the TCSPC technology (Fig. 1e), and a fast component (τ1, 15 ± 1 ns) and slow decay (τ2, 282 ± 5 ns) reflected the surface and bulk carrier lifetimes of the FAPbBr3 MCs, respectively. We also conducted dark current measurements to estimate the trap-state density of the FAPbBr3 MC film, as depicted in Fig. 1f. Here, the trap-state density was calculated to be 6.98 × 1011 cm−3 according to Eq.1:
where VTFL is the voltage at which trap states are fully filled by injected carriers, q and L represent the elemental charge and film thickness, respectively, ɛ0 and ɛ denote the vacuum permittivity and dielectric constant of FAPbBr3, with ɛ = 43.6 [37]. The relatively fewer defects contributed to the formation of a high-quality film, thus promoting their application in photoelectronic devices [37, 41].
In the next step, FAPbBr3 MCs were directly deposited on interdigitated ITO substrates to form the prototype photodetector device. The length and width of the gaps between neighboring digits were 5 µm and 1 mm, respectively, as shown in Fig. S1. FAPbBr3 MCs covered the entire active area, forming Schottky barriers due to contact with the ITO electrode. Once a voltage was applied to the detector device, ion migration and carrier trapping occurred in the active layer and at the electrode/perovskite interfaces, respectively. This indicated that an Ohmic contact between the FAPbBr3 MCs and the ITO electrode was formed. The cathode collected abundant photogenerated holes, while holes from the anode were injected into the active layer, showing the photoconductivity of the device [42,43,44]. The compact morphology of the MCs minimized the grain boundary and consequently diminished interfacial charge recombination. As shown in Fig. 2a, the photocurrent drastically increased with increasing excitation light intensity. In addition, the small dark current of the device (seen in Fig. S2) indicated the low carrier concentration of FAPbBr3 MCs [37]. The photoresponse was also reproducible under a periodic excitation of the light pulse, as demonstrated in Fig. S3.
As shown in Fig. 2b, the photocurrent increased linearly with the incident power and the corresponding responsivity (R, defined as photocurrent/the incident light power) linearly decreased. The responsivity was 4000 A W−1 at 5 V (λ = 495 nm, probe intensity = 10 nW cm−2), which was two orders of magnitude higher than that of other FA-based perovskite photodetectors [7, 38, 45, 46]. Furthermore, the external quantum efficiency (EQE) calculated by Eq. 2 was as high as 1.05 × 106% (Fig. 2c):
In addition, the detectivity D* of the device was 3.87 × 1014 Jones, as obtained from Eq. 3:
This value of D* was higher than that of state-of-art MAPbI3 photodetectors (~ 1013 Jones) [46]. Moreover, the FAPbBr3 MC photodetector exhibited a rapid response with a rise time (τrise) of 0.67 ms and fall time (τfall) of 0.75 ms (Figs. 2d and S4), where τrise and τfall are defined as the time required for light response from 10 to 90% in the rising stage and from 90 to 10% in the falling stage, respectively.
Previous research has revealed that the photoresponse to the excitation wavelength is different for front-side excitation and back-side excitation [46]. In back-side excitation, charge carriers are efficiently collected in the vicinity of the electrodes. However, in front-side excitation, it is more difficult for charge carriers generated by short-wavelength photons to penetrate the thick film to electrodes than that of long-wavelength photons with energy comparable to the bandgap [46]. In our case, the wavelength-dependent light response using front-side excitation resembled that using back-side excitation, indicating that our device was a broadband photodetector (Figs. 3a and S5). It was found that the thickness of the FAPbBr3 microcrystalline film of about 150 µm allowed most photons to be transmitted through the film to generate corresponding photocurrents. Once the film became sufficiently thick (> 200 µm), it blocked the short-wavelength photons to the microcrystalline film to form a narrowband photodetector, which was also confirmed by Saidaminov and coworkers [46]. In addition, the generally lower photocurrent for front-side excitation could be attributed to the insufficient diffusion length of the photogenerated charges for the given film thickness, which hindered charge transportation to the bottom electrode [46]. Figure 3b shows the photocurrent variation for different bias voltages. As shown in Fig. 3c, d, when the bias voltage was decreased, the photocurrents of the photons excited far above the absorption band edge degraded more.
Perovskites have also attracted considerable attention as nonlinear semiconductor absorbers for optical limiting [47], ultrafast optical signal characterization [48], microscopy [49], and lithography [50]. Therefore, we characterized our device under two-photon excitation, where the photocurrent was generated by an 800-nm pulse laser with a photon energy much smaller than the bandgap of FAPbBr3 (2.18 eV). Figure 4a shows the PL mechanism of FAPbBr3 at 567 nm obtained under 800-nm two-photon absorption. Under 800-nm back-side illumination at a fixed bias of 5 V, the tendency of light current variation with respect to voltage (30–110 mW cm−2) is provided in Fig. 4b. Under ideal conditions, the photocurrent generated by two-photon absorption showed a square (n = 2) dependence on the input intensity [51]. However, our tested photocurrents (with 1 < n < 2) exhibited highly dependent on incident power, which was mainly attributed to the effect of trap-state’s sub-gap absorption [8, 52]. This tendency was consistent with that reported for near-infrared CsPbBr3 and MAPbBr3 photodetectors [8, 51]. Consequently, the responsivity of the two-photon pumped FAPbBr3 MC detector increased with increasing input intensity in the linear excitation region (Fig. 4c). The largest responsivity under 800-nm excitation (0.07 A W−1) was much higher than that previously reported for MAPbBr3 single crystals [51]. The fast response of our detector under two-photon excitation with a fast fall time (0.72 ms) is also shown in Fig. 4d. The result is similar to that observed under one-photon excitation (0.75 ms). The rapid pulse light with periodic changes was responsible for the missing rising stage.
Moreover, the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) behavior of the FAPbBr3 microcrystalline film was measured using 800-nm laser pulses with tunable intensities. The emission spectra (Fig. S6) with increasing light intensity exhibited an ASE threshold of 1.75 mJ cm−2, which was similar to the reported two-photon ASE threshold of MAPbBr3 photodetectors (2.2 mJ cm−2) [53].
5 Conclusion
In summary, organolead trihalide perovskite FAPbBr3 MCs were synthesized and then deposited as a photodetector. The photodetector exhibited a good responsivity of up to 4000 A W−1 under back-side one-photon excitation with an EQE and detectivity of up to 1.05 × 106% and 3.87 × 1014 Jones, respectively. Besides, the two-photon responsivity under 800-nm excitation was 0.07 A W−1, which was four orders of magnitude higher than that reported for MAPbBr3 single crystals (10−6 A W−1). This deposited FAPbBr3 microcrystalline photodetector showed great potential for developing fast and sensitive photodetectors.
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Zhang, F., Yang, B., Zheng, K. et al. Formamidinium Lead Bromide (FAPbBr3) Perovskite Microcrystals for Sensitive and Fast Photodetectors. Nano-Micro Lett. 10, 43 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-018-0196-2
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