Improving All-Inorganic Perovskite Photodetectors by Preferred Orientation and Plasmonic Effect

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Germany), 2016-10, Vol.12 (40), p.5622-5632
• Main Authors: Dong, Yuhui, Gu, Yu, Zou, Yousheng, Song, Jizhong, Xu, Leimeng, Li, Jianhai, Xue, Jie, Li, Xiaoming, Zeng, Haibo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: all-inorganic perovskites; Biological monitoring; Biomonitoring; Carrier mobility; Centrifugal casting; Coupling; Diffusion length; Electromagnetic absorption; Finite difference method; Inks; localized surface plasmon resonance; nanocrystals (NCs); Nanotechnology; Noble metals; Optical communication; perovskite; Perovskites; Photocurrent; Photodetectors; Photoelectric effect; Photoelectric emission; Photoelectricity; Photometers; Plasmonics; Preferred orientation; Semiconductors; Spin coating
• ISSN: 1613-6810; 1613-6829
• DOI: 10.1002/smll.201602366

All‐inorganic perovskites have high carrier mobility, long carrier diffusion length, excellent visible light absorption, and well overlapping with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of noble metal nanocrystals (NCs). The high‐performance photodetectors can be constructed by means of the intrinsic outstanding photoelectric properties, especially plasma coupling. Here, for the first time, inorganic perovskite photodetectors are demonstrated with synergetic effect of preferred‐orientation film and plasmonic with both high performance and solution process virtues, evidenced by 238% plasmonic enhancement factor and 106 on/off ratio. The CsPbBr3 and Au NC inks are assembled into high‐quality films by centrifugal‐casting and spin‐coating, respectively, which lead to the low cost and solution‐processed photodetectors. The remarkable near‐field enhancement effect induced by the coupling between Au LSPR and CsPbBr3 photogenerated carriers is revealed by finite‐difference time‐domain simulations. The photodetector exhibits a light on/off ratio of more than 106 under 532 nm laser illumination of 4.65 mW cm−2. The photocurrent increases from 0.67 to 2.77 μA with centrifugal‐casting. Moreover, the photocurrent rises from 245.6 to 831.1 μA with Au NCs plasma enhancement, leading to an enhancement factor of 238%, which is the most optimal report among the LSPR‐enhanced photodetectors, to the best of our knowledge. The results of this study suggest that all‐inorganic perovskites are promising semiconductors for high‐performance solution‐processed photodetectors, which can be further enhanced by Au plasmonic effect, and hence have huge potentials in optical communication, safety monitoring, and biological sensing. Plasmonic all‐inorganic perovskite photodetectors are demonstrated to have both high performance and solution process virtues, evidenced by a 238% plasmonic enhancement factor and 106 on/off ratio.