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Table 1
Performance comparisons of self-powered photodetector based on perovskites.
Responsivity(mA W 1
ꢁ
)
power density (mW cm2)
Wavelength (nm)
reference
devices
Au/MAPbBr3/FTO
FTO/ZnO micro sphere/MAPbI
11.5
48
0.11
11.5
22
~
2
~
~
450
380
405
405
405
[16]
[25]
[26]
[26]
3
3
/MoO /Au
Ag/CsPbBr
Ag/CsPbBr
3
/ITO
:ZnO/ITO
3
Ag/MAPbBr
3
/ITO
0.636
this work
A
high-quality MAPbBr
3
SCs with
a
diameter of about
photons enables supply energy to generate large numbers of pho-
togenerated electron-hole pairs. Therefore, a Schottky structure
high-performance self-powered X-ray detector expect to have a
high barrier height.
1
.2 mm ꢀ 1.2 mm ꢀ 0.5 mm was selected. Typical Schottky char-
acterizes the current-voltage (IeV) curve of the devices are shown
in Fig. 3a. The ratio of photocurrent to dark current is about 500
times at reverse 2 V, while the device under 405 nm laser with a
2
power density of 0.636 W/cm . Furthermore, we have investigated
4. Conclusion
the visible photon detection performances of the devices at zero
bias. A good self-powered photodetector has been achieved with
the 700 times high of photocurrent density to dark current density.
The photoresponsivity (R) is calculated according to the formula,
In conclusion, we have successfully fabricated an X-ray detector
based on MAPbBr3 SCs with the Schottky structure. The device
exhibited high performances for visible light (405 nm) and X-ray
R ¼ ðI
ꢁ I
Þ=Plight, where Plightis the photocurrent, Idark is the
detect under 0 bias. The MAPbBr absorbed incident X-ray energy
and generated electron-holes. In this Schottky device, photoexcited
light
dark
3
dark current, P
is the incident light intensity. The photo-
light
responsivity is as high as 22 mA/W. The comparable responsivity
of perovskites based self-powered photodetector is listed in Table 1.
As shown in Table 1, the optical response performance of the device
carriers in the depletion layer are collected in metal electrodes
under the build-in electric field. Here, photo responsivity (405 nm)
ꢁ
4
of 22 mA/W and X-ray sensitivity of as high as 2.35 ꢀ 10
mC
ꢁ
1
ꢁ2
with Ag/MAPbBr
the previously reported device based on MAPbBr
3
/ITO has been significantly improved compared to
. This is attributed
mGy cm for the incident X-ray energy of 35 kV have been ach-
3
ieved. Our results provide a strategy for energy-saved self-powered
radiation detection technology.
to the built-in electric field of the Schottky junction which helps
exciton dissociation. Photo-generated electron-hole pairs are
separated by a build-in barrier arising from the band bending at the
junction [27]. This high and stable On-Off IeV curve of the devices
reveals it is a high-performance self-powered photodetector with
good schottky-structure [16]. These self-powered visible photons
detection reveals it could be served as a good self-powered X-ray
detector [28,29].
CRediT authorship contribution statement
Qiang Xu: Writing - review & editing. Bohao Zhang: Materials
growth, device fabrication. Jing Nie: XRD and transmission mea-
surement. Hang Zhang: PL and XPS measurement. Xiaoping
Ouyang: Supervision. Jun Liu: optical response measurement. Yang
Liu: X-ray detection measurement.
Fig. 4a shows the current response of a device under various
incident X-ray energy with a bias of 0 V. The energy of incident X-
ray changed when the operated the X-ray tube voltage various from
Declaration of competing interest
3
5 kV to 50 kV. The results reveal the devices are with high stability.
Further, we have studied the sensitivity of the device under X-ray
with various energy. High X-ray generated current density has been
obtained at high incident dose, as shown in Fig. 4b. The sensitivity
of the device under the X-ray energy of 35, 40, 45, 50 kV are
The authors declare that they have no known competing
financial interests or personal relationships that could have
appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
ꢁ
4
ꢁ4
ꢁ4
ꢁ4
m
2
.35 ꢀ 10 , 2.02 ꢀ 10 , 1.66 ꢀ 10
and 1.15 ꢀ 10
C
Acknowledgment
ꢁ1
ꢁ2
m
Gy cm , respectively.
Energy absorption and charges drift are the two key physical
This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foun-
dation of China (Grants No. 11705090, 11875166, and 11435010).
This work also supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for
the Central Universities (No. NT2019018).
processes for self-powered X-ray detection. The X-ray attenuation
performances could be estimated with Beer-Lambert law
ꢁ
ux
relationship: I ¼ I e
[30], where I0 is the number of incident X-
0
ray photons, I is the number of transmitting X-ray photons, u is the
linear attenuation coefficient that is correlated with both effective
.
Appendix A. Supplementary data
atomic number (Zeff ) and X-ray photon energy (E) by Z4
,
AE3
eff
where A is the atomic mass, and x is the thickness of the medium
[
31].
For a Schottky diode, the X-ray generated electron-holes in the
depletion layer could be collected by the metal electrode and the
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qffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
3
is the relative permittivity of MAPbBr , n is the
[
0 r
2ε ε V
bi
qn
following equation: W ¼
permittivity, ε
, where ε is the vacuum
0
r
carrier concentration, Vbi is the build in barrier height.
For a Schottky diode, the effect of the attenuation medium
thickness depends from the width of the depletion layer. Herein,
the devices with high build in barrier height could provide a wide
thickness of depletion layer. The low energy of incident X-ray
[
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