High-performance direct conversion X-ray detectors based on sintered hybrid lead triiodide perovskite wafers

Shrestha S, Fischer R, Matt G, Feldner P, Michel T, Osvet A, Levchuk I, Merle B, Golkar S, Chen H, Tedde SF, Schmidt O, Hock R, Ruehrig M, Göken M, Heiß W, Anton G, Brabec C (2017)


Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2017

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Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP

Book Volume: 11

Pages Range: 436-+

Journal Issue: 7

DOI: 10.1038/NPHOTON.2017.94

Abstract

Lead halide perovskite semiconductors are in general known to have an inherently high X-ray absorption cross-section and a significantly higher carrier mobility than any other low-temperature solution-processed semiconductor. So far, the processing of several-hundred-micrometres-thick high-quality crystalline perovskite films over a large area has been unresolved for efficient X-ray detection. In this Article, we present a mechanical sintering process to fabricate polycrystalline methyl ammonium lead triiodide perovskite (MAPbI(3)) wafers with millimetre thickness and well-defined crystallinity. Benchmarking of the MAPbI(3) wafers against state-of-the-art CdTe detectors reveals competitive conversion efficiencies of 2,527 mu C Gy(air)(-1) cm(-2) under 70 kV(p) X-ray exposure. The high ambipolar mobility-lifetime product of 2 x 10(-4) cm(2) V-1 is suggested to be responsible for this exceptionally high sensitivity. Our findings inform a new generation of highly efficient and low-cost X-ray detectors based on perovskite wafers.

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APA:

Shrestha, S., Fischer, R., Matt, G., Feldner, P., Michel, T., Osvet, A.,... Brabec, C. (2017). High-performance direct conversion X-ray detectors based on sintered hybrid lead triiodide perovskite wafers. Nature Photonics, 11(7), 436-+. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NPHOTON.2017.94

MLA:

Shrestha, Shreetu, et al. "High-performance direct conversion X-ray detectors based on sintered hybrid lead triiodide perovskite wafers." Nature Photonics 11.7 (2017): 436-+.

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