High-Quality Wide-Bandgap 0D Cs <sub> <b>4</b> </sub> PbI <sub> <b>6</b> </sub> Perovskite Single Crystal for High-Performance Ultraviolet Photodetectors and X-ray Detectors

All-inorganic perovskites, renowned for their superior photoelectric properties, have found extensive applications across diverse fields. Among these, perovskite-based visible-blind ultraviolet photodetection and X-ray detection have emerged as rapidly evolving research hotspots. Herein, the accumulation of PbI<sub>2</sub> on the crystal surface is observed and verified for the first time. Through the slow solvent evaporation method at 70 °C to avoid PbI<sub>2</sub> accumulation, a high-quality transparent colorless Cs<sub>4</sub>PbI<sub>6</sub> single crystal with low defect density and high phase purity can be successfully fabricated, which exhibits excellent detection properties due to its wide bandgap of 3.3 eV. The zero-dimensional transparent colorless Cs<sub>4</sub>PbI<sub>6</sub> single-crystal-based visible-blind ultraviolet photodetector shows a high responsivity as much as 35.10 A/W, an external quantum efficiency as high as 1.07 × 10<sup>4</sup>%, and a detectivity as large as 2.45 × 10<sup>14</sup> Jones, with an extremely fast response speed of ∼40 μs and excellent long-term stability. In addition, transparent and colorless Cs<sub>4</sub>PbI<sub>6</sub> is also used in direct-type X-ray detectors exhibiting high sensitivity. Under the irradiation of an X-ray source energy (160 keV) close to that of medical CT, the sensitivity of the device can reach 154.84 μC·Gy<sub>air</sub> <sup>-1</sup>·cm<sup>-2</sup>, with the detection limit lower than the safe value required for medical diagnosis.

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ACS Omega
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2025-12-03
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c07443
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High-Quality Wide-Bandgap 0D Cs 4 PbI 6 Perovskite Single Crystal for High-Performance Ultraviolet Photodetectors and X-ray Detectors

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High-Quality Wide-Bandgap 0D Cs 4 PbI 6 Perovskite Single Crystal for High-Performance Ultraviolet Photodetectors and X-ray Detectors

Ruixiang Wu, Bin Lu, Yinhui Hu, Jiayu Di, Dawei Wang, Jingjing Chang, Yue Hao, Xiaojing Cui
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All-inorganic perovskites, renowned for their superior photoelectric properties, have found extensive applications across diverse fields. Among these, perovskite-based visible-blind ultraviolet photodetection and X-ray detection have emerged as rapidly evolving research hotspots. Herein, the accumulation of PbI<sub>2</sub> on the crystal surface is observed and verified for the first time. Through the slow solvent evaporation method at 70 °C to avoid PbI<sub>2</sub> accumulation, a high-quality transparent colorless Cs<sub>4</sub>PbI<sub>6</sub> single crystal with low defect density and high phase purity can be successfully fabricated, which exhibits excellent detection properties due to its wide bandgap of 3.3 eV. The zero-dimensional transparent colorless Cs<sub>4</sub>PbI<sub>6</sub> single-crystal-based visible-blind ultraviolet photodetector shows a high responsivity as much as 35.10 A/W, an external quantum efficiency as high as 1.07 × 10<sup>4</sup>%, and a detectivity as large as 2.45 × 10<sup>14</sup> Jones, with an extremely fast response speed of ∼40 μs and excellent long-term stability. In addition, transparent and colorless Cs<sub>4</sub>PbI<sub>6</sub> is also used in direct-type X-ray detectors exhibiting high sensitivity. Under the irradiation of an X-ray source energy (160 keV) close to that of medical CT, the sensitivity of the device can reach 154.84 μC·Gy<sub>air</sub> <sup>-1</sup>·cm<sup>-2</sup>, with the detection limit lower than the safe value required for medical diagnosis.

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Xidian University (CN), Taiyuan Normal University (CN), Shanxi Normal University (CN)
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