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.
Authors
- Ruixiang Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9273-0451)
- Bin Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3461-3871)
- Yinhui Hu
- Jiayu Di (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8189-8358)
- Dawei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1064-3715)
- Jingjing Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3773-182X)
- Yue Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8081-2919)
- Xiaojing Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1152-8951)
Institutions
- Xidian University (CN)
- Taiyuan Normal University (CN)
- Shanxi Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Omega
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c07443
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00