Characteristics of A Hybrid Detector Combined with A Perovskite Active Layer for Indirect X-ray Detection

In this study, we investigated the characteristics of an organic-inorganic hybrid indirect-type X-ray detector with a CH<sub>3</sub>NH<sub>3</sub>PbI<sub>3</sub> (MAPbI<sub>3</sub>) perovskite active layer. A layer with a thickness of 192 nm annealed a...

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Main Authors: Hailiang Liu, Jehoon Lee, Jungwon Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/23/6872
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Summary:In this study, we investigated the characteristics of an organic-inorganic hybrid indirect-type X-ray detector with a CH<sub>3</sub>NH<sub>3</sub>PbI<sub>3</sub> (MAPbI<sub>3</sub>) perovskite active layer. A layer with a thickness of 192 nm annealed at 100 °C showed higher absorption, higher crystallinity, and lower surface roughness than did perovskite layers made under different conditions. In the indirect X-ray detector, a scintillator coupled with the detector to convert X-ray photons to visible photons, and the converted photons were absorbed by the active layer to generate charge carriers. The detector with the optimized MAPbI<sub>3</sub> (192 nm thick and 100 °C annealing condition) active layer was coupled with a CsI(Tl) scintillator which consisted of 400 μm thick CsI and 0.5 mm thick Al, and achieved the highest sensitivity, i.e., 2.84 mA/Gy·cm<sup>2</sup>. In addition, the highest short-circuit current density (J<sub>SC</sub>), i.e., 18.78 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>, and the highest mobility, i.e., 2.83 × 10<sup>−4</sup> cm<sup>2</sup>/V·s, were obtained from the same detector without the CsI(Tl) scintillator.
ISSN:1424-8220