Flexible Electro‐Optical Perovskite/Electrolyte Synaptic Transistor to Emulate Photoelectric‐Synergistic Neural Learning Rules and Reflex‐Arc Behavior

Abstract

AbstractThe design and fabrication of a flexible electric‐optical perovskite/electrolyte synaptic transistor are demonstrated for the first time, which emulates important neuromorphic functions under dual‐mode modulation. Benefiting from the bipolar charge transport properties of light‐harvesting perovskite and the high specific capacitance and mechanically robust multi‐ion electrolyte, the device exhibits bidirectional plasticity, better reliability, retaining >70% of the initial current level after 2500 flex per flat laps, and a very wide operating voltage window from 0.04 to 10 V, and responsive to ultralow stimuli down to tens of millivolt level with femtojoule‐level energy consumption. The synergistic high response under dual‐mode modulation enables the device to emulate complex neural learning rules and achieve neuromorphic applications, including classical conditioning and spatiotemporal learning, and image recognition tasks with higher accuracy of 81%. Moreover, an enhanced artificial reflex‐arc behavior is emulated by employing the flexible electro‐optical artificial synapses that serve as key information‐receiving‐processing units to manipulate the actions of electrochemical artificial muscles to a larger extent. These properties show great potential in soft neurorobotic systems and prostheses.