High-performance formamidinium-based perovskite photodetectors fabricated via doctor-blading deposition in ambient condition

Abstract

High-purity black α-phase formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3, FA is NH2CHNH+) perovskite polycrystalline film was prepared using low-cost, high-output doctor-blading deposition technique in ambient condition without further annealing process and any additives. The resulting α-phase FAPbI3 perovskite has a large domain size over 200 μm with (00l) preferential crystallographic orientation. The photodetectors with an extremely simple structure were fabricated via doctor-blading, resulting in a responsivity as high as 11.46 AW−1, a ratio of photocurrent/dark current (Ilight/Idark) as large as 105 and a response speed as fast as 5.4 ms. The results suggest that low-cost doctor-blading technique in ambient condition potentially pave a way to eliminate the yellow δ-phase FAPbI3 and get a high-quality black α-FAPbI3 perovskite film, as well as fabricate efficient FAPbI3 perovskite optoelectronic devices.