Organohalide lead perovskite based photodetectors with much enhanced performance

Abstract

CH3NH3PbI3 based photodetectors were fabricated by a facile low-cost process with much enhanced performance. The rise time changed from 2.7 s to 0.02 s, the decay time from 0.5 s to 0.02 s, and the ON/OFF ratio tripled with improved stability. The results indicate that perovskites are promising light-harvesting materials for photodetectors.