Issue 24, 2023

Fabrication of a self-powered broadband photodetector by 50% replacement of Pb by Mg in the CH3NH3Pb0.5Mg0.5Cl2I perovskite lattice

Abstract

Methyl ammonium lead halide (MAPbX3) suffers from high toxicity of the Pb2+ cation leading to a major roadblock to its end-application. To alleviate the toxicity issue, a complete or partial substitution of Pb2+ by eco-friendly Mg-ions is attempted in the present study. The substitution of Pb2+ with Mg2+ cations in the MAPbX3 crystal structure was carried out by tuning the stoichiometry of Mg2+ in MAPbxMg1−xCl2I (for x = 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9). Here MAPbxMg1−xCl2I has been demonstrated for the first time in the application of a self-powered photodetector. A facile one-step anti-solvent approach has been used to synthesize the hybrid halide perovskite. Systematic structural and optical characterization indicates the formation of the desired tetragonal perovskite phase that exhibits a bandgap of 1.5–1.6 eV. The synthesized MAPbxMg1−xCl2I has been used for device fabrication with (i) a simple hole transport material (HTM)-free configuration, and (ii) an economical carbon as the top electrode contact. MAPb0.5Mg0.5Cl2I perovskite was found to be the best performing device, with an excellent responsivity of 153.74 mA W−1 at zero bias, high detectivity of 6.5 × 1010 Jones, and a fast response/recovery time of 411 ms/50 ms. The optimum Mg substituted perovskite film thus yields an eco-friendly option compared to the conventional MAPbX3 with nearly 50% replacement of the toxic Pb by benign Mg2+ cations. The demonstration of a MAPb0.5Mg0.5X3-based novel performance photodetector thus paves an important path to the replacement of toxic Pb2+ in perovskite opto-electronic devices, thereby leading to eco-friendly devices.

Graphical abstract: Fabrication of a self-powered broadband photodetector by 50% replacement of Pb by Mg in the CH3NH3Pb0.5Mg0.5Cl2I perovskite lattice

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Jul 2023
Accepted
26 Aug 2023
First published
29 Aug 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Mater. Adv., 2023,4, 6522-6534

Fabrication of a self-powered broadband photodetector by 50% replacement of Pb by Mg in the CH3NH3Pb0.5Mg0.5Cl2I perovskite lattice

K. S. R. B., S. Panda, E. Ramasamy, S. Badhulika, G. Veerappan and P. H. Borse, Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 6522 DOI: 10.1039/D3MA00411B

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