Realizing nearly-zero dark current and ultrahigh signal-to-noise ratio perovskite X-ray detector and image array by dark-current-shunting strategy

Peng Jin, Yingjie Tang, Dingwei Li, Yan Wang, Peng Ran, Chuanyu Zhou, Ye Yuan, Wenjuan Zhu, Tianyu Liu, Kun Liang, Cuifang Kuang, Xu Liu, Bowen Zhu () and Yang (Michael) Yang ()
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Peng Jin: Zhejiang University
Yingjie Tang: Westlake University
Dingwei Li: Westlake University
Yan Wang: Westlake University
Peng Ran: Zhejiang University
Chuanyu Zhou: Zhejiang University
Ye Yuan: Wuhan University of Technology
Wenjuan Zhu: Zhejiang University
Tianyu Liu: Zhejiang University
Kun Liang: Westlake University
Cuifang Kuang: Zhejiang University
Xu Liu: Zhejiang University
Bowen Zhu: Westlake University
Yang (Michael) Yang: Zhejiang University

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Although perovskite X-ray detectors have revealed promising properties, their dark currents are usually hundreds of times larger than the practical requirements. Here, we report a detector architecture with a unique shunting electrode working as a blanking unit to suppress dark current, and it theoretically can be reduced to zero. We experimentally fabricate the dark-current-shunting X-ray detector, which exhibits a record-low dark current of 51.1 fA at 5 V mm−1, a detection limit of 7.84 nGyair s−1, and a sensitivity of 1.3 × 104 μC Gyair−1 cm−2. The signal-to-noise ratio of our polycrystalline perovskite-based detector is even outperforming many previously reported state-of-the-art single crystal-based X-ray detectors by serval orders of magnitude. Finally, the proof-of-concept X-ray imaging of a 64 × 64 pixels dark-current-shunting detector array is successfully demonstrated. This work provides a device strategy to fundamentally reduce dark current and enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of X-ray detectors and photodetectors in general.

Date: 2023
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