Bulk Heterostructure BA2PbI4/MAPbI3Perovskites for Suppressed Ion Migration To Achieve Sensitive X-ray Detection Performance

Three-dimensional (3D) lead–halide perovskites with outstanding mobility-lifetime products and large attenuation coefficients for X-ray photons have demonstrated highly sensitive X-ray detection. However, there exists severe ion migration, especially under electrical bias, that results in dark-current drift and poorer device stability. Theoretical analyses suggest that 3D perovskites with two-dimensional (2D) perovskites may mitigate ion migration and reduce the dark current to achieve a drastically lower detection limit, which is badly needed for X-ray diagnostics. A bulk 2D/3D perovskite heterostructure is therefore designed and prepared by hot-pressing a mixture of BA2PbI4and MAPbI3particles. Compared with the pure MAPbI3pellet, the bulk 2D/3D heterostructure pellet shows much higher resistivity, hence, significantly reduced ion migration and a much smaller dark-current drift of 4.84 × 10–5nA cm–1s–1V–1, which is much lower than that of the pristine MAPbI3pellet, thus demonstrating its effectiveness for the suppression of ion migration. The bulk 2D/3D heterostructure pellet attains an X-ray sensitivity of 2.0 × 103μC Gyair–1cm–2as well as a lower detection limit of 111.76 nGy s–1under 10 V bias. This work provides a successful strategy to prepare X-ray detectors with suppressed ion migration and negligible dark current drift, which will further benefit the development of lead–halide perovskite X-ray detectors.