Sensitivity and Detection Limit of Spectroscopic-Grade Perovskite CsPbBr3 Crystal for Hard X-Ray Detection

He, Yihui; Hadar, Ido; De Siena, Michael C.; Klepov, Vladislav V.; Pan, Lei; Chung, Duck Young; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.

doi:10.1002/adfm.202112925

Sensitivity and Detection Limit of Spectroscopic-Grade Perovskite CsPbBr₃ Crystal for Hard X-Ray Detection

Journal Article · Wed Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Advanced Functional Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202112925· OSTI ID:1873520

^[1]; Hadar, Ido ^[1]; De Siena, Michael C. ^[1]; Klepov, Vladislav V. ^[1]; Pan, Lei ^[1]; Chung, Duck Young ^[2]; ^[1]

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

We report spectroscopic-grade single crystal detectors can register the energies of individual X-ray interactions enabling photon-counting systems with superior resolution over traditional photoconductive X-ray detection systems. Current technical challenges have limited the preparation of perovskite semiconductors for energy-discrimination X-ray photon-counting detection. Here, this work reports the deployment of a spectroscopic-grade CsPbBr₃ Schottky detector under reverse bias for continuum hard X-ray detection in both the photocurrent and spectroscopic schemes. High surface barriers of approximate to ≈ 1 eV are formed by depositing solid bismuth and gold contacts. The spectroscopic response under a hard X-ray source is assessed in resolving the characteristic X-ray peak. The methodology in enhancing X-ray sensitivity by controlling the X-ray energies and flux, and voltage, is described. The X-ray sensitivity varies between a few tens to over 8000 μC Gy_air^-1 cm^-2. The detectable dose rate of the CsPbBr₃ detectors is as low as 0.02 nGy^air s^-1 in the energy discrimination configuration. Finally, the unbiased CsPbBr₃ device forms a spontaneous contact potential difference of about 0.7 V enabling high quality of the CsPbBr₃ single crystals to operate in "passive" self-powered X-ray detection mode and the X-ray sensitivity is estimated as 14 μC Gy_air^-1cm^-2. The great potential of spectroscopic-grade CsPbBr₃ devices for X-ray photon-counting systems is anticipated in this work.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1873520

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1854265
OSTI ID: 23159547

Journal Information:: Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 32; ISSN 1616-301X

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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