Achieving a Highly Stable Perovskite Photodetector with a Long Lifetime Fabricated via an All-Vacuum Deposition Process

Hybrid organic–inorganic metal halide perovskites (HOIP) have become a promising visible light sensing material due to their excellent optoelectronic characteristics. Despite the superiority, overcoming the stability issue for commercialization remains a challenge. Herein, an extremely stable photodetector was demonstrated and fabricated with Cs 0.06 FA 0.94 Pb(I 0.68 Br 0.32 ) 3 perovskite by an all-vacuum process. The photodetector achieves a current density up to 1.793 × 10 –2 A cm –2 under standard one sun solar illumination while maintaining a current density as low as 8.627 × 10 –10 A cm –2 at zero bias voltage. The linear dynamic range (LDR) and transient voltage response were found to be comparable to the silicon-based photodetector (Newport 818-SL). Most importantly, the device maintains 95% of the initial performance after 960 h of incessant exposure under one sun solar illumination. The achievements of these outstanding results contributed to the all-vacuum deposition process delivering a film with high stability and good uniformity, which in turn delays the degradation process. The degradation mechanism is further investigated by impedance spectroscopy to reveal the charge dynamics in the photodetector under different exposure times.