Patterned 2D Ferroelectric Perovskite Single-Crystal Arrays for Self- Powered UV Photodetector Boosted by Combining Ferro-Pyro- Phototronic and Piezo-Phototronic Effects

Metal halide perovskite ferroelectrics possess various physical characteristics such as piezoelectric and pyro-electric effects, which could broaden the application of perovskite ferroelectrics and enhance the optoelectronic performance. There-fore, it is promising to combine multiple effects to optimize the performance of the self-powered PDs. Herein, patterned 2D ferroelectric perovskite (PMA)2PbCl4 microbelt arrays were demonstrated through a PDMS template-assisted antisolvent crystallization method. The perovskite arrays based flexible photodetectors exhibited fine self-powered photodetection per-formance under 320 nm illumination and much enhanced reproducibility compared with the randomly distributed single-crystal microbelts-based PDs. Furthermore, by introducing the piezo-phototronic effect, the performance of the flexible PD was greatly enhanced. Under an external tensile strain of 0.71%, the responsivity was enhanced by 185% from 84 to 155.5 mA/W. Our findings offer the advancement of comprehensively utilizing various physical characteristics of the ferroelectrics for novel ferroelectric optoelectronics.

Automated summary

In this study, patterned 2D ferroelectric perovskite microbelt arrays were fabricated, leading to optimized performance of flexible photodetectors. These perovskite arrays exhibited excellent self-powered photodetection performance under 320 nm illumination, and the introduction of piezo-phototronic effect greatly enhanced their performance.