High performance CsPbBr3 quantum dots photodetectors by using zinc oxide nanorods arrays as an electron-transport layer

The electron transport layer (ETL) in perovskite photodetectors is playing a vital role in highly efficient electron extraction. Herein, this work reports a perovskite photodetector based on hydrothermal-fabricated ZnO nanorods (NRs) as the ETL and hot-injection-fabricated CsPbBr3 quantum dot (QD) as the photoabsorber. The crystalline structure, morphologies, and photoluminescence (PL) of the materials and the physics mechanism of highly efficient electron extraction in the devices are characterized and analyzed. The PL and time-resolved PL confirm the reduced recombination and enhanced electron transport to the indium tin oxide anode. The photodetectors based on ZnO NRs/CsPbBr3 QDs exhibit enormous enhancement in the response parameters such as a rise time of 12 ms, a decay time of 38 ms, and an on/off ratio of 3000, compared with the photodetectors based on ZnO films/CsPbBr3 QDs. These results indicate that the fabricated ZnO NRs/CsPbBr3 QDs heterojunction has a wide prospect of future applications in photodetectors.