Low-Cost Self-Powered Mesoporous Perovskite Devices for Stable High-Dose-Rate Fast-Response X-ray Detection

Publication date: 3 Lug 2025

JournalSource: OPENALEXOpenAlex type: articleOpen Access
Authors: Alessandra Alberti, Salvatore Valastro, Gaetano Calogero, Giovanni Mannino, Emanuele Smecca, Carlo Spampinato, Corrado Bongiorno, E. Naselli, Giorgio Finocchiaro, Angelo Pidatella, D. Mascali, Antonino La Magna

High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Perovskites (PSKs) show great promise for low-cost X-ray detection. To keep advantages from single crystals and thin-film-based devices, metal-free-mesoporous X-ray detectors (mp-XD) with mp-C/mp-ZrO 2 /mp-TiO 2 /c-TiO 2 /FTO architecture are engineered, integrating PSKs as the last processing step. This reduces complexity and optimizes carrier extraction via distributed interfaces. MP-XDs integrating CsPbI 3 and MAPbI 3 with different bandgaps and operating at zero bias are systematically tested at 8.05 keV with variable high X-ray photon flux, using in operando equipment that links device yield (current–voltage) with material properties (X-ray diffraction (XRD) and photoluminescence (PL)) under a controlled environment. Advanced characterization and modeling demonstrate wide operability for medium/high dose-rate detection (2.4 × 10 2 to 3.1 × 10 5 μGy air s –1 ), applicability up to 50 keV, fast (millisecond) response, and impressive stability. An 18,643 Gy dose is cumulated at 310,000 μGy air s –1 in 17 h without significant device degradation. Self-powered and low-cost mp-XDs hold great promise for FLASH radiotherapy and fusion plasma research.

Origin
ACS Applied Electronic Materials
Volume
7
Issue
14
Pages
6428-6439
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