Investigation of highly efficient self-powered photo-detector performance of all inorganic lead-free halide perovskites (CsSnCl3) nanocrystals (NCs) decorated Er: ZnO nanowires (NWs)/Si heterojunctions

In this study, a zero-biased or self-powered heterojunction photodetector is fabricated by using the combination of lead-free halide-based inorganic perovskite (CsSnCl3) and erbium (Er)-doped ZnO nanowires (NWs) on Si platform. The main advantages of such types of heterojunctions are cost-effective fabrication procedure, highly stable and responsive photoresponse, and, such devices exhibit low dark current and high photo-to-dark current ratio of >10(2). The HRTEM images confirm that CsSnCl3 perovskites nanocrystals (NCs) are randomly decorated over the ZnO NWs. The UV-visible spectroscopy shows the absorption edges and bandgaps of perovskites NCs, ZnO NWs, and combined heterojunctions. The structural, chemical compositional, and defect-related optical transitions are studied in detail by employing XRD, XPS, and PL results. The highest zero-biased photo-response at 374 nm is achieved for the 1%Er: ZnO-CsSnCl3 NWs/Si heterojunction and corresponding calculated responsivity and detectivity values are obtained to be 0.196 A/W and 2.48 x 10(11) Jones, respectively. Along with it, such selective Er-doped NWs perovskites heterojunction exhibits relatively superior linear dynamic range (LDR) (51.76 dB) and rapid response speed (rise time: fall time = 83 ms:63 ms) as compared to reported values. Hence, current work demonstrates that Er-doped oxide-perovskite heterojunctions can be a promising candidate for developing high-performance UV/Visible photodetector under self-powered mode.