2–6 Dec 2025
Biblioteca Salaborsa
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Single-Pulse Spectroscopy with 2D Perovskites: from Single Crystals to Thin Films

3 Dec 2025, 19:11
1m
Auditorium Enzo Biagi (Biblioteca Salaborsa)

Auditorium Enzo Biagi

Biblioteca Salaborsa

Biblioteca Salaborsa, Piazza del Nettuno, 3, 40121 Bologna BO
Poster New Materials and Technologies Poster Session

Speaker

Lorenzo Margotti (UNIBO)

Description

Two-dimensional (2D) perovskite thin films have recently emerged as efficient direct photocurrent detectors, owing to their strong light absorption, fast charge separation, and intrinsically low dark currents. When integrated onto planar interdigitated pixel electrodes, flexible PEA₂PbBr₄ films exhibit stable operation and extremely low noise (~10 pA at 4 kV/mm), enabling sensitive photocurrent measurements across a broad spectral range, including ultraviolet, X-ray, and clinically relevant γ photons. To further validate their potential, we extend their operation to single-particle detection: alpha particle signals (²⁴¹Am, 5.5 MeV) are resolved down to single-pulse events, serving as a proof of principle toward single-photon sensitivity. Comparative analysis with single-crystal counterparts yields mobility–lifetime products of μτ ≈ 10⁻⁶ cm²/V for thin films versus ≈10⁻⁵ cm²/V for single crystals, consistent with literature benchmarks. These results highlight the versatility of 2D perovskite thin films, validating their operation as direct photocurrent detectors from ultraviolet photons to energetic particles, and positioning them as scalable platforms capable of advancing toward single-photon sensitive detection.

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Co-authors

Andrea Ciavatti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Beatrice Fraboni (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Prof. Paul Sellin (University of Surrey)

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