Gradient 2D/3D Perovskite Films Prepared by Hot-Casting for Sensitive Photodetectors

2D Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites have attracted wide attention recently because of tunable optoelectronic properties and have been used as alternatives to their 3D counterparts in various optoelectronic devices. Here, a series of (PEA)₂(MA) _-1Pb I_{3 +1} perovskite thin films is designed and fabricated by a convenient hot-casting method to obtain gradient n in the films, which leads to the formation of vertical heterojunctions that can enhance charge separation in the films under light illumination. Based on a single gradient perovskite film, a highly sensitive and stable photodetector with a responsivity up to 149 AW^-1 and a specific detectivity of 2 × 10¹² Jones is obtained. This work paves a way to realizing high-performance optoelectronic devices with enhanced charge separation by introducing compositional gradient in a perovskite film.