Exploiting the Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in a 2D Trilayered Hybrid Ferroelectric for Highly Sensitive Polarized Light Detection

Polarized light detection is attracting increasing attention for its wide applications ranging from optical switches to high-resolution photodetectors. Two-dimensional (2D) hybrid perovskite-type ferroelectrics combining inherent light polarization dependence of bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) with excellent semiconducting performance present significant possibilities. Now, the BPVE-driven highly sensitive polarized light detection in a 2D trilayered hybrid perovskite ferroelectric, (allyammonium)2 (ethylammonium)2 Pb3 Br10 (1), is presented. It shows a superior BPVE with near-band gap photovoltage of ca. 2.5 V and high on/off switching ratio of current (ca. 104 ). Driven by the superior BPVE, 1 exhibits highly sensitive polarized light detection with a polarization ratio as high as ca. 15, which is far more beyond than those of structural anisotropy-based monocomponent devices. This is the first realization of BPVE-driven polarized light detection in hybrid perovskite ferroelectrics.