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In this study, we propose large-scale CsPbBr (CPB) single-crystalline films (SCFs) grown by a one-step vapor-phase epitaxy (VPE) method for application in optoelectronic devices. After optimizing the transport speed of the precursor and cooling rate, we obtained continuous CPB films with a lateral size exceeding 2 cm, and the thickness could be controlled from several micrometers to hundreds of nanometers. Crystallography and optoelectronic characterization proved the excellent crystallinity and very low trap density (2.14 × 10) of the SCFs. Furthermore, we demonstrate a transfer-assembly strategy for fabricating perovskite SCF-based heterostructures for visible photodetectors. The high-quality SCF films in the active layer suppress the leakage current, leading to a low dark current of 5 × 10 A at -0.6 V. Therefore, the self-biased photodetector based on the vertical CsPbBr SCF-SnO heterostructure showed a high responsivity of 1.9 A/W, a detectivity of 4.65 × 10 Jones, and a large on/off ratio of 4.63 × 10 under a 1 mW/cm 450 nm light illumination. Our study not only demonstrates the excellent performance of single-crystalline perovskite-based photodiodes but also provides a universal assembly method for the integration of monocrystalline perovskite films in optoelectronic devices.
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Micromachines (Basel)
August 2025
Department of Inorganic Compounds Chemistry, N. I. Lobachevsky State University, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
A method was developed for plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of β-GaO:Zn thin films with the possibility of pre-purifying precursors. The structural and electrically conductive properties of β-GaO:Zn thin films were studied. Increasing the temperature of the Zn source () to 220 °C led to the formation of GaO films with a Zn concentration of 4 at.
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School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
2D magnetic materials offer significant potential for advanced spintronics, but their practical implementation is hindered by fundamental limitations such as low Curie temperatures and the current inability to achieve scalable, large-area synthesis. Herein, a significant breakthrough in the centimeter-scale epitaxial growth of ultrathin single-crystalline magnetic ferrite films, including cobalt ferrite, manganese ferrite, and nickel ferrite is reported. By leveraging symmetry-matching-induced energy splitting between antiparallel orientations and developing a precisely engineered nucleation timing strategy to amplify synergistic coupling, unidirectional epitaxial growth with seamless domain coalescence is achieved.
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August 2025
Institute for Photovoltaics (ipv), University of Stuttgart 70569 Stuttgart Germany
3 eV wide bandgap methylammonium lead trichloride (MAPbCl) perovskites are promising for transparent solar cells, smart windows, and the internet of things (IoTs). However, it is challenging to crystallize uniform polycrystalline MAPbCl thin films from solution. On the other hand, single-crystalline MAPbCl can be grown as relatively uniform thin films.
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July 2025
Department of Physics, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, 85-090 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
This work presents a comprehensive study of the structural, luminescent, and photoconversion properties of epitaxial composite phosphor converters based on single crystalline films of Ce-activated CaYMgScSiO:Ce (x = 0-0.25) (CYMSSG:Ce) garnet, grown using the liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) method on single-crystal YAlO (YAG) and YAG:Ce substrates. The main goal of this study is to elucidate the structure-composition-property relationships that influence the photoluminescence and photoconversion efficiency of these film-substrate composite converters, aiming to optimize their performance in high-power white light-emitting diode (WLED) applications.
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ETH Zürich, Laboratory of Multifunctional Ferroic Materials, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
We present a novel experimental approach employing high-energy X-ray scattering in ultra-small-angle grazing-incidence geometry to investigate local atomic structures in single-crystalline thin films. This non-destructive and non-invasive method overcomes the limitations of conventional moderate-energy grazing-incidence diffraction, achieving both high reciprocal-space resolution and coverage and high surface sensitivity. By leveraging high-energy X-ray diffraction, we enable quantitative analysis of local structures in the model system of ferroelectric PbTiO and dielectric SrTiO superlattices through three-dimensional difference pair distribution function analysis.
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