Researchers have focused on perovskite-based ultraviolet photodetectors due to their significance in fundamental scientific and practical applications. However, toxicity and instability hold back their mass production and commercialization. The lead-free Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 double perovskite, promised to be an alternative, is fabricated mostly by spin coating, which restricts the practical application in high-resolution image sensors. Herein, we demonstrate a sequential vacuum evaporation method for the fabrication of the Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 film. A self-powered ultraviolet photodetector based on the evaporated Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 thin film is further constructed without any carrier-transport layers, for the first time. The best-performing device has a high on/off ratio of 6.6 × 10 3 , and its response time is fast, less than 6.13 μs. Moreover, the as-prepared devices exhibit salient stability under harsh operational conditions (continuous illumination, high temperature, and humidity). In addition, the pixelated image sensor containing a 25 × 25 Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 photodetector array achieves a proof-of-concept special pattern recognition. Our work paves the way for new-generation ultraviolet image sensors composed of environmentally friendly and high-performance perovskite photodetector arrays.
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