All inkjet-printed perovskite-based bolometers

We show flexible bolometer devices produced entirely using digital inkjet printing on polymer substrates. The bolometers consist of a silver interdigital electrode thermistor covered with a methylammonium lead trihalide perovskite absorber layer which shows good absorber characteristics at visible wavelengths. Both the standalone thermistor and the complete bolometer devices show polymer PTC thermistor-like behavior over a temperature range of 17 to 36 degrees C, with a change in resistance up-to six orders of magnitude over this temperature range. The addition of the perovskite absorber to the thermistor structure provides the illumination-dependent behavior proper to bolometers.