Methylammonium halide-doped perovskite artificial synapse for light-assisted environmental perception and learning

Abstract Optoelectronic synapses that integrate and process light and electric signals simultaneously received wide attention for the development of artificial visual system. However, to mimic robust perception and processing ability of biological vision demands exceptional photoresponse and tunable plasticity of the optoelectronic synaptic units. Herein, we demonstrated a Methylammonium (MA) halide-doped perovskite artificial synapse that exhibited excellent optoelectronic properties. The introduction of MA halide additives into formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3) can efficiently improve the film morphology and crystallinity, leading to a better photoresponse and wider regulatory range of synaptic plasticity. The effect of light irradiation on shaping synaptic plasticity was revealed to realized important synaptic functions. With the assistance of light stimuli, high-order learning behaviors, including dynamic logic operation and conditioned reflex have been realized. A higher pattern recognition accuracy (88.2%) of handwritten digits was achieved in simulation. Moreover, the interaction between light irradiation and the hybrid perovskite-based artificial synapse can be utilized to perceive environmental change and to tune information processing efficiency. These results provide a new strategy for constructing future artificial intelligent system.