Interfacial and Optical Properties of CsPbBr3 Active Layer on Nanoporous GaN Electron Transport Layer
Nanoporous semiconductor structures provide a large interfacial area and tunable surface properties, enabling effective control of material/interface interactions. In this study, nanoporous GaN (NP GaN) was employed as an electron transport layer (ETL) to incorporate CsPbBr3, and the resulting interfacial and optical characteristics were systematically investigated. NP GaN with a controlled pore fraction (ρpore = 3.7~36.8 %) was fabricated via electrochemical (EC) etching. Cross-sectional SEM analysis revealed that the pore morphology evolves significantly with etching time, forming vertically aligned porous networks with increased pore density, connectivity, and diameter, which enables efficient infiltration of the CsPbBr3 precursor into the NP framework. Consequently, CsPbBr3 on NP GaN exhibits higher photoluminescence (PL) intensity, reduced full width at half maximum (FWHM), and improved internal quantum efficiency (IQE) from 4.9 % to 15.6 %. Temperature-dependent PL (TDPL) analysis revealed suppressed thermal quenching, accompanied by increased activation energy and reduced non-radiative recombination. These results demonstrate that NP GaN effectively modulates interfacial structure and carrier recombination behavior, providing a viable strategy for enhancing the optical performance of perovskite materials.