Aromatic Extension at 2,6-Positions of Anthracene toward an Elegant Strategy for Organic Semiconductors with Efficient Charge Transport and Strong Solid State Emission

J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Dec 6;139(48):17261-17264. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b09381. Epub 2017 Nov 14.

Abstract

Organic semiconductors integrating excellent charge transport with efficient solid emission are very challenging to be attained in the construction of light-emitting transistors and even for realization of electrically pumped organic lasers. Herein, we introduce naphthyl units at 2,6-positions of anthracene to achieve 2,6-di(2-naphthyl)anthracene (dNaAnt), which adopts J-aggregated mode in the solid state as a balanced strategy for excellent charge transporting and efficient solid state emission. Single crystal field-effect transistors show mobility up to 12.3 cm2·V-1·s-1 and a photoluminescence quantum yield of 29.2% was obtained for dNaAnt crystals. Furthermore, organic light-emitting transistors (OLETs) based on dNaAnt single crystals distribute outstanding balanced ambipolar charge transporting property (μh = 1.10 cm2·V-1·s-1, μe = 0.87 cm2·V-1·s-1) and spatially controllable emission, which is one of the best performances for OLETs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't