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

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 cm 2 ·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 (μ h = 1.10 cm 2 ·V –1 ·s –1, μ e = 0.87 cm 2 ·V –1 ·s –1 ) and spatially controllable emission, which is one of the best performances for OLETs.