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Organic light‐emitting transistors (OLETs) are highly integrated and minimized optoelectronic devices with significant potential superiority in smart displays and optical communications. To realize these various applications, it is urgently needed for color‐tunable emission in OLETs, but remains a great challenge as a result of the difficulty for designing organic semiconductors simultaneously integrating high carrier mobility, strong solid‐state emission, and the ability for potential tunable colors. Herein, a high mobility emissive excimer organic semiconductor, 2,7‐di(2‐anthryl)‐9H‐fluorene (2,7‐DAF) was reasonably designed by introducing a rotatable carbon–carbon single bond connecting two anthracene groups at the 2,7‐sites of fluorene, and the small torsion angles simultaneously guarantee effective conjugation and suppress fluorescence quenching. Indeed, the unique stable dimer arrangement and herringbone packing mode of 2,7‐DAF single crystal enables its superior integrated optoelectronic properties with high carrier mobility of 2.16 cm2 ⋅ V−1 ⋅ s−1, and strong excimer emission with absolute photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of 47.4 %. Furthermore, the voltage‐dependent electrically induced color‐tunable emission from orange to blue was also demonstrated for an individual 2,7‐DAF single crystal based OLETs for the first time. This work opens the door for a new class of high mobility emissive excimer organic semiconductors, and provides a good platform for the study of color‐tunable OLETs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organic semiconductors with combinative high carrier mobility and efficient solid‐state emission are full of challenges but urgently pursued for developing new emerging optoelectronics. Herein, by delicately regulating the crystal packing of an anthracene‐based molecular crystal via terminal tert‐butylation, we developed a superior high mobility emissive molecule, 2,6‐di(6‐tert‐butylnaphthyl)anthracene (TBU‐DNA). The unique "slipped herringbone" packing motif of TBU‐DNA enables its appropriate exciton‐exciton coupling and electron‐phonon coupling, thus resulting in remarkably high solid‐state emission (photoluminescence quantum yield, ΦF≈74.9 %) and efficacious charge transport (carrier mobility, μ=5.0 cm2 V−1 s−1). Furthermore, OLETs based on TBU‐DNA show an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 1.8 %, which is among the highest EQE values for single component OLETs reported till now. This work presents a crystal engineering strategy via exquisite molecular design to realize high mobility emissive organic semiconductors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The organic field‐effect transistor (OFET) is the basic building block of integrated circuits. The charge carrier mobility and operating frequency of OFETs have continued to increase; therefore, the power dissipation of OFETs can no longer be ignored. Many research efforts have been made to develop low‐power‐consumption OFETs and complementary circuits. Despite the switching function, OFETs can also be utilized in emerging energy‐related applications, such as near‐infrared (NIR) photodetectors and organic thermoelectric devices. Organic phototransistors show considerably higher photo responsivity than other photodetector architectures due to field‐effect charge modulation. The photoinduced gate modulating largely suppresses the dark current while simultaneously providing gain. These characteristics may favor NIR light detection and suggest that the organic phototransistor is a promising candidate for optoelectronic applications in the NIR regime. For organic thermoelectric applications, OFETs can work as a powerful tool for examining the charge and energy transport in the organic semiconductor, thus giving insight into organic thermoelectric studies. In this review, the authors highlight recent advances in OFET‐ related energy topics, including low‐power‐consumption OFETs, NIR photodetectors, and organic thermoelectric devices. The remaining challenges in the field will also be discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]