Deep-Blue Organic Single-Crystal Emitter Enabling a Low-Threshold Laser and Light-Emitting Transistor
π-conjugated organic small molecules offer an efficient route to deep blue emission but often hinder carrier transport properties. Organic single crystals, characterized by their highly ordered packing structure, present a promising solution for both efficient luminescence and enhanced carrier mobility. In this work, we designed and synthesized a novel organic small molecule (BCS) and prepared its single crystals. The BCS single crystals exhibit bright deep blue emission with a high solid-state photoluminescent efficiency of 51% and carrier mobility of 0.18 cm2·V–1·s–1 because the significant twisted structures of BCS molecules in the crystals weaken π-π interaction and facilitate carrier transport. The regular morphology of these crystals provides a high-quality resonator, enabling superior lasing emission with a low threshold of 10.32 μJ·cm–2. Further, we developed BCS crystal-based organic light emitting transistors and achieved excellent deep blue electroluminescence with CIE coordinates of (0.16, 0.08). This work opens a new avenue for the design of deep blue emitters based on π-conjugated organic small molecules, advancing the development of superior optoelectronic materials and wide color gamut displays.
Authors
- Yong Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7462-3062)
- Chunling Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3799-3275)
- Qing Liao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9169-4196)
- Han Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0641-1962)
- Yang Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4653-1862)
- Hongbing Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4528-189X)
- Yuan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2745-2352)
- Pingyang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6820-2990)
- Furong Qu
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- Suzhou University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Institute of Microelectronics (SG)
- Institute of Microelectronics (CN)
- Institute of Process Engineering (CN)
- Institute of Physics (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Capital Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Photonics
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c00237
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.73