Gas–Solid Interface‐Assisted Growth of Organic Semiconductor Single Crystals: Dimensions, Structures, Mechanisms, and Applications
Organic semiconductor single crystals (OSSCs) represent a critical materials platform for pushing the performance limits of organic optoelectronic devices, owing to their structural perfection, absence of grain boundaries and ultralow trap densities. Among existing growth methods, gas–solid interface‐assisted growth strategy stands out, due to its superior advantages in controlling the dimension, morphology, structure, and orientation of OSSCs. Recent breakthroughs demonstrate that precise manipulation of nucleation and growth dynamics, through tailored temperature, carrier gas engineering, interface modification and molecular component optimization, enables the reproducible preparation of high‐quality OSSCs at gas–solid interface. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles and state‐of‐the‐art gas–solid interface‐assisted growth strategies. It critically examines the relationship between growth parameters and resulting crystal properties, highlights representative high‐performance devices based on such crystals, and outlines key challenges and outlooks for advancing this approach toward high‐performance organic optoelectronics.
Authors
- Tingyi Yan
- Jiang Ke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-5583)
- Yi-Xiang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5246-5497)
- Yage Han
- Yuanzhuang Ren
- Qing Tian
- Xiujuan Zhang
- Lingyun Li
- Jiansheng Jie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2230-4289)
Institutions
- Macau University of Science and Technology (MO)
- Soochow University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Energy & environment materials
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/eem2.70392
- Primary Topic
- Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Nano and Soft Materials
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
- Fundo para o Desenvolvimento das Ciências e da Tecnologia
- Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project
- Jiangsu Association for Science and Technology