Integrating Efficient Optical Gain in High‐Mobility Organic Semiconductors for Multifunctional Optoelectronic Applications

Abstract Simultaneously integrating efficient optical gain and high charge carrier mobility in organic semiconductors for multifunctional optoelectronic applications is challenging. Here, a new thiophene/phenylene derivative, 5,5′‐bis(2,2‐diphenylvinyl)‐bithiophene (BDPV2T), containing an appropriate butterfly molecular configuration in a π‐conjugated structure, is designed to achieve both solid‐state emission and charge transport properties. The prepared BDPV2T crystals exhibit excellent light‐emitting characteristics with a photoluminescence quantum yield of 30%, low light‐amplification threshold of 8 kW cm −2 , high optical net gain up to 70 cm −1 , and high charge carrier mobility up to 1 cm 2 V −1 s −1 in their J‐aggregate single crystals. These BDPV2T single crystal characteristics ensure their application potential for photodetectors, field‐effect transistors, and light‐emitting transistors. High optoelectronic performances are achieved with photoresponsivity of 2.0 × 10 3 A W −1 and light on/off ratio of 5.4 × 10 5 in photodetectors, and efficient ambipolar charge transport ( µ h : 0.14 cm 2 V −1 s −1 , µ e : 0.02 cm 2 V −1 s −1 ) and electroluminescence characteristics in light‐emitting transistors. The remarkably integrated optoelectronic properties of BDPV2T suggest it is a promising candidate for organic multifunctional and electrically pumped laser applications.