Research progress of rubrene as an excellent multifunctional organic semiconductor

TL;DR

Rubrene is a highly promising organic semiconductor with significant recent advancements in electronic device applications, and ongoing research explores its photoelectric properties, preparation methods, and future challenges.

Contribution

This review summarizes recent progress in rubrene crystal preparation, applications in optoelectronic devices, and discusses future research directions and challenges.

Findings

Rubrene has achieved notable success in electronic device applications.

Recent research highlights advances in rubrene's photoelectric properties.

Future challenges include improving stability and scalability.

Abstract

Rubrene, a superstar in organic semiconductors, has achieved unprecedented achievements in the application of electronic devices, and research based on its various photoelectric properties is still in progress. In this review, we introduced the preparation of rubrene crystal, summarized the applications in organic optoelectronic devices with the latest research achievements based on rubrene semiconductors. An outlook of future research directions and challenges of rubrene semiconductor for applications is also provided.