It is mainly used as an organic semiconductor in the fabrication of organic field effect transistors (OFETs) for a variety of applications such as implantable electronics, large-area sensitive catheters, and light emitting diodes (LEDs).
Dinaphtho[2,3-b:2′,3′-f]thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (DNTT) is a semiconducting polymer that has π-extended heteroarenes with six fused aromatic rings. It is a thermally stable crystal that has a hole mobility of 1 cm2V-1s-1 which can be used for a majority of electronic applications.