Used primarily in organic electronics and photovoltaic research due to its strong light-emitting and electron-donating properties. Its extended aromatic structure and methoxy substitutions enhance stability and charge transport, making it suitable for use in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and as a sensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells. Also explored in fluorescence-based sensors and as a model compound in photochemical studies because of its high quantum yield and tunable emission under UV excitation.