LEDs & OLEDs

Technologies | Research | LEDs | Perovskite | Light Generation | Nov 22, 2018
Researchers Push Perovskite LEDs' Efficiency To Rivaling Best OLEDs
Researchers Push Perovskite LEDs' Efficiency To Rivaling Best OLEDs Compared to OLEDs, which are widely used in high-end consumer electronics, the perovskite-based LEDs, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, can be made at much lower costs, and can be tuned to emit light across the visible and near-infrared spectra with high colour purity. Now, researchers have set a new efficiency record for LEDs based on perovskite semiconductors, rivalling that of the best Organic LEDs (OLEDs). Read more »
Technologies | Research | LEDs | Light Conversion | IR-LEDs | Quantum Dots | Dec 13, 2018
Colloidal Quantum Dots Make LEDs Shine Bright in the Infrared
Colloidal Quantum Dots Make LEDs Shine Bright in the Infrared ICFO researchers report on the development of a colloidal quantum-dot light emitting diode with unprecedented quantum and power conversion efficiencies in the infrared range. The ideal optoelectronic semiconductor material should be a strong light emitter i.e. should emit light very efficiently upon optical excitation as well as be an efficient charge conductor to allow for electrical injection in devices. These two conditions when met can lead to highly efficient light emitting diodes as well as to solar cells with the possibility to approach the Shockley-Queisser limit. Until now the materials that have come close to meeting these conditions have been based on epitaxially-grown costly III-V semiconductors that cannot be monolithically integrated to CMOS electronics. Read more »
Technologies | Research | Solid State Lighting | Light Generation | Perovskite | Jan 25, 2019
The Possible Future of Lighting - Paint-On Semiconductors from Ornate Quantum Physics
The Possible Future of Lighting - Paint-On Semiconductors from Ornate Quantum Physics LED lights and monitors, and quality solar panels were born of a revolution in semiconductors that efficiently convert energy to light or vice versa. Now, next-generation semiconducting materials are on the horizon, and in a new study, researchers have uncovered eccentric physics behind their potential to transform lighting technology and photovoltaics yet again. Read more »
Technologies | Light Conversion | Phosphors | White LEDs | Apr 24, 2019
Energy-Saving New Red LED Phosphor Developed at University of Innsbruck
Energy-Saving New Red LED Phosphor Developed at University of Innsbruck The human eye is particularly sensitive to green, but less sensitive to blue and red. Chemists led by Hubert Huppertz have now developed a new red phosphor whose light is well perceived by the eye. This increases the light yield of white LEDs by around one sixth, which can significantly improve the energy efficiency of lighting systems. Read more »
Technologies | LEDs | Monolythic RGB LEDs | Color-Tuning | May 02, 2019
Controlling Current, Duty Cycle and Pulses Allows Color Tuning in Monolithic GaN LEDs
Controlling Current, Duty Cycle and Pulses Allows Color Tuning in Monolithic GaN LEDs A new technique - the result of an international collaboration of scientists from Lehigh University, West Chester University, Osaka University and the University of Amsterdam - could pave the way for monolithic integration for simple color tuning of a light bulb, according to Volkmar Dierolf, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Lehigh's Department of Physics who worked on the project. Read more »
LEDs | Solar Systems | Technologies | Jun 04, 2019
Organic Solar Cells and Light-emitting Diodes United
Organic Solar Cells and Light-emitting Diodes United In the past 25 years of research on organic semiconductors, it was thought that organic solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) could not be combined in a single device. A team of physicists headed by Prof. Koen Vandewal from Technische Universität Dresden has now succeeded in manufacturing an organic solar cell that simultaneously functions as an efficient OLED. Their findings were recently published in the internationally renowned journal Nature Materials. Read more »
Technologies | Research | OLEDs | Perovskite | Light Generation | Light Sources | Aug 06, 2019
High Performance from Extraordinarily Thick Organic Light Emitting Diodes with Perovskite Layers
High Performance from Extraordinarily Thick Organic Light Emitting Diodes with Perovskite Layers By combining thin organic layers with thick layers of hybrid perovskite, researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have developed micrometer-thick organic light-emitting diodes that could improve the affordability and viewing angles of high-performance displays and televisions in the near future. Read more »
Technologies | Research | Flexible OLEDs | Automotive | Special Applications | Sep 17, 2019
Fraunhofer Shows Modular OLED Light Strips
Fraunhofer Shows Modular OLED Light Strips At the International Symposium on Automotive Lighting 2019 (ISAL) in Darmstadt from September 23 to 25, 2019, the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP, a provider of research and development services in the field of organic electronics, will present OLED light strips of any length with additional functionalities for the first time at booth no. 37. Read more »
Technologies | Light Generation | Light Extraction | LEDs | Flip-Chip LED | SSL-Research | Oct 25, 2019
Chinese Researchers Propose Method to Overcome Low Efficiency of High-Power Flip-Chip LEDs
Chinese Researchers Propose Method to Overcome Low Efficiency of High-Power Flip-Chip LEDs Chinese scientists from different research centers recently published a co-authored paper on "Highly Efficient GaN-based High-Power Flip-Chip LEDs" in Optics Express Vol. 27, Issue 12, pp. A669-A692 (2019)under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement. High-power flip-chip light-emitting diodes (FCLEDs) suffer from low efficiencies because of poor p-type reflective ohmic contact and severe current crowding, they propose an improvement by using an Ag film. Read more »
Technologies | Micro-LEDs | LED Modules | Systems | Automotive | Dec 03, 2019
Hella Announces Development of High-Resolution Lighting System Digital Light SSL|HD
Hella Announces Development of High-Resolution Lighting System Digital Light SSL|HD With the new high-resolution lighting system "Digital Light SSL|HD", the lighting and electronics expert HELLA is making a further significant contribution to greater safety and comfort in road traffic. With this lighting technology, more than 30,000 pixels can be controlled intelligently and individually, thus bringing about numerous new safety functions like optical lane markings. Furthermore, original equipment manufacturers and end customers can use SSL|HD technology to implement and experience further options allowing enhanced individualisation, such as coming and leaving home animations as well as communication functions. Read more »
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