SummaryWhite light-emitting organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are high-performance light sources likely to play an important role in tackling the global energy crisis, while opening up new design possibilities for lighting applications.
Abstractwhite organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) are efficient light sources that are expected to play an important role in the world energy crisis and to provide in addition novel design possibilities for general lighting applications.
Keywordsmicro/nano electronics – lighting – conjugated organic materials – electroluminescence
Keywordsmicro/nano electronics – lighting – organic conjugated materials – electroluminescence
Key pointsField: Organic electronics
Degree of technology diffusion: Emergence | Growth | Maturity
Technologies involved : Organic light-emitting diodes
Applications: Display/lighting
Main French players: Microoled/CEA-LETI, Astron Fiamm Safety, IMS Bordeaux (L. Hirsch, G. Wantz), LCP Marseille (F. Dumur), Institut Lavoisier de Versailles (C. Mayer), Institut Charles Gerhardt in Montpellier (O. Dautel, P. Gerbier), LPICM Palaiseau (B. Geoffroy).
Competence centers: Groupement de recherche (GDR) in organic electronics
Manufacturers (non-French): Osram, Philips, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Verbatim, Konica Minolta, Siemens, Solvay, General Electric...
Other players worldwide :
Optoelectronic Components and Materials Group, University of Michigan, USA
Novaled AG, Dresden, Germany
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Germany
Department of Polymer chemistry in Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
Contact: Dr. Pascal Viville, Materia Nova