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Current Light Emitting Diode Projects

The following list of current light emitting diode projects is organized alphabetically by funding source and performing organization.

Building Technologies Program/NETL

Core Technology II

Epitaxial Growth of GaN Based LED Structures on Sacrificial Substrates

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Georgia Institute of Technology

Low-Cost Substrates for High-Performance Nanorod Array LEDs 

Purdue University

High-Performance Green LEDs by Homoepitaxial MOVPE 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Photoluminescent Nanofibers for High-Efficiency Solid-State Lighting Phosphors 

Research Triangle Institute

Innovative Strain-Engineered InGaN Materials of High Efficiency Deep-Green Light Emission 

Sandia National Laboratories

High-Efficiency Nitride-Based Photonic Crystal Light Sources 

University of California, Santa Barbara

Product Development II

An Integrated Solid-State LED Luminaire for General Lighting  

Color Kinetics Inc.

Phosphor Systems for Illumination Quality Solid State Lighting Products

General Electric Global Research

Core Technology III

Novel Heterostructure Designs for Increased Internal Quantum Efficiencies in Nitride LEDs

Carnegie Mellon University

High-Efficiency Non-Polar GaN-Based LEDs 

Inlustra Corp.

Improved InGaN Epitaxial Quality by Optimizing Growth Chemistry

Sandia National Laboratories

Multicolor, High-Efficiency, Nanotextures LEDs

Yale University

Product Development III

LED Chips and Packaging for 120 LPW SSL Component  

Cree Inc.

Core Technology IV

GaN-Ready Aluminum Nitride Substrates for Cost-Effective, Very Low Dislocation Density III-Nitride LEDs

Crystal IS Inc.

Fundamental Studies of Higher Efficiency III-N LEDs for High-Efficiency High-Power Solid-State Lighting

Georgia Institute of Technology

High Extraction Luminescent Materials for Solid-State Lighting

Phosphortech Corp.

Novel Defect Spectroscopy of InGaN Materials for Improved Green LEDs  

Sandia National Laboratories

Product Development IV

Efficient White SSL Component for General Illumination

Cree Inc.

Affordable High-Efficiency Solid-State Downlight Luminaires with Novel Cooling

General Electric Global Research

Enhancement of Radiative Efficiency with Staggered InGaN Quantum Well Light Emitting Diodes

Lehigh University

High-Quality Down Lighting Luminaire with 73% Overall System Efficiency

OSRAM SYLVANIA Development Inc.

100 Lumens per Watt 800 Lumen Warm White LED for Illumination

Philips Lumileds Lighting, LLC

   

Small Business Innovation Research

Sintered Conductive Adhesives for HB-LED Thermal Management

Aguila Technologies Inc.

Thermal Management for High-Brightness LEDs

Aqwest

Built-In Electrofluidic Thermo-Management of Solid-State Illumination Arrays

Physical Optics Corp.