U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Building Technologies Office – R&D Projects

Completed Light Emitting Diode Projects

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

Building Technologies Office/NETL

Blue/UV LEDs with Very High Photon Conversion and Extraction Efficiency for White Lighting

Boston University

Nanostructured High-Performance Ultraviolet and Blue LEDs

Brown University

Development of Advanced LED Phosphors by Spray-Based Processes for Solid-State Lighting Applications

Cabot Superior MicroPowders

Novel Heterostructure Designs for Increased Internal Quantum Efficiencies in Nitride LEDs

Carnegie Mellon University

Phosphor-Free Solid-State Lighting Sources

Cermet Inc.

An Integrated Solid-State LED Luminaire for General Lighting

Color Kinetics Inc.

Efficient White SSL Component for General Illumination

Cree Inc.

High-Efficiency LED Lamp for Solid-State Lighting

Cree Inc.

LED Chips and Packaging for 120 LPW SSL Component

Cree Inc.

Small-Area Array-Based LED Luminaire Design

Cree Inc.

White Light Emitting Diode Development for General Illumination Applications

Cree Inc.

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

Crystal IS Inc.

Quantum-Dot Light Emitting Diode

Eastman Kodak

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

General Electric Global Research

Phosphor Systems for Illumination Quality Solid State Lighting Products

General Electric Global Research

Novel Approaches to High-Efficiency III-V Nitride Heterostructure Emitters for Next-Generation Lighting Applications

Georgia Institute of Technology

Epitaxial Growth of GaN Based LED Structures on Sacrificial Substrates

Georgia Institute of Technology

High-Efficiency Non-Polar GaN-Based LEDs

Inlustra Corp.

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

Lehigh University

SCALING UP: KiloLumen Solid-State Lighting Exceeding 100 LPW via Remote Phosphor

Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC

Development of Key Technologies for White Lighting Based on LEDs

LumiLeds Lighting U.S., LLC

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

OSRAM SYLVANIA Development Inc.

White LED with High Package Extraction Efficiency

OSRAM SYLVANIA Product Inc.

An Efficient LED System-in-Module for General Lighting Applications

Philips Electronics North America Corp.

100 Lumens per Watt 800 Lumen Warm White LED for Illumination

Philips Lumileds Lighting, LLC

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

Development of Bulk Gallium Nitride Growth Technique for Low Defect Density Large Area Native Substrates

Sandia National Laboratories

Development of White LEDs Using Nanophosphor-InP Blends

Sandia National Laboratories

Improved InGaN Epitaxial Quality by Optimizing Growth Chemistry

Sandia National Laboratories

Improved InGaN Epitaxy Yield by Precise Temperature Measurement

Sandia National Laboratories

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

Sandia National Laboratories

Investigation of Surface Plasmon Mediated Emission From InGaN LEDs Using Nano-Patterned Films

Sandia National Laboratories

Nanostructural Engineering of Nitride Nucleation Layers for GaN Substrate Dislocation Reduction

Sandia National Laboratories

Nanowire Templated Lateral Epitaxial Growth of Low Dislocation Density GaN

Sandia National Laboratories

Novel ScGaN and YGaN Alloys for High Efficiency Light Emitters

Sandia National Laboratories

Ultrahigh-Efficiency Microcavity Photonic Crystal LEDs

Sandia National Laboratories

Ultra High p-Doping Materials Research for GaN Based Light Emitters

Technologies and Devices International

Development of White-Light Emitting Active Layers in Nitride-Based Heterostructures for Phosphorless Solid-State Lighting

University of California, San Diego

High-Efficiency Nitride-Based Photonic Crystal Light Sources

University of California, Santa Barbara

ZnO PN Junctions for Highly Efficient, Low-Cost Light Emitting Diodes

University of Florida

EE Science Initiative

Innovative Development of Next-Generation and Energy-Efficient Solid-State Light Sources for General Illumination

Georgia Institute of Technology

Development of Photonic-Crystal LEDs for Solid-State Lighting

Sandia National Laboratory

Improving the Efficiency of Solid-State Light Sources

University of California, San Diego

High-Efficiency Nitride-Based Solid-State Lighting

University of California, Santa Barbara

Development of UV-LED Phosphor Coatings for High-Efficiency Solid-State Lighting

University of Georgia

Small Business Innovation Research

Sintered Conductive Adhesives for HB-LED Thermal Management

Aguila Technologies Inc.

Thermal Management for High-Brightness LEDs

Aqwest

An Advanced Nanophosphor Technology for General Illumination (Phase I)

Boston Applied Technology

Ultraviolet LEDs for Solid-State Lighting

Cermet

Novel Active Layer Nanostructures for White Light Emitting Diodes (Phase I)

Dot Metrics Technologies

A Novel Growth Technique for Large Diameter A1N Single Crystals (Phase I)

Fairfield Crystal Technology, LLC

A Novel Growth Technique for Large Diameter A1N Single Crystals (Phase II)

Fairfield Crystal Technology, LLC

Development of Silicon Nanocrystals as High-Efficiency White Phosphors

InnovaLight

General Illumination Using Dye-Doped Polymer LEDs

Intelligent Optical Systems

Advanced Materials for Thermal Management in III-Nitride LEDS (Phase I)

K Technology Corp.

Gallium Nitride Substrates for Improved Solid-State Lighting

Kyma Technologies

Enhanced Optical Efficiency Package Incorporating Nanotechnology Based Downconverter and High Refractive Index Encapsulant for AlInGaN High Flux White LED Lamp with High Luminous Efficiency LED Phosphor Performance (Phase I)

Nanocrystals Technology

Improved Light Extraction Efficiencies of White pc-LEDs for SSL by Using Non-Toxic, Non-Scattering, Bright, and Stable Doped ZnSe Quantum Dot Nanophosphors (Phase I)

Nanomaterials & Nanofabrication Laboratories (NN-Labs, LLC)

High-Efficiency Nanocomposite White Light Phosphors (Phase I)

Nanosys Inc.

High-Efficiency Nanocomposite White Light Phosphors (Phase II)

Nanosys Inc.

New, Efficient Nano-Phase Materials for Blue and Deep Green Light Emitting Diodes (Phase I)

Nomadics

Efficient Hybrid Phosphors for Blue Solid-State LEDs

PhosphorTech Corp.

High-Extraction Luminescent Material Structures for Solid-State Light Emitting Diodes (Phase I)

PhosphorTech Corp.

Manufacturing Process for Novel State Lighting Phosphors (Phase I)

PhosphorTech Corp.

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

Physical Optics Corp.

Microporous Alumina Confined Nanowire Inorganic Phosphor Film for Solid-State Lighting (Phase I)

Physical Optics Corp.

Sliding Mode Pulsed Current IC Drivers for High Brightness Light Emitting Diodes

SynDiTec Inc.

Novel Low-Cost Technology for Solid-State Lighting (Phase I)

Technologies and Devices International

Novel Low-Cost Technology for Solid-State Lighting (Phase II)

Technologies and Devices International

High-Efficiency ZnO-Based LEDs on Conductive ZnO Substrates for General Illumination (Phase I)

ZN Technology