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

Building Technologies Office – R&D Projects

Completed Organic Light Emitting Diode Projects

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

Building Technologies Office/NETL

Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Polymer OLEDs Based on Stable p-i-n Device Architecture

Add-Vision Inc.

Next Generation Hole Injection/Transport Nano-Composites for High-Efficiency OLED Development

Agiltron Inc.

Low Cost Transparent Conducting Nanoparticle Networks for OLED Electrodes

Argonne National Laboratory

Thin Film Packaging Solutions for High-Efficiency OLED Lighting Products

Dow Corning Corp.

OLED Lighting Device Architecture

Eastman Kodak

High-Efficiency, Illumination Quality White OLEDs for Lighting

General Electric Global Research

OLED Durability and Performance

General Electric Global Research

High-Efficiency Long Lifetime OLEDs with Stable Cathode Nanostructures

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

High-Quality Low-Cost Transparent Conductive Oxides

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Hybrid Nanoparticle/Organic Semiconductors for Efficient Solid-State Lighting

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Material and Device Designs for Practical Organic Lighting

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Low-Cost Nano-Engineered Transparent Electrodes for Highly Efficient OLED Lighting

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Polymer OLED White Light Development Program

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

High Stability Organic Molecular Dopants for Maximum Power Efficiency OLEDs

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Novel Organic Molecules for High-Efficiency Blue Organic ElectroLuminescence

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Novel High Work Function Transparent Conductive Oxides for Organic Solid-State Lighting Using Combinatorial Techniques

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Quantum Dot Light Enhancement Substrate for OLED Solid-State Lighting

QD Vision, Inc.

Cavity Light Emitting Diode for Durable, High Brightness and High-Efficiency Lighting Applications

SRI International

Development of High-Efficacy, Low-Cost Phosphorescent OLED Lighting Ceiling Luminaire System

Universal Display Corp.

Novel Low-Cost Organic Vapor Jet Printing of Striped High-Efficiency Phosphorescent OLEDs for White Lighting

Universal Display Corp.

Surface Plasmon Enhanced Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diodes

University of California, Santa Barbara

High-Efficiency Microcavity OLED Devices with Down-Conversion Phosphers

University of Florida

Multi-Faceted Scientific Strategies Toward Better SSL of Phosphorescent OLEDs

University of North Texas

Novel Materials for High-Efficiency White Phosphorescent OLEDs

University of Southern California

Small Business Innovation Research

Materials Degradation Analysis and Development to Enable Ultra Low Cost, Web-Processed White P-OLED (Phase I)

Add-Vision Inc.

Materials Degradation Analysis and Development to Enable Ultra Low-Cost, Web-Processed White P-OLED for SSL (Phase II)

Add-Vision Inc.

Enhancing Charge Injection and Device Integrity in Organic OLEDs (Phase I)

Agiltron Inc.

Enhancing Charge Injection and Device Integrity in Organic LEDs (Phase II)

Agiltron Inc.

Flexible Environmental Barrier Technology for OLEDs (Phase I)

Alameda Applied Sciences Corp.

High-Performance, Silicon Nanocrystal-Enhanced Organic Light Emitting Diodes for General Lighting (Phase I)

InnovaLight

New Stable Cathode Materials for OLEDs (Phase I)

International Technology Exchange

New Stable Cathode Materials for OLEDs (Phase II)

International Technology Exchange

Zinc Oxide-Based Light Emitting Diodes (Phase I)

Materials Modification Inc.

Zinc Oxide-Based Light Emitting Diodes (Phase II)

Materials Modification Inc.

New Solid-State Lighting Materials (Phase I)

Maxdem

New Solid-State Lighting Materials (Phase II)

Maxdem

Efficient Nanotube OLEDs (Phase I)

NanoTex Corp.

Highly Efficient Organic Light-Emitting Devices for General Illumination (Phase I)

Physical Optics Corp.

High Efficiency Organic Light Emitting Devices for General Illumination (Phase II)

Physical Optics Corp.

Polymer White Light Emitting Devices (Phase I)

Reveo

Polymer Composite Barrier System for Encapsulating LEDs (Phase I)

T/J Technologies Inc.

New Low Work Function, Transparent Electrodes for Robust Inverted-Design OLEDs

TDA Research, Inc.

Efficient Large Area WOLED Lighting (Phase II)

Universal Display Corp.

Enhanced Light Outcoupling in WOLEDs

Universal Display Corp.

High-Efficacy Phosphorescent SOLED Lighting (Phase II)

Universal Display Corp.

High-Efficiency White TOLED Devices for Lighting Applications (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

High-Efficiency White TOLED Devices for Lighting Applications (Phase II)

Universal Display Corp.

High Stability White SOLEDs (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

High-Efficiency White Phosphorescent OLEDs (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

High-Recombination Efficiency White Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Devices (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

High-Recombination Efficiency White Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Devices (Phase II)

Universal Display Corp.

Low-Voltage, High-Efficiency White Phosphorescent OLEDs for Lighting Applications (Phase II)

Universal Display Corp.

Monomer-Excimer Phosphorescent OLEDs for General Lighting (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

Novel High-Efficiency High CRI Phosphorescent OLED Lighting Containing Two Broad Emitters (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

Novel High-Performance OLED Sources (Phase II)

Universal Display Corp.

Novel Light Extraction Enhancements for White Phosphorescent OLEDs (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

Novel Light Extraction Enhancements for White Phosphorescent OLEDs (Phase II)

Universal Display Corp.

Novel Lower-Voltage OLEDs for High-Efficiency Lighting (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

Novel Plastic Substrates for Very High Efficiency OLED Lighting (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

Stable, Efficient, Large Area WOLED (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

White Illumination Sources Using Striped Phosphorescent OLEDs (Phase I)

Universal Display Corp.

WOLEDs Containing Two Broad Emitters (Phase II)

Universal Display Corp.