The US DoE announced it selected nine new SSL projects which will receive $10.5 million in funding (including the cost-share contribution, the a total of $13.7). Four of these one- to two-years projects are OLED projects (the rest are related to LEDs). The DoE did not disclose the exact amount given to each project.
OLEDWorks‘ project is titled “High-Performance OLED Panel and Luminaire”. The company will develop low-cost OLED electrode structure and panel light extraction technologies. Using a system approach to determine the best component combination, OLEDWorks hopes to develop and integrate the cost effective manufacturing technologies necessary to achieve the DoE’s performance and cost targets, demonstrated on a large scale. Read more.