New SBIR Phase II Grants Awarded for SSL Technology
Two solid-state lighting projects were among the 78 recipients of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)-Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II grants announced this week by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science and Basic Energy Sciences.
SBIR Phase II grants—awarded to successful SBIR Phase I Release 1 recipients—are each worth about $1 million, and their duration is 24 months. The Phase II recipients working on SSL are:
- Lumisyn (Rochester, NY), selected for its advanced synthesis of compositionally novel nanocrystals that will maintain high efficiency simultaneously at high temperatures and optical flux.
- PhosphorTech (Kennesaw, GA), selected to maximize the luminous efficacy of a phosphor down-converting LED system using a combination of high-quantum-yield red phosphors, surface plasmon resonance, and enhanced light-extraction efficiency, which is expected to yield more than a 42% improvement in efficacy while significantly reducing the amount of phosphor material.
To learn more about these awards, visit the DOE website.
The SBIR-STTR program within the DOE Office of Science seeks to increase the participation of small businesses in federally sponsored innovative and novel research and development. To learn more about this program, visit https://science.energy.gov/sbir/.
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