Universal Display Awarded DOE SBIR Phase II Contract for White OLED Lighting

Universal Display Corporation, announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the company a $999,963 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant. The goal of the program is to demonstrate further gains in the performance of large-area, phosphorescent organic light emitting device (PHOLED) lighting panels through enhanced thermal management techniques. This new program builds on the achievements demonstrated by Universal Display during the previous Phase I program.

Under this program, Universal Display will design and build large-area white OLED lighting panels using the company’s energy-efficient UniversalPHOLED technology and materials in conjunction with novel thermal management techniques. Lighting panels that use the company’s PHOLED technology and materials already generate far less heat than traditional OLEDs. Through the use of thermal management techniques, operating temperature can be further minimized to extend operating lifetime.

“We are very pleased to further our efforts in this area with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy, and we firmly believe that our UniversalPHOLED technologies and materials are critical to enabling energy-efficient, high-performance white OLED lighting,” said Steven V. Abramson, president and CEO of Universal Display. “Universal Display continues to build technology and design solutions that will provide lighting manufacturers with the right tools to develop high-value added OLED lighting products, as our technologies and materials have done for the display industry. We look forward to demonstrating the potential for efficient OLED lighting to meet U.S. DOE targets and accelerate the commercialization of OLED lighting.”