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OLED receives funding from Germany
Applied Materials, Merck KGaA and the Professor Wolfgang Kowalsky from TU-BS. contributed by the industry partners. The
Braunschweig University of Technology (TU- The total cost of the OLED project will grant (FKZ 13N10611) is part of the
BS) has announced that they have been amount to approximately €7.49 million, which BMBF’s “OLED 2 – Organic Light Emitting
awarded a grant by Germany’s Federal includes €3.26 million to be provided by the Diodes - Phase 2” initiative, which seeks to
Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) German Federal Ministry of Education and support OLED research and encourage
to develop processes to lower the cost of Research and €4.23 million to be OLED manufacturing in Germany.
manufacturing organic light-emitting diode
(OLED) lighting for general illumination
applications. Applied will spearhead the
three-year project, named Light InLine (LILi),
joining forces with Merck, a leading
manufacturer of high performance OLED
materials and TU-BS, an internationally
recognized center for OLED research. Work
on the LILi project will be centered at
Applied Materials’ advanced development
facility in Alzenau, Germany.
Fabricated on sheets of glass, OLED
lighting tiles can emit white light that is
brighter, more uniform and more energy
efficient than fluorescent light fixtures,
making them well-suited for ceiling lights in
homes and offices. While a number of
OLED products have been developed in
recent years, challenges such as limited GALLIUM NITRIDE
lifetime and high costs must be addressed
for the technology to be widely adopted.
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The LILi project aims to address these
challenges by developing large-area
manufacturing using organic materials and
FOR MICROWAVE
efficient device design.
OR LED DEVICES
“Solid state lighting is an important
component of an energy-efficient future,”
FROM 2-INCH TO MULTI 4-INCH WAFERS
said Dr. Mark Pinto, senior vice president,
corporate chief technology officer and
general manager of Applied’s Energy and
Innovative Reactors
Environmental Solutions Organization.
From research to production
“OLED technology aligns well with our
Flexibility in the nitrogen sources
equipment used for manufacturing flat panel
RF nitrogen plasma source
displays. We’ve already delivered a system
that is now in pilot manufacturing at a
Ammonia delivery module
leading European lighting manufacturer.
Full-Service Process Technology Center (PTC)
Through the LILi project, we expect to
Acompanies you to start up through growth
further optimize this technology to increase
demonstration and wafer characterization
the quality and drive down the cost for
OLED lighting applications.”
“Merck has a wealth of experience in
developing and scaling up the complex
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organic compounds that are essential for
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stable and cost-effective OLED
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manufacturing,” said Dr. Udo Heider, vice
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“Innovation in OLED technology is one of
the primary focuses of our institute,” said
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