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High Efficiency OLEDs for Lighting Applications

Completing the Solid State Lighting Portfolio

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Applications of Organic and Printed Electronics

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Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) technology is developing as a promising option for large area lighting applications, with basic properties such as efficiency, color stability and lifetime which approach or even exceed those of conventional lighting and inorganic LED technology and with various interesting additional complementing features. In this Chapter, an introduction is given on the development of OLED technology for lighting applications. We discuss the working principles of efficient white multilayer OLEDs, the factors which determine the efficiency, several key elements of the fabrication technology including encapsulation methods, and the state-of-the-art as realized in various institutes and companies.

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The authors wish to thank P. van de Weijer and S. Grabowski for useful comments. This research has received funding from the European Community’s Program No. FP7–213708 (AEVIOM, contribution R.C.).

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  1. Philips Research Laboratories, High Tech Campus 4, 5656, AE, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Reinder Coehoorn & Coen Verschuren

  2. Philips Research Laboratories, Weisshausstrasse 2, D-52066, Aachen, Germany

    Volker van Elsbergen

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Coehoorn, R., van Elsbergen, V., Verschuren, C. (2013). High Efficiency OLEDs for Lighting Applications. In: Cantatore, E. (eds) Applications of Organic and Printed Electronics. Integrated Circuits and Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3160-2_4

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