LighTimes: University of Florida Researchers Develop Way of Producing Low Cost Quantum dot-based LEDs

September 6, 2011…Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a way to manufacture quantum dot-based LEDs at a very low cost. The researchers explained their development in an article in the current online issue of the journal Nature Photonics. The article indicated that moving a QD LED from the lab to market is a step closer to reality thanks to a new manufacturing process pioneered by two research teams in UF?s department of materials science and engineering.

?Our work paves the way to manufacture efficient and stable quantum dot-based LEDs with really low cost, which is very important if we want to see wide-spread commercial use of these LEDs in large-area, full-color flat-panel displays or as solid-state lighting sources to replace the existing incandescent and fluorescent lights,? said Jiangeng Xue, the research leader and an associate professor of materials science and engineering??Manufacturing costs will be significantly reduced for these solution-processed devices, compared to the conventional way of making semiconductor LED devices.?

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