12 Aug 2011

With particular emphasis on meeting performance and cost targets of products for year 2020, two US DOE funding opportunities contain projects across the SSL spectrum -– from LED substrate development to novel luminaire design to large-area OLEDs. 
 
The US Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the projects for the 8th Round of funding to support the advanced research, development and market adoption of solid-state lighting (SSL) technology.

The funding supports two existing DOE SSL R&D program areas for core technology research and product development in Round 8. The projects are designed to meet the goals spelled out in the March 2011 Multiyear Program Plan.

In the area of core research, projects will focus on applied research that fills technology gaps or provides enabling knowledge in critical areas. Projects are invited in four target areas including:

Emitter materials research

Down-converters

Novel OLED materials and structures

LED light extraction approaches.

The second program is focused on product development, applying basic or applied research to develop commercial viable devices, materials or systems. The DOE emphasizes that selected projects will have fully defined price, efficacy and other performance parameters needed for a successful product. Projects are invited in four areas including:

LED package architecture

Novel LED luminaire systems

Large-area OLEDs

OLEDs panel outcoupling.

The DOE, which provides further details on its website, has extended the application deadline for these projects to November 3, 2011.

In addition, under the core technology opportunity, the cost share requirement is waived for projects in which the prime recipient is a federal research center or national laboratory.

Furthermore, though the size of the 8th round of funding has not been revealed, in the 7th Round the DOE did award $4.3 million to core technology research, $3.6 million to product development and $6.9 million to manufacturing projects for a total of $14.8 million.

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