Highly efficient lighting based on OLEDs

In recent years Dresden has evolved into a research center for organic materials and systems. In order to transfer the results to production further improvements in the production process and the establishment as well as the testing of first pilot-production lines are necessary. That is why a Center of Organic Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden (COMEDD) was founded at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS). COMEDD combines research and development workings for the production, integration and technology of organic devices. The mission of COMEDD is the customer and application specific research, development and pilot production of novel device concepts and production methods for vacuum deposited organic materials. The aim of this center is to be the European-wide leading production-related research and development center for organic semiconductors focussing on organic light-emitting diodes and vacuum technology. The center is supported by the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, the Free-State of Saxony, the German State as well as by the EU with additional investments of 25 millions Euros for its infrastructure.

Incandescent and fluorescent lamps are light sources with sophisticated production technology and functionality, which dominate the today’s general lighting technology. During the last decade the LEDs based on semiconductors have reached a development status, which is beyond its original functionality and application areas (indicator/status/signal lights and display technology). Compared to LEDs lighting based on organic light-emitting diodes is still in the development phase, but shows already a big potential for the light source of the future and will complement the LEDs as second important solid light source: an enormous growth market. Flexible or transparent OLEDs enables completely new lighting solutions. Inside the European project OLLA new highly efficient large area lighting modules for general lighting has been developed. The Fraunhofer IPMS will exhibit the latest results of OLLA: a white flat large area light source for direct illumination.