ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 27 --
Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK), a pioneer in Organic Light Emitting Diode
technology (OLED), has been awarded a $1.7 million two-year contract by the
United States Department of Energy (DOE) to develop key technologies and
processes for OLED lighting panels. During the Product Development phase of the
Solid State Lighting project, Kodak will develop an OLED luminaire that meets
Energy Star color and efficacy specifications and will address key areas of
manufacturing processes to reduce cost. Kodak’s Vapor Injection Source
Technology allows manufacturers to significantly reduce unit-manufacturing
costs, with high manufacturing throughput and material utilization that
initially exceeds 50%, and could be greater than 75% in future manufacturing
applications.
Earlier this year, the DOE recognized Kodak’s advances in OLED technology
for solid state lighting applications by presenting Kodak with an award for
excellence in project execution. Kodak exceeded the project efficacy target of
50 lm/W, developing an Energy Star color and efficacy compliant OLED that
delivers 56 lm/W, 10,000 hours life, color rendering index of 83.6, and a color
temperature of 4,000K. Kodak is committed to providing OLEDs that meet DOE
Energy Star color and efficacy specifications, which must be satisfied in order
to sell into the U.S. lighting market with the Energy Star Certificate. For a
lighting product to be successful, it must have an acceptable lifetime. For
this reason, Kodak has focused on both all-fluorescent and hybrid emitter
systems, which offer longer lifetimes than all-phosphorescent emitter
systems.
“OLED solid state lighting has tremendous potential to transform the future
of the lighting industry – enabling future lighting systems that are
significantly lower-cost and more energy-efficient,” said Dr. James Buntaine,
Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Kodak OLED Systems. “In our work
for the U.S. Department of Energy, the Kodak development team recently built
several devices that exceed the performance and energy consumption targets laid
out under the DOE Energy Star Program. As an OLED pioneer, Kodak is committed
to continued innovation and collaboration in this very promising area.”
About Kodak OLED
Technology
Kodak is enabling the OLED display and lighting industries in many ways,
through advanced architecture development, improved materials, and innovative
manufacturing processes. Kodak provides a wide range of advanced materials,
including hosts, dopants, transport, and injection materials. For example,
Kodak’s proprietary deep blue fluorescent dopant enables white formulations
with excellent CRI for lighting and outstanding color gamut for displays.
Pioneered by Kodak in the late 1970s, OLED technology and its practical
applications have generated more than 1,900 issued and pending Kodak patents
worldwide. Kodak OLED materials are available for sale to licensees of Eastman
Kodak Company’s OLED technology. For more information, please visit: www.kodak.com/go/displays.
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