The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has given a reward of $99,927 SBIR Phase I contract to Universal Display Corporation. So Universal Display plans to increase white phosphorescent OLED lighting efficacy to meet Energy Star criteria.
According to this plan, titled "Novel Optical Enhancement for Thin Phosphorescent OLED Lighting Panels," Universal Display will employ a novel outcoupling technique that performs as well as thicker treatments, such as macro-extractors or outcoupling blocks, but is significantly thinner. And this white PHOLED lighting panel may improve the lighting panel efficacy results by over 25% and demonstrate a desirable path to meet the Energy Star Category B criteria for solid state lighting.