New material could make LED light bulbs cheaper and easier to make.
Pervoskite is a material used to make solar cells as they are efficient at converting light to electricity. Now, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Ludwig-maximillions-Universtät in Munich have demonstrated a new application for perovskite materials, using them to make high brightness LED light bulbs.
The perovskites that were used to make the LED light bulbs were organometal halide perovskites, and contain a mixture of lead, carbon-based ions and halogen ions known as halides. These materials dissolve well in common solvents, and assemble to form perovskite crystals when dried they also require no heat or vacuum which makes them cheap and easy to make.
The first comercially available LED based perovskite could be available within 5 years.
One of the researchers at Cambridge University, Zhi-Kuang Tan, said:
It’s remarkable that this material can be easily turned to emit light in a variety of colours, which makes it extremely useful for colour displays, lighting and optical communication applications. This technology could provide a lot of value to the ever growing flat-panel display industry.
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Date: August 21, 2014
Tags: announcements led light technology
Researchers have discovered a new application for perovskite materials which could lead to cheaper LED light bulbs.
This is really a great news that LEDs became cheaper. We all know the usability and the advantages of LED products. So thanks for sharing such informative post.This is really a great news that LEDs became cheaper