Lead Performer: Columbia University – New York, NY
DOE Total Funding: $1,014,798
Cost Share: $257,534
Project Term: September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2018
Funding Opportunity: SSL R&D Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) (DE-FOA-0001364)
Project Objective
This project will use an inexpensive and widely tunable library of quantum dot (QD) synthesis reagents along with automated high-throughput synthesis and analysis tools to grade the alloy composition of QD heterostructures, in order to provide stable and efficient narrow-band red down-converters for LEDs.
Project Impact
Quantum dots found their first commercial application with SSL and still hold promise for improving LED efficacy by reducing, through narrow-band emission, the amount of light that gets wasted outside the visible range. They also enable color-tunability and improved stability.
Contacts
DOE Technology Manager: Jim Brodrick
Lead Performer: Columbia University