OLED R&D Projects

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DOE-funded OLED R&D projects tackle the science and technology challenges that stand in the way of achieving SSL Program targets for OLED efficacy, performance, and cost. All project selections align with the priorities and targets detailed in the SSL R&D Opportunities, updated annually with industry input.

Learn more about R&D challenges and testing opportunities to accelerate OLED technology advances, as well as DOE SSL Program Impacts and Research Highlights. Find an overview of all SSL projects that have been funded by DOE since 2000 in the SSL Project Portfolio, and details about the current OLED R&D projects below

Advanced Light Extraction Material for OLED Lighting

Lead Performer: Pixelligent Technologies – Baltimore, MD

Combining Fluorescence and Phosphorescence to Achieve Very Long Lifetime and Efficient White OLEDs

Lead Performer: University of Southern California

Commercialization of an Ultra-Thin, Bendable, High Efficacy OLED Light Engine

Lead Performer: Lead Performer: OLEDWorks, LLC – Rochester, NY

Dual Function OLED Transparent Electrode and Light Extraction Layer

Lead Performer: Solution Deposition Systems, Inc. – Goleta, CA

Eliminating Plasmon Losses in High-Efficiency White Organic Light Emitting Devices for Lighting Applications

Lead Performer: University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

Enhanced Light Extraction From Low-Cost White OLEDs (WOLEDs) Fabricated on Novel Patterned Substrate

Lead Performer: Iowa State University – Ames, IA

Enhanced Light Outcoupling from OLEDs Fabricated on Novel Low-Cost Patterned Plastic Substrates of Varying Periodicity

Lead Performer: Iowa State University – Ames, IA

From Deposition to Encapsulation: Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Organic Light Emitting Devices for Lighting

Lead Performer: University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

High Efficacy Bendable OLEDs Composing Flexible Glass, Printable Internal Extraction and Anode Layers and a Multi-Stack OLED Structure

Lead Performer: OLEDWorks, LLC – Rochester, NY

High Efficiency OLED Light Engine

Lead Performer: LED Specialists, Inc. – Holbrook, NY

Improved Light Extraction by Engineering Molecular Properties of Square Planar Phosphorescent Emissive Materials

Lead Performer: Arizona State University – Tempe, AZ

Improved Light Extraction for a 130 lm/W OLED Lighting Panel

Lead Performer: Pixelligent Technologies LLC – Baltimore, MD

Low Refractive Index OLEDs for Practical High Efficiency Outcoupling

Lead Performer: Pennsylvania State University – University Park, PA

Low-Cost Flexible Transparent Electrodes Based on Ag–ZTOF (Zn–Sn–O–F) Amorphous Composites through Inkjet Printing

Lead Performer: Hazen Research Inc. – Golden, CO

Manufacturable Corrugated Substrates for High Efficiency OLEDs

Lead Performer: North Carolina State University – Raleigh, NC

Mask-Free OLED Fabrication Process for Non-Tunable and Tunable White OLED Panels

Lead Performer: OLEDWorks

Microfluidic Printing of High Performance Microgrids for High Efficiency, Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diodes

Lead Performer: Electroninks Inc. – Austin, TX

Nanomaterials-Enabled Transparent Conductive Film

Lead Performer: InnoSense, LLC – Torrance, CA

Printed Anodes and Internal Extraction Layers on Flexible Glass to Create Cost-Effective High-Efficacy Bendable OLED Lighting Panels

Lead Performer: OLEDWorks, LLC – Rochester, NY

Roll-to-Roll Patterned Integrated Substrates for OLED Lighting

Lead Performer: Sinovia Technologies – San Carlos, CA

Stable White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Enabled by New Materials with Reduced Excited-State Lifetimes

Lead Performer: Georgia Institute of Technology

Transparent Conductive Anodes for Solid-State Lighting

Lead Performer: Tetramer Technologies, LLC – Atlanta, GA

Understanding, Predicting, and Mitigating Catastrophic Shorts for Improved OLED Lighting Panel Reliability

Lead Performer: Pennsylvania State University – State College, PA