OLED100.eu an integrated research project, has brought together a consortium of experts from leading industry and academic organisations to accelerate the development of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technologies in Europe.
The project has received EUR12.5 million (around $16.5 million) funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme to form the technological basis for efficient OLED applications for the general lighting industry in Europe.

The OLED100.eu programme follows the successful OLLA (Organic LEDs for Lighting Applications) programme, which started in 2004 and concluded earlier this year (see OLLA project delivers final OLED milestone).

OLLA created the basis for organic lighting by developing white OLEDs with efficacies of 50.7 lm/W at an initial brightness of 1000 cd/m2 and with lifetimes well above 10,000 hours.

With OLED100.eu, Europe is continuing to invest in the development of organic lighting technologies and moving to specifications required for general lighting applications. The consortium will focus on five main goals:

• High power efficacy (100 lm/W)
• Long lifetime (100.000 h)
• Large area (100x100 cm2)
• Low-cost (100 Euro/m2)
• Measurement standardisation / application

http://www.oled100.eu
Furthermore, as a highly efficient light source, OLEDs have the potential to achieve substantial energy savings. This latest EU research consortium provides important support to ensure Europe plays a leading role in OLED technology.