2018 Solid-State Lighting Project Portfolio
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2018 Solid-State Lighting Project Portfolio January 2018 2018 DOE Solid-State Lighting Project Portfolio (This page intentionally left blank) 2018 DOE Solid-State Lighting Project Portfolio Executive Summary The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) partners with businesses, universities, and national laboratories to accelerate improvements in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology. These collaborative, cost-shared efforts focus on developing highly energy-efficient, low cost, white light sources for general illumination. DOE supports SSL research for both light-emitting diode (LED) and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technologies. In 2017, the DOE focused on the following key research and development (R&D) areas: For LEDs: Emitter Materials Down-Converters Physiological Responses to Light Encapsulation Materials Advanced Luminaires Power Supplies Flexible Luminaire Manufacturing For OLEDs: Materials Research Light Extraction Luminaire Development Improved Manufacturing Technologies Manufacturing on Flexible Substrates These priority areas are updated annually through the DOE’s strategic planning process, which provides forward looking plans for the upcoming year. The output of this process, the SSL R&D Plan (previously the Multi-Year Program Plan, and the Manufacturing R&D Roadmap), provides more background on how priorities were selected for 2017. This document, the 2018 Solid-State Lighting Project Portfolio, provides an overview of all SSL projects that have been funded by DOE since 2000. Projects that were active during 2017 are found in the main body of this report, and all historic projects can be found in the appendix. Within these sections, project profiles are sorted by technology type (i.e., LED or OLED) and then by performer name. A profile is provided on each project. Each profile includes a brief technical description, as well as information about project partners, funding, and the research period. This report is updated annually, although the research described in the Portfolio changes periodically as new projects are initiated and existing ones are concluded. i 2018 DOE Solid-State Lighting Project Portfolio Prepared by Navigant Consulting, Inc. January 2018 ii 2018 DOE Solid-State Lighting Project Portfolio Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................ i DOE Funded SSL Projects Active During 2017 ............................................................................................ 1 LED . .......................................................................................................................................... 2 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ........................................................................................................................... 2 Graded Alloy Quantum Dots for Energy Efficient Solid State Lighting ................................................................................ 2 CREE, INC. ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 High-Efficacy, Multi-Functional SSL Platform ..................................................................................................................... 3 Materials and Designs for High-Efficacy LED Light Engines ............................................................................................... 4 EIE MATERIALS, INC. ................................................................................................................................. 5 Narrow Emitting Red Phosphors for Improving pcLED Efficacy .......................................................................................... 5 GE GLOBAL RESEARCH ............................................................................................................................. 6 Highly Integrated Modular LED Luminaire ........................................................................................................................... 6 INNOSYS, INC. .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Lowering Barriers to Intelligent SSL Adoption through a Combination of a Next Generation Installation/Configuration Software Platform and a Novel Luminaire (Phase I) .............................................................................................................. 7 LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY .............................................................................................. 8 Next-Generation ‘Giant’ Quantum Dots: Performance-Engineered for Lighting ................................................................... 8 LUCENT OPTICS, INC. ................................................................................................................................. 9 Ultra-Thin Flexible LED Lighting Panels (Phase I) ............................................................................................................... 9 Ultra-Thin Flexible LED Lighting Panel (Phase II) ............................................................................................................. 10 LUMILEDS, LLC ......................................................................................................................................... 11 High-Efficacy High-Power LED for Directional Applications ............................................................................................ 11 Improved InGaN LED System Efficacy and Cost via Droop Reduction .............................................................................. 12 Improved Radiative Recombination in AlGaInP LEDs ........................................................................................................ 13 LUMISYN, LLC ........................................................................................................................................... 14 High Performance Nanocrystals in Silicones (Phase I) ........................................................................................................ 14 LED Downconverter Phosphor Chips Containing Nanocrystals (Phase I) ........................................................................... 15 Nanocrystal-Based Phosphors with Enhanced Lifetime Stability (Phase II) ........................................................................ 16 Tunable Nanocrystal-based Phosphors with Reduced Spectral Widths (Phase II) ............................................................... 17 MICROLINK DEVICES, INC. ..................................................................................................................... 18 AlxIn1-xP LEDs with II-VI Cladding Layers for Efficient Red and Amber Emission (Phase I) ........................................... 18 MOJO LABS, INC. ....................................................................................................................................... 19 Daylighting Digital Dimmer (Phase II) ................................................................................................................................ 19 PHILIPS LIGHTING NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION ..................................................................... 20 Innovative Office Lighting System with Integrated Spectrally Adaptive Control ................................................................ 20 Innovative Patient Room Lighting System with Integrated Spectrally Adaptive Control .................................................... 21 PHOSPHORTECH CORPORATION .......................................................................................................... 22 Hybrid Down-Converting Structures for Solid State Lighting (Phase II) ............................................................................. 22 Plasmonic-enhanced High Light Extraction Phosphor Sheets for SSL (Phase II) ................................................................ 23 RTI INTERNATIONAL ............................................................................................................................... 24 Luminaires for Advanced Lighting in Education ................................................................................................................. 24 System Reliability Model for SSL Luminaires..................................................................................................................... 25 SC SOLUTIONS, INC. ................................................................................................................................. 26 Radiation-assisted MOCVD Heating for Improved Within-wafer Temperature Uniformity in LED Manufacturing (Phase I) ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO ........................................................................................ 27 Novel Lighting Strategies for Circadian and Sleep Health in Shift Work Applications ....................................................... 27 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA ............................................................................ 28 High Performance Green LEDs for Solid State Lighting ....................................................................................................