Emerging Markets for OLED and Printed Lighting

Abstract

In the past year, OLED makers, materials firms and others have become increasingly interested in new business opportunities that will be available as the result of OLED, phosphorescent and (to a lesser extent) carbon nanotube lighting. Interest in this new form of illumination is being driven by a number of factors ranging from its likely low power consumption to the fact that - unlike high-end displays - it can be built without any need for complex active matrix backplanes.

While the brightness, lifetimes and other performance factors for OLED and printed lighting are all still in need of improvement, this type of product is expected to find a large number of applications in areas as diverse as architectural lighting, general illumination, backlighting for LCD displays, signage, instrument panels, lighting for cars and aircraft, toys and games, and even clothing.

NanoMarkets is pleased to announce a new report that analyzes and quantifies the opportunities available in OLED and printed lighting. The report examines the factors driving the market as well as key trends in materials and manufacturing. The report analyzes the strategies of the main firms and research groups involved in this space as well as the likely commercial impact of various government funded projects in the U.S., Europe and Japan. In addition to discussing the devices themselves, this report also provides a NanoMarkets forecast broken out by technology platform and application area in volume and value terms.

This report is one of the first studies covering this important field and continues NanoMarkets ongoing research into printed electronics, OLEDs and LED lighting markets.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

• E.1 OLED Lighting
• E.2 OLED Displays and Lamps
• E.3 Lighting Metrics
• E.4 OLEDs vs ILEDs
• E.5 Market Analysis
• E.6 Players, Participants and Enablers
  • E.6.1 United States
  • E.6.2 Europe
  • E.6.3 Asia

Chapter One: Introduction

• 1.1 Background to this Report
• 1.2 Objective of this Report
• 1.3 Research Methodology of this Report
• 1.4 Plan of this Report

Chapter Two: Technology Trends

• 2.1 OLEDs
• 2.2 OLED Lighting: A Different Challenge
• 2.3 OLED Metrics
  • 2.3.1 Efficiency
  • 2.3.2 Lifetime and Differential Aging
  • 2.3.3 Color Quality
• 2.4 Manufacturing Issues
• 2.5 Flexibility
• 2.6 Alternative Technologies
  • 2.6.1 ILEDS
  • 2.6.2 OLEDs and ILEDs Head to Head
  • 2.6.3 Thick-Film Electroluminescent (EL) Lamps
  • 2.6.4 Carbon-Nanotube (CNT) Field-Emission Device (FED) Lamps

Chapter Three: Market Analysis

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Solid State Lighting
• 3.3 General Purpose Lighting
  • 3.3.1 The ILED Reality
  • 3.3.2 The OLED Vision
• 3.4. Architectural Lighting
• 3.5 Backlighting
  • 3.5.1 Introduction
  • 3.5.2 ILEDS Blaze the Backlight Trail
  • 3.5.3 The OLED Value Proposition
  • 3.5.4 Development Work
• 3.6 Signage
• 3.7 Industrial Lighting
• 3.8 Vehicular Lighting
• 3.9 Flexible Lighting
• 3.10 Novelty Lighting

Chapter Four: Project and Company Profiles

• 4.1 OLED Lighting Players, Enablers and Possible Participants
• 4.2 United States
  • 4.2.1 U. S. Department of Energy
  • 4.2.2 General Electric
  • 4.2.3 Universal Display Corp.
  • 4.2.4 Eastman Kodak Co.
  • 4.2.5 Add-Vision Inc.
  • 4.2.6 E. I. duPont Nemours & Co.
• 4.3 Europe
  • 4.3.1 OLLA
  • 4.3.2 Photonics21
  • 4.3.3. Other Euro Projects
  • 4.3.4 National Projects
  • 4.3.4.1 Germany
  • 4.3.4.2 U.K.
  • 4.3.5 Osram Opto Semiconductor
  • 4.3.6 Cambridge Display Technology
  • 4.3.7 Koninklijke (Royal) Philips Electronics N.V
  • 4.3.8 Novaled
• 4.4 Asia
  • 4.4.1 National programs
  • 4.4.2 Konica-Minolta
  • 4.4.3 Toppan Printing Company, Ltd.,
  • 4.4.4 Dai Nippon Printing
  • 4.4.5 Tokki Corp.
  • 4.4.6 Sumitomo Chemical Co.
  • 4.4.7 Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.

Chapter Five: Eight-Year Forecasts of Printed and Organic Lighting Markets

• 5.1 Forecasting Methodology Used in this Report
• 5.2 Forecast of Printed and Organic Lighting by Lighting Technology Type (Volume and Value)
  • 5.2.1 Signage
  • 5.2.2 Architectural Lighting
  • 5.2.3 Industrial Lighting
  • 5.2.4 Vehicular Lighting
  • 5.2.5 Flexible Lighting
  • 5.2.6 Novelty Lighting
  • 5.2.7 Backlighting
• 5.3 Forecast of Printed and Organic Lighting by Type if Manufacturing Used (Volume and Value)

Appendix A: Alphabet Soup: A Guide to the Acronyms

Appendix B: OLED Infrastructure Companies

Appendix C: DOE/EERE Awards for OLED Lighting