Saturday, January 24, 2015

The Future Of Organic Led Lighting

By Enid Hinton


The hottest new gadgets and devices today continue to push consumer wants to new limits. This leads our technologists and scientists to innovate new technologies every day. It can be good and bad. Regardless, where there is a need there is a market for it. One of these technologies that is fresh on the consumer market is organic led lighting.

For starters, an LED is the acronym for light emitting diode. We have come a long way since Thomas Edison invented the first light bulb. The common LED has not only swept the market and is phasing out traditional lighting needs, but it is also more efficient in its function.

This technology is composed of a diode which is coated with chemicals that produce the visible light we see as a result of the concoction. One of the main chemicals used for this purpose is gallium nitride. That chemical mixed with a diode will produce the common white light most people are familiar with.

A semiconductor is what we can call the diode. Diodes only allow the flow of electricity to pass through in one direction. What this means is that if an alternating current, or AC, runs through a diode then it will transform into DC or direct current.

Now that it is understood how the basic LED works, it will be easier to comprehend how its traditional counterpart operates. The reason the OLED is better than its outdated brother is because it does not get hot. The traditional light emitting diode generates more heat than it does light. Although it gets nowhere nearly as hot as an incandescent light bulb, the efficiency is less than desired.

Using organic lights is better in almost every aspect. They are highly flexible and more compact. This allows for lighting film to be placed on thin pieces of plastic material. There is an organic substrate which is spread thinly onto a layer of glass material usually. This allows for the flow of electrons over the surface of the material and produces an efficient light source.

Even though it sounds great, there is one small drawback to this technology. It is expensive to produce the materials necessary to make these delicate devices. Very complex and high cost machines are needed to make sure the manufacturing process can go smoothly. The reason for this is that dust is an issue and if just a small particle went somewhere it was not supposed to, the flaw would be visible in the finished product.

Regardless, OLED technology is here to stay. It will only get cheaper to produce as time goes by. More scientists and inventors will innovate the technology and come to new conclusions and discoveries. This technology will become a part of most peoples lives in the developed nations within the next five years or so.

Instead of turning on lamps, we will be able to switch on an entire wall of light. Another way of using these organic light emitting diodes is through our morning newspaper. Electronic paper has already been invented and will end up becoming widely available to the average consumer. People will be able to hold it in their hands for more tactile feedback.




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