DOE Science Showcase – Read about Energy-Efficient Lighting

From the DOE Press Release: "These investments in cutting-edge lighting technologies will support American innovation, create new manufacturing jobs for U.S. workers, and help ensure that the United States leads the world in this rapidly evolving industry," said Secretary Chu. "These next-generation lighting technologies have the potential to transform the way we light our homes and businesses and generate enormous energy and cost savings for families and businesses across the country."

From the Databases

Energy Citations Database

• DOE Solid-State Lighting in Higher Ed Facilities
• Semiconductor Nanocrystals-Based White Light Emitting Diodes
• Walmart Experimental Store Performance Stories: Preprint
• Laboratory Evaluation of LED T8 Replacement Lamp Products
• Self-activating and doped tantalate phosphors
• Novel Materials for HIgh Efficiency White Phosphorescent OLED

Information Bridge

• Multi-Year Program Plan FY'09-FY'15 Solid-State Lighting Research and Development
• Novel Smart Windows Based on Transparent Phosphorescent OLEDs
• Illuminating Solar Decathlon Homes: Exploring Next Generation Lighting Technology - Light Emitting Diodes
• Nanoengineering for solid-state lighting

Science.gov

• FAQ of Overview of Solid-State Lighting
• Solid-State Lighting: SSL Quality Advocates
• What would Edison do with solid state lighting?
• Human preference in tunable solid state lighting
• Design of new anchored p-dopants for high power efficiency OLEDs
• Fabrication of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Using Photosynthetic Pigments
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Science Cinema

• Science and the Energy Security Challenge: The Example of Solid-State Lighting

WorldWideScience.org

• Recent advances in conjugated polymers for light emitting devices
• Reducing environmental burdens of solid-state lighting through end-of-life design
• Solid state lighting: the development of a technology
• Science Bridge Award USA: Harnessing Materials for Energy

More information

• Solid-State Lighting Research Highlights
• Solid-State Lighting Patents Resulting from DOE-Funded Projects
• 2011 Solid-State Lighting Project Portfolio
• Next Generation Luminaires

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