Nano-Researchers Developing Next Generation of Energy Efficient LEDs

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Researchers at West Virginia University (WVU), United States, are on the quest to develop the next generation of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting that will be more efficient than anything now on the commercial market. Associate professor Dimitris Korakakis says that while clean coal technology, biomass energy generation, solar panels and wind turbines are taking center stage in the public's perception of major energy research, lighting can also have a major impact on saving energy. The team's work has led to the signing of a memorandum of understanding between WVU and IC INOVA, a Japanese company, and a grant to support their work. The WVU research focuses on the manipulation of subatomic particles and electron holes as part of the solid state LED process. According to Korakakis, current LED lighting results in only about 50 percent of consumed power coming out as light, and "[W]e are working toward the goal of getting those numbers into the range of 60 to 80 percent. It is research to increase the light extraction efficiency rate." IC INOVA USA is looking forward to commercializing the new LED technology resulting from this research. The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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our team contact us site map	Nano-Researchers Developing Next Generation of Energy Efficient LEDs Summary posted by Meridian on 6/4/2009 Source: AZoNano Author: n/a Researchers at West Virginia University (WVU), United States, are on the quest to develop the next generation of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting that will be more efficient than anything now on the commercial market. Associate professor Dimitris Korakakis says that while clean coal technology, biomass energy generation, solar panels and wind turbines are taking center stage in the public's perception of major energy research, lighting can also have a major impact on saving energy. The team's work has led to the signing of a memorandum of understanding between WVU and IC INOVA, a Japanese company, and a grant to support their work. The WVU research focuses on the manipulation of subatomic particles and electron holes as part of the solid state LED process. According to Korakakis, current LED lighting results in only about 50 percent of consumed power coming out as light, and "[W]e are working toward the goal of getting those numbers into the range of 60 to 80 percent. It is research to increase the light extraction efficiency rate." IC INOVA USA is looking forward to commercializing the new LED technology resulting from this research. The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=11860 As tagged by Meridian Institute: Energy: Energy, Climate Change Implications: Human Enhancement, Economic Competitiveness Materials And Manufacturing: Manufacturing Nanomaterials: Metal Nanoparticle Regions: North America, East and South Asia and the Pacific Stakeholders: Government, Industry, Academia Minerals And Metals: Metals Related Forums: Materials and Manufacturing Metals and Minerals Economic Competitiveness print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Nanotechnology Quintuples Heating Capacity of Solar Water Heaters -- Renewable Energy Magazine (9/1/2010) Researchers at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, have developed a solar heating system that uses nanotechnology to heat water to five times the temperature of a conventional system, while also permitting the collector surface area to retain up to 98 percent of heat from solar radiation. [More] Pakistan's Science Minister Attacks Funding Cuts -- SciDev.Net (9/1/2010) The Pakistan government has cuts its funds for the Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology's 2010-2011 budget by almost half, causing the science minister, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, to criticize his own government. [More] Nanotechnology: Small wonders -- Nature (9/1/2010) This article takes an in-depth look at the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)'s first 10 years - to find out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next. [More] Nanotech on Farmers' Fields -- Silicon Nutrition (8/31/2010) A plant nutrition study that addresses nano-sized plant nutrients is now available from the Landbouwkundige Uitgeverij G.C. van den Berg (Veenendaal, The Netherlands). [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.