Organic EL lighting fascinating LED into the popularization stage

From 15 to April 2012 20, in Germany was held in Frankfurt international lighting and building technology exhibition "Light+Building 2012". There are 196 thousand people to visit the scene, an increase of about 7% over the previous year in 2010, the number of exhibitors increased by about 9%, a record of 2352. Display content for the next generation of lighting, the two main characters - LED and organic EL lighting is expected to be popular products and technologies. This article will introduce the latest trends in the lighting industry.

In April 2012 15 ~ 20 day held in the German Frankfurt international lighting and Building Technology Exhibition - the world's largest "Light+Building 2012", a new generation of lighting "two star" LED and organic EL light is always being talked about.

Lighting industry is rapidly upgrading". The current mainstream - the replacement of fluorescent lamps and incandescent bulbs into LED and organic EL and other new generation of lighting is now in full swing (Figure 1).

Figure 1 is a new generation of lighting

LED lighting gradually to the community, it is estimated that by 2016, "LED" ratio will reach 45% (a). The organic EL lighting to catch up with LED is expected to begin to spread in the form of design lighting before and after 2013 (B). (a) drawing in accordance with the data of the McKinsey Co, (b) drawing on the information of Sumitomo chemical

Lighting electricity consumption accounts for about 20% of the world's total electricity consumption. In addition to Japan in March 11, 2011 to take place in the East Japan earthquake as an opportunity to accelerate the pace of the adoption of LED lighting, environmental awareness of the European focus on reducing the lighting power consumption is also increasing.

Europe was originally very sensitive to the quality of the lighting area, in the current Light+Building, the company on the LED and organic EL lighting while improving energy efficiency and light of the high value-added direction of competition is becoming increasingly clear. Around the entire exhibition venue, although it is a sense of LED in the heyday of the content, but the lighting industry is eager to pay attention to the attention of the organic EL lighting.

The great charm of organic EL

Organic EL lighting has been in the research and development stage, but after entering in 2011, mainly to Japanese manufacturers, the company began a formal mass production. Although the development of luminous efficiency and brightness and other aspects of performance than LED behind a few years, but the face of this feature, lighting manufacturers and designers are very attractive.

Although as the main light source LED is currently in a leading position, but in the realization of high design space and other purposes, the organic EL lighting market in the future will likely form.

In fact, the person responsible for the production of organic EL panel manufacturers have said in unison: organic EL lighting business contact is amazing". For example, in its group of American Verbatim exhibition set up organic EL booth MITSUBISHI chemical said, "the preparation of the brochure soon finished, and then quickly to copy. The situation is completely different from two years ago (the company's electronic information division of the organic EL business room and SSLD business promotion room Marketing Manager Matsuoka Naoki).

60 color organic EL lighting

In this exhibition, in addition to many manufacturers have exhibited the use of organic EL panel, impressive lighting, the more specific use of the program has also made note 1). Among them, the two largest lighting companies in Europe, Holland Royal PHILPS electronics and German OSRAM, both in their own exhibition in a prominent position on the display of organic EL lighting (Figure 2).

Note 1) cost reduction problem about organic EL panel worrying, the person in charge of the German Tridonic company said, "the cost per square meter is 900 to 4500 dollars, but if we can achieve a certain scale of production, can be reduced to below 1/10, which is $90".

Figure 2 organic EL lighting programs have been released

In the Light+Building2012 meeting, the use of organic EL lighting new programs have been released. (a) for the PHILPS Pavilion, (b) for the OSRAM Pavilion, (c) for the Sumitomo chemical exhibition, (d) for the KANEKA exhibition situation.

PHILPS will be composed of 36 triangular organic EL panel into the group of lights, hanging on the ceiling of the 24. In addition, are reminiscent of the bar ceiling products etc.. OSRAM has released the use of hundreds of round organic EL panel spherical lighting system.

In Japan, Sumitomo chemical and KANEKA show a deep impression. Sumitomo chemical, in particular, has developed an organic EL panel of 60 colors, with a "Japanese tone - soft color" as the theme of the image of the teahouse set. Lighting designer Ishii Mikiko took part in the development of art director. Ueda Hiroshi, executive director of Sumitomo chemical, said in a review of the development process, "the Shijing teacher has said many times that" to taste elegant colors as the goal "".