Tuneable white-emitting LED needs no phosphor
Researchers in Saudi Arabia have demonstrated white light emission from a phosphor-less LED.
Generally, ‘white’ LEDs have a blue-emitting die topped with phosphors that convert some of that blue to broad-spectrum amber – which combined with the residual blue is seen by humans as cool white. Adding a red-emitting phosphor in the mix produces warm white LEDs.
Daisuke Iida, Kazuhiro Ohkawa, and their team at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have created at phosphor-free monolithic white-light LEDs using indium gallium nitride – the same combination normally used for blue LEDs.
The emission wavelength of InGaN depends on the relative content of the indium and gallium: Gallium nitride emits ultraviolet light, while adding indium shifts emission to longer wavelengths through the visible spectrum. However, for a number of reasons, pushing emission as far as red by adding a lot of indium is problematic.
GCC’s Best Completed Projects
December 18, 2020
MEED-GlobalData has revealed the winners of its 10th annual MEED Project Awards at an awards ceremony in Dubai. The awards celebrate the GCC’s best projects completed in 2018 and 2019.
25 organizations from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman were commended for their achievements across 19 unique categories – including Commercial Property Project of the Year, Digital Infrastructure Project of the Year, Healthcare Project of the Year and more – in delivering some of the GCC’s best projects, reiterating the efforts that the entire region is taking to develop projects that are strategically vital to the growth of the region, driving the GCC’s projects market forward.
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