Solarmer Energy and University of Chicago: Plastic Solar Cells

Solarmer Energy Inc., founded in 2006 to commercialise polymer solar cell technology developed by the Yang Yang group at UCLA, are using a new semiconducting material (”PTB1″) invented by University of Chicago chemists.

The University licensed the patent rights to the technology to Solarmer last September. The license covers several polymers under development in Yu’s [...]

Ciba develops long-lifetime phosphorescent material for Novaled’s OLED technology

From the press release:
Ciba has developed a deep red phosphorescent OLED emitter that functions optimally in combination with the Novaled PIN OLED™ technology, delivering a lifetime of 50,000 hours at an initial brightness of 1,000 cd/m2. The new material supports the market trend toward high-performance, low-voltage OLED devices for display and lighting applications.

“We want to [...]

Solvay and Thinfilm sign joint development agreement

Solvay, through their specialty polymer subsidiary Solvay Solexis, and Thin Film Electronics have announced plans to jointly develop materials for printed memory applications.

The joint development agreement will build on Thinfilm’s intellectual property for soluble memory materials, as well as extend Solvay’s intellectual property for functional polymer materials. Under the agreement, Solvay Solexis could acquire certain [...]

Novaled Ramping up Manufacturing and Testing

Novaled is reinforcing its production of samples to better respond on the increasing customer requests. Additional Manufacturing and Testing capacities will be installed in Novaled’s clean rooms in Dresden, Germany within this year.
“We just recruited new production staff to be able to operate our equipment 24 hours a day seven days a week” says Kai [...]