Japan-based Nippon Shokubai, established in 1941, is a chemical producer and supplier. The company offers many materials, and say that it is the world leader (by market share) of superabsorbent polymers.
Nippon Shokubai is developing its own OLED lighting panel product, branded as iOLED.
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OLED lighting - will automotive applications enable a mass market for OLED lighting panels?
OLED has a lot of promise as a lighting technology: OLED technology enables uniform, high-quality area lighting devices. In this article, we will explore the history and current status of the industry, and see whether the automotive industry can finally enable a real OLED lighting market.
Article outline:
- An introduction to OLED lighting
- OLED lighting history – the early years and disappointments
- Automotive OLED lighting – history and current status
- Automotive OLED lighting producers
- Will the automotive market enable a mass OLED lighting market?
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OLED lighting - always look on the bright side
Nippon Shokubai demonstrate its latest OLED lighting panels
Japan-based Nippon Shokubai announced that its OLED lighting panels will be used in an upcoming textile exhibition in Japan. The company's fiber-type OLED lighting panels will be woven into a fabric, as can be seen in the video below:
Nippon Shokubai is developing OLED lighting panels under the iOLED brand. Its panels are very flexible and are only 0.07 mm thick. The company developed two panel types: a red panel which features a brightness of 5,000 cd/m2, EQE of 29% and >10,000 LT50 (@ 1,000 cd/m2) and a green panel that features a brightness of 7,000 cd/m2, EQE of 23% and >10,000 LT50 (@ 1,000 cd/m2) .
