Invention of high efficiency Blue LEDs and the future of Solid State lighting - Prof. Shuji Nakamura, UCSB (2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics)
from Tuesday, January 10, 2017 7:30PM to Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:00PM
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Prof. Shuji Nakamura, UCSB and 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics In 1970's and 80’s, an efficient blue and green light-emitting diodes (LED) were the last missing elements for solid-state display and lighting technologies due to the lack of suitable materials. By that time, III-nitride alloys was regarded the least possible candidate due to various "impossible" difficulties. However, a series of unexpected breakthroughs in 1990's totally changed people's view angle. Finally, the first high efficient blue LEDs were invented and commercialized at the same time of 1993. Nowadays, III-nitride-based LEDs have become the most widely used light source in many applications. The LED light bulbs are more than ten times efficient than incandescent bulb, and they last for 50 years! At their current adoption rates, by 2020, LEDs can reduce the world’s need for electricity by the equivalent of nearly 60 nuclear power plants.
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