Project No.: 100671145
Almost everyone is familiar with OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes) today: they are used in high-quality televisions and smartphones and light up thanks to wafer-thin layers of organic semiconductors. In our research project funded by the Sächsische AufbauBank, we have chosen a special approach: We are developing blue emitters based on lanthanide complexes (for example, europium and cerium). These rare earths are not only durable and efficient, but are actually quite common in the earth's crust - which makes their use affordable and sustainable.
Over the course of the project, we have not only successfully finalised a first molecular structure class, but also discovered a second, completely novel series of compounds. Both are now rapidly moving us towards commercialisation. In addition, we have already synthesised over 300 previously unknown molecules and registered around ten patents. This shows impressively how much potential there is in these new materials.
The grant totalling EUR 2,235,635.41 is being provided from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and from tax revenue on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.
