along with display Innovative development and breakthrough of materials, consumer market for O LED display Interest is growing, as a new type of flexible flexible Display technology , OLED Is widely used in televisions, smart phones, tablet computers, signage display, smart wearable devices and other fields, its huge market space is gradually emerging. Coupled with China's panel companies have successively built OLED production lines, the current sixth-generation flexible BOE, Chengdu AMOLED The production line has been mass produced, Tianma Micro, Huaxing Optoelectronics, Hehui Optoelectronics Immediately thereafter, the Chinese OLED market became more attractive.
At present, major suppliers of OLED display materials include Merck, Idemitsu, Samsung, DuPont, Sumitomo, Corning, UDC, etc. Among them, Merck and Idemitsu have more than 70% market share of OLED materials, and have become the mainstream supplier of OLED upstream materials. .
As the OLED market is about to break out, Merck launched the new OLED Technology China Center in Shanghai Free Trade Zone on June 20th. This is another OLED technology center established after South Korea and Taiwan. It also shows that Merck insists on a customer-centric philosophy and shortens the time to market by working more closely with customers. Merck OLED Technology China Center is equipped with a series of high-end test equipment and dust-free clean environment to help customers efficiently evaluate OLED devices. Design and verification program reliability.
Previously, Merck and its partners have started a joint project to combine quantum materials in OLEDs as light sources and display elements to develop new optoelectronic devices with lower production costs, ultra-pure colors and higher energy efficiency. The total budget is 9.1 million euros, of which 5.5 million euros is funded from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for development monitor And lighting with quantum material.
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have extremely thin and efficient designs and can be applied to displays and produce high-quality images. ELQ-LEDs using quantum materials in OLEDs can achieve high color purity and high energy efficiency at low production costs. LEDs or even OLEDs have a stronger color intensity. The ELQ-LED project takes advantage of quantum materials as emitters, represents a systematic improvement of OLEDs, and offers great potential for synergies between OLEDs and quantum materials. At the same time it will be possible to reduce production costs and optimize chromatography.
In addition to Merck, OSRAM, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymers, University of Augsburg, Munich Ludwig Maximilian University and Oldenburg University participated in the project. In addition to research on quantum materials, partners plan to test and develop components, processes, transport materials and inks in a comprehensive manner.
It is reported that all parts of this project are printed out using 3D printing technology to save resources and costs in the production process. Currently, partners are testing the printed parts on the display and car taillights. The research project is planned for the summer of 2020. End.
Recently, Merck has also released new high-performance liquid crystal monomers under the Licristal brand: XtraBright, XtraBoost, and XtraBrilliant. The re-optimized liquid crystal material has excellent contrast and ultra-high reliability. As a leader in next-generation display materials, Merck offers a full range of display manufacturers Display product And solutions, while actively promoting the development of high performance liquid crystal, optical film materials, flexible display materials, quantum materials and other fields.
