OLED has recently become the protagonist, and new production technology is expected to reduce the manufacturing cost of OLED,
also known as organic light-emitting semiconductor, is generally considered to be the next generation of mainstream display technology because of its self-luminescence, infinitely high contrast, wide viewing angle, low power consumption, and extremely fast response speed. It is worth mentioning that in addition to its excellent picture quality, OLED can also achieve flexible appearance design that is curled, transparent, foldable, and thin. As of 2018, the market size of China's OLED industry reached US$29 billion. It is predicted that the global shipment of OLED panels in 2019 will reach 768 million pieces.
For this huge market, a research team in Guangzhou is deeply engaged in the research and development of the OLED field. "We focus on the research and development of a new generation of organic light-emitting materials and devices, including the design, synthesis and characterization of light-emitting organic molecules with adjustable excited states, as well as their structures, electrical and photophysical properties and corresponding devices." This is the topic studied by Professor Su Shijian and his team at the State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices of South China University of Technology. Don't understand? Simply put, they are working on researching new materials to replace existing phosphorescent OLED materials that mainly use rare metal ligands, and to bypass the patent "moat" of European and American companies in this field, thereby achieving the goal of significantly reducing OLED production costs.
