Kodak has announced the introduction of a highly efficient OLED material that will enable low-power, full-color displays with outstanding lifetimes. The new material, trademarked KODAK OLED Material EK-GD403, utilizes green dopant technology to deliver a new level of OLED display performance and reliability.

Green dopants are materials that control color output and boost efficiency.

"The benefits of OLED technology are well-known and Kodak is working to extend those benefits and accelerate OLED adoption for numerous applications," said Dr. James Buntaine, Chief Technical Officer and Vice President, Kodak OLED Systems. "In addition to display screens, Kodaks new green dopant can be used to boost the efficiency of solid-state lighting applications and reinforces Kodaks environmental stewardship by enabling future devices with lower power consumption and longer lives."

According to market research firm Display Search, the worldwide OLED flat-panel-display industry is expected to grow to more than $17 billion annually by 2015. In addition, NanoMarkets predicts that the OLED solid-state lighting industry will grow to more than $5 billion in revenue by 2015.