Flexible OLED
LG Chem is expected to commercialize flexible OLED panel (see the picture) in July, 2013. OLED panel for lighting is among the company’s new business items. Especially, flexible one is so innovative that no one has ever succeeded in commercialization in the world.
According to a source from the electronic material industry on March 7, LG Chem has already completed development of flexible OLED lighting panel and is going to start to commercially supply the product as early as in July this year.
LG Chem’s flexible OLED lighting does not emit light like general fluorescent bulbs or in the form of points, but its surface emits light. According to the industry source, the flexible OLED lighting is 20 centimeters wide, 5 centimeters long and 0.2 millimeters or less thick. Its luminous efficiency is 45lm/W (power level needed for a certain level of brightness), a little lower than inflexible OLED lighting. On top of the flexible OLED lighting, LG Chem plans to start manufacturing high-efficiency (80lm/W) general OLED products within this year.
An LG Chem official explained, “We will enter into full production of flexible OLED lighting in the second half of this year. The production will be made at the pilot line of our Ochang Plant Unit 1 located in Ochang, North Chungcheong Province.” The company will make a decision about expansion of the production line depending on the market response and changes in demand.