This panel is developed from the research laboratory in Atsugi Kanagawa Japan.

This panel was the follow up after Sony killed the production of its innovative XEL-1 OLED TV.

OLEDs wallpapers, which can gleam with bendable flat panel screens and intensive light capacity, are one step closer to thanks given to research done into organic LEDs i.e. OLEDs. In addition, they are vastly acclaimed as the next generation environment and eco friendly lighting technology. Although as compared to modern generation energy saving bulbs, OLEDs use very little amount of power to make light.

Manufactured from thin and flexible surfaces, they are enough potential to replace traditional light bulbs used in homes and offices with huge panels of energy efficient light built into walls, windows and furniture. Along with this, other usages include flexible display screens, which require very less power consumption that would effectively mean that they could operate without any use of mains power, for example, could be used as a roadside traffic warning signs supplied by small solar panels.

Today, government backed Carbon Trust has awarded Lomox Limited, a 2 year old company in North Wales approx. £450,000 to speed up the development of its OLED technology. At present, around one sixth of all the UK’s electricity has been used for lighting and it has been claimed by Lomox Limited that OLEDs are around 2.5 times more effective as compared to current energy saving light bulbs. Also, Carbon trust stated that if all modern generation energy saving light bulbs were get replaced by OLEDs then annual carbon emissions all across the world would probably fall by 2.5m tonnes by year 2020 and 7.4mT by year 2050.

In addition, substituting old and incandescent energy saving light bulbs with OLEDs would generate and give larger amount of CO2 savings. For becoming widespread consumer items, OLEDs still have to pass two main obstacles i.e. they have short life time and are expensive. The Chief Executive of Lomox Ken Lacey stated that, “What our technology does, with the seven patents we have, is fix those problems.” It has also been claimed by the company that its light matches natural light more closely than any other energy saving light bulbs.

By 2012, the company has been focusing more to bring up its first OLED usable mainly for outdoor lighting. Lacey said, “The early part of the grant is to do the testing and take this out to that marketplace.” Besides this, Director of innovations at the Carbon trust Mark Williamson commenced, “Lighting is a major producer of carbon emissions. This technology has the potential to produce ultra-efficient lighting for a wide range of applications, tapping into a huge global market. We’re now on the look-out for other technologies that can save carbon and be a commercial success.”

Supported by Carbon Trust, Lomox Limited has been working on several projects for small companies on a wide range of energy efficient technologies and renewable energy like marine energy devices, low carbon building technologies, bio energy, solar power, fuel cells, and more effective industrial processes.