Ultraviolet LEDs Take Aim At Disinfection

Earlier this year, Germany-based Osram Opto Semiconductors signed a long-term licensing deal with US-based Hexatech to accelerate UV-C LED device development based on HexaTech’s material. And just recently the LED manufacturer revealed it was leading a project - UNIQUE - to develop and commercialise high power AlGaN-on-AlN UV LEDs for industrial disinfection processes. Supported by the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Media, Energy and Technology, Osram Opto is joined by five Germany-based partners, and will establish the necessary supply chain to produce these LEDs.