Current Chemicals and Seaborough partner up to industrialize efficient nano engineered phosphor materials for LEDs

Current Chemicals and LED technology company Seaborough B.V. have engaged in a partnership project to bring Seaborough’s “EuroLED”, a new, red phosphor technology for highly efficient warm white LEDs, to the market on an industrial scale.

EuroLED technology enables the use of Eu3+ phosphors for LEDs for the first time, which has been a great challenge in the LED industry for many years. Eu3+ phosphors have very beneficial spectral properties, with the promise to deliver more than 15% higher efficacy for warm white LEDs than LEDs with most commonly used phosphors. EuroLED is based on a nano-engineering technology that allows designing the luminescent properties of phosphor materials in a completely novel manner. As such, EuroLED would be the first nano size-based phosphor produced at an industrial scale, which requires very different expertise and production facilities compared to conventional larger phosphor materials.

In the proposed project, Seaborough and Current Chemicals will work together towards commercial readiness of Seaborough’s EuroLED technology. Seaborough, an Amsterdam based LED technology company that develops, commercializes, and licenses innovative lighting solutions, will be responsible for optimizing the materials to the target performance at lab scale, and technology transfer. Current Chemicals will be responsible for the industrial upscaling.