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Scientists improve LED bulb performance
Scientists at a US university have improved the performance of LED bulbs, reports LED Inside.
The team of engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology announced that they had made the advancements through the use of zinc oxide microwires, which significantly improve the efficiency at which gallium nitride LEDs convert electricity into ultraviolet light.
LED bulbs consume roughly ten per cent of the amount of electricity equivalent incandescent lamps do and the team hopes that the results of their project will serve to make them even more efficient.
Professor and author of the study Zhong Li Wang said that using the microwires enhanced external efficiency by more than four times.
"From a practical standpoint, this new effect could have many impacts for electro-optical processes - including improvements in the energy-efficiency of lighting devices," he added.
Scientists in Scotland recently managed to use LED bulbs to transmit data at high speeds, a move that could revolutionise communications.
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