Collaborative German project to deliver power UV LEDs by 2020

Last February was launched “UV Power”, a collaborative project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), bringing together five German research institutes and companies to deliver high-power UV LEDs. As well as replacing conventional UV light sources, which often contain toxic mercury, in areas such as production, disinfection, the environment, life sciences and medicine, the UV LEDs are also likely to open up new areas of application.

As part of “Advanced UV for Life”, a consortium of research institutes and companies funded under the federal “Zwanzig20” program, "UV Power" project coordinator Osram Opto Semiconductors is working with four partners, the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH), the Technical University of Berlin, LayTec AG and UVphototonics NT GmbH.