A bright future for color-controlled solid state lighting

Abstract

The development of luminescent phosphors for controlled color in solid state lighting (SSL) applications, based on light-emitting diode (LED) technology, has been an actively growing research area over the last two decades. In this short review, we outline the role that materials science developments have had on the advancement of white SSL technologies. In particular, we discuss the potential for using semiconducting quantum dot phosphors for precise color tuning in efficient white light LEDs.