marc koetse (holst centre) @ cmc uit het lab

Organic and large area electronics

Where we are and where we are going

Marc Koetse

Holst Centre

Integration technologies for flexible systems

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Who we are and what we do

The 4 pillars of organic and large area electronics

Holst Centre Fundamentals

• Independent, with reputed parents

Founded by IMEC Belgium and TNO The

Netherlands

Operational since 2006 (HTC, Eindhoven)

• Working with our partners

Staff of 170 researchers

Involving strong groups of mother

organisations

70 resident researchers from industry and

universities

• Shared research on

printed electronics and

wireless transducer systems

Flexible Electronics

• Application Drivers

OLED lighting

Organic solar cells

Flexible displays

Flexible smart devices

• Technology drivers

Large area

Low cost

Compatible with roll-to-roll processing

• Fabrication technology

smaller features

more complex integration

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OLED Lighting

Rollable displays

Organic solar cells

Flexible smart devices

Source Carme, ipernity

Flexible displays

From display to image sensor

2014

Glass (rigid) Flexible substrates

Vacuum processes Direct printing or coating

Poly-Si backplane Printed oxide backplane

Now

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Vision on lighting

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Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

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Vision on lighting

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30lumen/Watt

4/6layers R2R printed

30x30cm2

Largest flexible OLED in the world

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Printed Organic Lighting & Signage

Thinnest semi-transparent flexible OLED in the world

40 µm

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Cost 10.000 €/m2

Rigid glass

100 €/m2

Flexible substrates

2016Now

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Vision on low-cost solar cells

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Vision on low-cost solar cells

© Konarka © Konarka

© Konarka© Solliance

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Now 2016

2% Module efficiency

20€/Wp

Lifetime 2 years outdoor

8% Module efficiency

< 0,5€/Wp cost

> 5 years outdoor

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Smart Devices

Integration of classic electronics and foil

Combined Copper and printed circuits

Printed batteries

Printed sensors

Chips as thin as foil

Using the foil as package

integrating LEDs with foil

© Holst Centre

combining and interconnecting functional foils

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from flexible to stretchable and wearable electronics

© Holst Centre

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wearable wireless sensor nodes

© Holst Centre

Electronics on paper

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© Holst Centre

Resume

• Now

Simple structures, circuits

hybrid integration of all common components

• Tomorrow

Substrate as package

Stretchable

Wearable

Integration in textile, paper

• Future

Printed lighting and signage

Printed solar cells for building integrated PV

Flexible and Rollable displays

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Thank you for your attention!