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The National Research Council (NRC) appoints a committee and conducts a study of the status of advanced solid state lighting (SSL). The report considered the basic science and engineering needed to improve the quality of light and the durability of the solid-state devices and phosphors that emit the light.
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Assessment of Solid-State Lighting, Phase Two
Consensus Study Report
·2017
The standard incandescent light bulb, which still works mainly as Thomas Edison invented it, converts more than 90% of the consumed electricity into heat. Given the availability of newer lighting technologies that convert a greater percentage of electricity into useful light, there is potential to d...
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