The development of a full-color micro-display at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) was reviewed in this study. The blue microdisplay with 960 × 540 pixel arrays and 1984 PPI resolution is demonstrated on a CMOS active matrix addressing circuit. Different methods of fabricating such a micro-panel are developed to overcome the limitation in mass transfer. For the device size ranging from 5-100 micrometers, lowcurrent external quantum efficiency of 10%-14% can be obtained. To achieve a full-color scheme, we adapt color-conversion layer design and use colloidal quantum dots as the illuminating material. A full-color array on a transparent substrate of 170 PPI resolution was demonstrated with a large-area blue LED backlight. The red and green pixels were fabricated by a photolithography process and had a size of 30 μm. The FWHM of 21 and 28 nm and the quantum yield of 28% and 41% for the green and red pixels, respectively, were measured by a 2D spectroradiometer. With superior color provided by quantum dots, it shows a wide color gamut that can fill 87% of Rec. 2020 color space.
As an alternative to gasoline, bioethanol can be produced from lignocellulosic biomass through hydrolysis using an ionic solution containing zinc chloride (ZnCl2). This method allows for a high yield of glucose from lignocellulose, but entails the removal of ZnCl2 from the hydrolysate using multiple nanofiltration membranes before the fermentation of glucose. This paper presents a mathematical technique for designing such a multistage membrane separation system. The optimization model for the synthesis of membrane networks is based on a superstructure with all feasible interconnections between the membrane units, and consists of mass balances, logical constraints and product specifications. A case study of the separation of a bagasse hydrolysis solution is used to demonstrate the application of the proposed model. Results show that using both types of nanofiltration membranes allows higher ZnCl2 removal ratios at each membrane unit, hence a decrease in the number of membrane units required and a reduction of about 35% in capital cost compared to the cases in which only one membrane type is used. Further analysis is performed to examine the effect of membrane performance on the economics of the separation system.
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