Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Manufacturing Cost Model

<p>Excel files containing a bottom-up cost-models for GaN-based white light-emitting diodes (LEDs).&nbsp;Covers the commercial origins of the technology around 2003, 2012 and 2020.</p> <p>Compiled as part of the research project&nbsp;<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220920225758/https://www.ceenrg.landecon.cam.ac.uk/research/climate-change-and-energy-policy/what-factors-drive-innovation-in-energy-technologies-the-role-of-technology-spillovers-and-government-investment">"What factors drive innovation in energy technologies? The role of technology spillovers and government investment"</a>, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th>File</th> <th>Content</th> <th>Comment</th> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="../api/files/cd6bf7b4-fe99-48b5-b3b2-d30c76172a61/LEDCOM2003.xlsx">LEDCOM2003.xlsx</a></td> <td>Cost model for 2003. Includes additional description and credits.</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../api/files/cd6bf7b4-fe99-48b5-b3b2-d30c76172a61/LEDCOM2003.xlsx">LEDCOM2012.xlsx</a></td> <td>Cost model for 2012.</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../api/files/cd6bf7b4-fe99-48b5-b3b2-d30c76172a61/LEDCOM2003.xlsx">LEDCOM2020.xlsx</a></td> <td>Cost model for 2020.</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../api/files/cd6bf7b4-fe99-48b5-b3b2-d30c76172a61/Cost%20Model%20Inputs.xlsx">Cost Model Inputs.xlsx</a></td> <td>Inputs for the cost model (all years).</td> <td>Includes data on electricity, clean room costs, etc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../api/files/cd6bf7b4-fe99-48b5-b3b2-d30c76172a61/Cost%20Model%20Inputs.xlsx">LEDCOMv2.zip Inputs.xlsx</a></td> <td>Archive of the original U.S. Department of Energy cost model</td> <td>Includes descriptive documents.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Version 2: An incorrent comment in Cell D6 in the &ldquo;Global&rdquo; sheet in the &ldquo;LEDCOM2020.xlsx&rdquo; file has been removed.</p>