The new crown epidemic from the beginning of 2020 to the present has triggered a surge in demand for disinfection products. Some insiders believe that UV disinfection equipment based on LED technology may usher in a surge in demand.
In fact, the use of LED ultraviolet disinfection equipment to disinfect indoors has been widespread. This method has been widely used in medical institutions, scientific research institutions and other spaces that require aseptic operation. However, due to the existence of this epidemic, the increasing demand for home disinfection by ordinary consumers in their daily lives has made the prospects of this method in consumer applications suddenly clear.
Insiders believe that room disinfection equipment and drinking water and air purification devices based on UV-C LED technology will have a large demand gap in areas where the epidemic occurs. At the same time, South Korea’s LG Innotek will suspend production of UV-C LED chips, and Japan’s Dowa Electronic Materials will stop producing chips with wavelengths below 300nm. As a result, it may cause a shortage of UV-C LED chips, which will further widen the gap between supply and demand.
The source pointed out that the wavelength of the UV-C LED used for disinfection is between 260-280nm. Air purification is currently the biggest demand, followed by surface disinfection, and drinking water disinfection is the biggest potential demand. At present, many LED manufacturers have begun to pay attention to business opportunities in this field and plan to launch related products. For example, Qingdao Jiesheng Electric Co., Ltd. has introduced a UV-C LED device specifically for the elimination of coronaviruses. It is said that its disinfection effect can reach 99.9%.
As we all know, the current two major applications of LEDs are mainly focused on display and lighting. At present, LED display applications are still mainly concentrated in the professional display field, that is, indoor high-end display applications represented by the command and dispatch center. However, compared with the consumer electronics market where LED lighting is located, the scale of the professional display market can only be regarded as a corner of the iceberg. In fact, in recent years, LED display manufacturers have been continuously exploring the fields of LED display applications through refined product applications, especially in the commercial and consumer fields. What they are looking for is the greater consumption potential of this field.
Years of experience in the history of technological development tells us that for any kind of technology to be popularized on a large scale, in addition to the advanced nature of the technology itself, it must also be supported by a huge market base. Especially for an industry with a long and cost-intensive industry such as semiconductor display, if the application of the huge consumer market can be used to lay the ground, and then the cutting-edge high-end display application can be laid, it will be for enterprises in terms of technological advancement and market scale. Consolidate advantages.
Taking the epidemic prevention and control as an opportunity, LED special lighting may create a new business opportunity.
