‘Light emitting wallpaper’ could replace bulbs

NEW “light emitting wallpaper” could be developed to replace traditional light bulbs and cut carbon emissions from lighting in the next few years, it has been claimed.

A Welsh company developing the technology, which uses an electrical current to stimulate chemicals to produce light, has been awarded a £454,000 (€500,000) grant from the Carbon Trust to help get it into homes, business and on the roads.

The organic light emitting diodes (OLED) technology, which can be coated onto a thin flexible film to cover walls like wallpaper, can also be used for flat screen televisions, computers and mobile phone displays.