Barrier-Free QD Components Coming to Hisense, TCL, Vizio TVs in 2nd Half

Nanosys is partnering with China’s Bready, a developer of advanced materials, to launch the world’s first barrier-free laminated quantum dot film components under the Nanosys xQDEF trademark, said the companies Thursday. Laminate renders QD’s color and brightness performance, but in a new, lower-cost package, expanding the market for QD TVs, they said. Hisense, TCL and Vizio are expected to launch display products based on the new components in second-half 2022, they said. Eliminating costly barrier films gives display makers extended flexibility in white point and color gamut tuning while maintaining full manufacturing compatibility with QDEF TVs, they said. Nanosys positioned xQDEF last year as enabling lower-cost QD backlights in new form factors without sacrificing QDEF’s efficiency or color performance (see 2012300003).