Heliatek
{{Short description |German solar film company }}
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| name = Heliatek
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| type = Private company
| industry = Solar power
| founded = {{Start date and age|2006}}
| founder = Technical University of Dresden and University of Ulm
| hq_location_city = Dresden
| hq_location_country = Germany
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| key_people = Guido van Tartwijk
| products = Solar film
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| website = {{URL |https://heliatek.com/ }}
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Heliatek is a German company headquartered in Dresden. The company develops and produces lightweight, flexible solar power films that is stable over a wide temperature range.
History
The company was spun off in July 2006 from the Technical University of Dresden (IAPP) and the University of Ulm.[http://www.chemeurope.com/en/companies/22911/heliatek-gmbh.html ChemEurope report] The company's founding brought together the fields of organic optoelectronics and organic oligomer synthesis.
In 2011 the company was recognized, by an audience of non professionals in the field, by winning the German Future Prize.[http://ecosummit.net/articles/tag/heliatek EcoSummit Berlin][http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/heliatek-achieves-new-world-record-for-organic-solar-cells-00003979.asp?sessionid=1 Energy Harvesting Journal] The World Economic Forum awarded the firm as a Technology Pioneer in 2015.
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External links
- [http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/can-heliatek-get-organic-pv-to-market/ Can Heliatek Get Organic PV to Market?]
- [http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/heliatek-achieves-new-world-record-for-organic-solar-cells-00003981.asp?sessionid=1 Heliatek achieves new world record for organic solar cells]
- [http://spie.org/x113761.xml SPIE TV: Karl Leo: Efficiency improvements are key to future of organic photovoltaics]
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