Heliatek's Transparent Solar Films Will Enable Tinted Windows to Generate Electricity

Heliatek's Transparent Solar Films Will Enable Tinted Windows to Generate Electricity PR Newswire DRESDEN, Germany, June 15, 2012 DRESDEN, Germany, June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Heliatek GmbH, technology leader in the field of organic photovoltaics, has announced that its transparent solar films could be used to be integrated between the glass sheets of double glazed windows. These windows would look like tinted glass as the unique vapor deposition technology for the solar films allows for a homogeneous coating of the solar layer without any distracting patterns or irregularities. Heliatek is currently working with glass and other building material manufacturers to include its solar film technology in their products. "Our solar films offer unique and compelling key benefits for all kinds of building integration applications. Thus, our business model is to be the leading supplier of customized solar films to the building and construction material industry. They will integrate our solar films as energy harvesting components into their products," comments Thibaud Le Séguillon, CEO of Heliatek. The ultra-thin solar films by Heliatek lend themselves perfectly to the integration between glass. The transparency level as well as the color can be tuned to suit the customers' requirements. Measurements by SGS, anaccredited and independent testing facility, have confirmed that Heliatek's lab cells still offer an efficiency of 7 % at a light transmission level of 23.5 %.