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Company background

• Started in 2008, privately funded

• Working with Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSC) and related areas of energy efficiency.

• Increasing efficiency on transparent DSC by introducing a one- dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC)

• Secured 5M€ financing in 2010 to build pilot line in Stockholm

• Expanding heavily in 2011

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells - Benefits

I) Transparency

II) Color

III) Flexibility

IV) Not sensitive to incident angle of incoming light

V) Not sensitive to low light conditions – real life working conditions

VI) Embedded energy from production is very low, energy payback time less than one year

VII) Good temperature coefficient – not suffering from heat

VIII) Cost structure is low, no scarce resources

Optical enhancement of transparent DSC

electrolyte counter electrodephotonic crystalphotoelectrodetransparent conductive substrate

transparent conductive substrate

Various colours in a series-connected dye solar cell module

Courtesy Dr. Andreas Hinsch, FHI, ISE Freiburg Germany

Large dye sensized solar cell module produced by the Fraunhofer Institute forSolar Energy in Freiburg Germany, Courtesy Dr, Andreas Hinsch

http://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/presse-und-medien/presseinformationen/presseinformationen-2011/auf-dem-weg-in-die-fassade-fraunhofer-ise-praesentiert-weltweit-groesstes-farbstoffsolarmodul-in-siebdruck

NLAB Solar can increase efficiency on any transparent DSC

International cooperations to grow

• Small company on a large market need to cooperate to grow globally

• Impossible to have all competence inhouse, best at choosing

• Defining the boundaries internally and externally, who does what?

Current International cooperationNORDIC DSC• Nordic Consortium for future Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

• A project of 1,5M€ headed by NLAB Solar

• Fasadglas, YKI, TKK, DTI, SSARK and NLAB Solar

• Consortium to accelerate development and shorten time to market for NLAB Solar products

Current International cooperationNational Research Council of Spain

• Framework agreement with the National Research Council of Spain, NLAB finances expert R&D in Spain

• Consolidate R&D and knowledge derived and produced in target markets

• Cooperation to develop products close to the market, cheaper and more correct

Future International cooperation

ShanghaiSuppliers

Investors

Market

in the future we will cover the facades of Shanghai with solarcells...