HeliaFilm

USPs
Flexible
Exhibiting minimum radius of 10 cm
Ultra-light
With an extremely low weight of less than 1 kg/m
Transparent
Achieving up to 50 % light transmission with 6 % efficiency
Ultra-thin
Less than 1 mm thin solar film
Numerous colors
Possible in shades of blue, green and grey
Custom-designed
Flexible dimensions in lengths

Harvesting
Superior low light
performance

+ 25 %*

High temperature
behavior

+ 25 %*
Perfect for faades
compensation
of non-optimal
orientation.
*compared to crystalline technology under comparable conditions

Perfect for hot

climates and
applications with
little ventilation.

The future is light

HeliaFilm
Heliatek is the leading manufacturer of energy generating solar films. The technology is based on carbon
materials deposited in a unique roll-to-roll vacuum deposition process. The core competence of the company
resides in an exceptional combination of fundamental chemical research and an experienced team of
physicists and engineers for market relevant product development.

Technology
The properties of the ultrathin organic photovoltaic film result in some truly unique product features of
HeliaFilm . The film is ultra-light and flexible and less than 1 mm thin. It keeps its conversion efficiency
in low light conditions and at high temperatures up to 80C. Through modifying the absorber chemistry
different colors can be achieved and even transparent cells are available.
Since many years Heliatek holds the world record in OPV conversion efficiency and numerous awards
demonstrate the long-term validity of the concept and technological approach.

Production
The use of vacuum deposition process allows Heliatek to make
use of the well-established production elements being used
in the OLED industry. This enables Heliatek a robust and stable
ramp-up curve and a well-defined roadmap for scaling up
production capacity. The highly productive roll-to-roll process
in combination with low cost PET substrates yields a huge future
cost saving potential.

Company
Heliatek was spun off in 2006 from the Technical University of Dresden and the University of Ulm. The company
is the established leader in the field of Organic Photovoltaics. Its business model is to supply custom-designed
HeliaFilm to industrial partners in industries as building and construction materials and the automotive sector.
Heliatek maintains a total staff of some 80 specialists at its facilities in Dresden and Ulm, Germany.

Investors in Heliatek include leading industrial and financial companies such as BASF, Bosch, Innogy Venture
Capital GmbH, Wellington Partners, eCapital and AQTON SE. Research and development work, as well as
the installation of production technology, has been funded by the Free State of Saxony, the Federal Ministry
for Education & Research, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and the European Union.

The freedom of possibilities

New solar aesthetics
Heliatek drastically expands the application space of solar energy generation. Thanks to its homogeneous
surface and thin design of less than 1 mm, HeliaFilm can be aesthetically integrated into many applications
especially in the areas of building integrated photovoltaic (BiPV) and automotive. Heliatek is working together
with worldwide renowned industry partners to cover the different material applications.

Targeted materials

Glass

Applications

PVC membrane

Automotive

Concrete

Foils

Metal

Polymer sheets

BiPV

References
Heliatek has access to a unique
cooperation network with
PVC membrane Berlin (Germany)

leading industrial players and

research institutes. The company
currently expands its partnering
network to combine further
materials with HeliaFilm for a
greater variety of applications.

Concrete Pudong (China)

Glass Dresden (Germany)

Technical features
HeliaFilm Patented multilayer stack architecture
The reasons for Heliateks competitive advantage are the fundamental patents covering the production
of multilayer organic solar cells with doped transport layers. Using this proprietary architecture, it is possible
to absorb a broad solar spectrum, using extremely thin layers. The active layers are only around 250 nm thin.

The manufacturing process is completely free of toxic materials and rare earth elements enabling a
scale-up without any restrictions. In addition, the low power consumption of the production process will
lead to a uniquely short energy payback time of less than 3 months.

0.3 .... 2.0 m

> 2.0 m on request

Front sheet
TCO front electrode
Organic absorber 1

organic
vacuum
deposited
layers

Organic absorber 2
0.3 m

Metal back electrode

total
thickness:
250 nm

Back sheet

Colors and transparency

By modifying the absorber molecules and changing the thickness of the various active and conductive
layers it is possible to adapt the color and the transparency of HeliaFilm . Please approach the Heliatek
technical team to inquire whether your color or transparency combination is available.

Colors possible in shades of blue, green and grey

Up to 50 % transmission

Heliatek GmbH
Treidlerstrae 3
01139 Dresden
Germany

T +49 351 213034-30

E sayhello@heliatek.com
Visit us at www.heliatek.com