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Flisom will present flexible solar modules at Immo Messe, 23-24 March, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Flisom will present flexible solar modules at Photovoltaik Tagung 2012 in Baden, Switzerland
Flisom presented flexible solar modules for a range of applications at the Swiss Energy Research Conference in Bern, Switzerland.
New 18.7% cell efficiency world record. Scientists at EMPA's Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Flisom's research partner, have officially demonstrated 18.7% efficiency for CIGS photovoltaic cells on plastic. [Press release]
PV Tech, SolarBuzz, SolarServer, PhysOrg, news.admin.ch, Berner Zeitung (with Video), Membrana (Russian)
Dr. David Brémaud, Director of Product Development, presented "Hocheffiziente, flexible Solarzellen für mobile Anwendungen und Gebaüdeintegration" at EKZ Fachtagung Photovoltaik in Zurich.
Dr. David Brémaud, Director of Product Development, presented Flisom's activities at the Nano-Cluster Bodensee meeting in Winterthur [PDF 106 KB] (in German)
17.6% record efficiency certified
EMPA, Flisom's scientific partner, succeeds in producing solar cells with 17.6% conversion efficiency (independently certified by Fraunhofer ISE). This new world record for solar cells on polymers was presented at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialist Conference in Hawaii, June 20-25, 2010. EMPA and Flisom work closely on the development of flexible CIGS solar modules. Press release (pdf) with technical data
Flisom CEO Anil Sethi invited to Swiss Embassy Cleantech Day on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.
PV EXPO 2010: Flisom exhibits at Swiss Solar Pavilion. Press release (pdf) of the Embassy of Switzerland in Japan.
Media coverage
Tages-Anzeiger, Solaranlagen - neu auch superschlank talks about Flisom's solar modules.
NZZ, Solarzellen auf flexiblem Grund, highlights EMPA's Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Flisom's research partner, and the development of record efficiency flexible solar cells. [PDF]
Swiss Cleantech Report 2011 underlines the contribution of Flisom and its products to clean technologies in section "Doing business with the Sun", page 46, within the framework of a CTI collaboration.
Kanton Zürich Cluster Bericht 2009-2010, page 59, Nov. 2010. Zürich's summary of business activities brochure contains a sidebar about Flisom.
Thin Film Today, Oct. 5, 2010. Breaking records: an inside view of Flexible CIGS. Paul French interviews Flisom chairman Prof. Ayodhya N. Tiwari regarding the 17.6% conversion efficiency record broken by the Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics at EMPA.
Bilan, 30 June 2010, Les 300 personnalités les plus influentes de Suisse. Bilan business magazine lists Flisom CEO Anil Sethi as one of the 300 most influential persons in Switzerland.
Euresearch Success Stories, May 2010. "In QCOALA, eight companies and three research institutions will work together to develop an innovative laser welding process."
