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“Nanotechnology: EH&S Issues, Opportunities & Risks” WEC and IEF North American Round Table 3/11/05. Howard Berke – Chairman and CEO. Focusing on Energy.
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“Nanotechnology: EH&S Issues, Opportunities & Risks”WEC and IEF North American Round Table3/11/05 Howard Berke – Chairman and CEO
Focusing on Energy As global energy consumption increases and there has been a move to distributed power, renewable energy from the sun now becomes very economical and enables Konarka to power a World Without Wires™.
Commercial Scope Innovator in very low-cost, lightweight, flexible, polymer photovoltaic materials manufactured roll-to-roll
Overview and History • Founded - 2001 • Spin out of University of Mass. • Locations - 42 employees • Massachusetts • Germany • Austria • Switzerland • Total financing - $36M • Two acquisitions - QSEL, Siemens OPV
Board of Directors Howard Berke Chairman, CEO and Founder ExperiencedEntrepreneur, 12th Start-Up Alan Heeger PhD Chief Scientist and Founder Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2000, Professor UCSB Kevin Starr Independent Director Former COO & CFO Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Biogen Arno Penzias PhD New Enterprise Associates, Series C Nobel Laureate Physics 1978, Chief Scientist Bell Labs Raj Atluru Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Series B Managing Director Van Chu Zero Stage Capital, Series A Venture Advisor
Leadership Team Howard Berke Chairman, CEO and Founder Experienced Entrepreneur, 12th Start-Up Alan Heeger, PhD Chief Scientist and Founder Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2000, Professor UCSB Eric Walters Daniel McGahn VP, Chief Financial Officer CFO PolyMedica Executive Vice President COO Hyperion Catalysis, IGEN Randy Chan Russ Gaudiana, PhD EVP Manufacturing and Engineering E-Ink, Avery Dennison, Raychem Christoph Brabec, PhD VP Research and Development Polaroid - Head of Chemical Research Kevin McGuire Director, Organic Photovoltaic Research Siemens Fred Cramer VP Operations Honeywell, HADCO VP Manufacturing Nova Biomedical, Polaroid
Global Energy Generation Market Source: International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2002
Solar Energy Market Source: Solar Buzz, Market Buzz 2003
Existing Solar Technologies • Silicon is the feedstock for 99% of solar • New technologies have not been able to bring relevant manufacturing scale • Focused on incremental cost reduction • Manufacturing processes are based on batched vacuum deposition in clean room • Capital and energy intensive manufacturing
Product Advantage Konarka Product Cost: 1/3 of traditional solar Form Factor: Power to Weight- 10x of traditional solar Thickness- 100x thinner than traditional solar Flexibility- conformable to 2 cm diameter Aesthetic- patterns, images and colors Cost Product Integration Form Factor • Product Integration: • Evolution from tethered to designed in • Designed into devices, systems, and structures
Materials Used in Solar Cells • 99% of solar cells are based on Si • Very high purity materials used, similar to those used in the computer chip industry – requiring clean room atmospheres to process components • Other solar cells • Use Cu, In, Ga, Se, Cd, and Te • Vapor depositions are required
Major Chemical Feedstocks for Current Photovoltaic Manufacturing
Current Photovoltaic Manufacturing Requires: • Controlled distribution and handling systems • Rigorous safety controls and procedures • OSHA Process Safety Management • EPA regulations • Significant waste disposal costs • Downstream Electronic Take back / Reclamation
Materials Used By Konarka Konarka’s photovoltaic cells based on nano-engineered more environmentally acceptable materials Nano particles are used as an electrode within the solar cell resulting in a nano-structured framework similar to a “sponge” A connected matrix made of nano particles “frozen” in a macro-structure with very high surface area
Titania • Primary nano-particle used – TiO2 • Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is well known material used in numerous industries • Paint, Plastics, Catalysis, Coatings, Cosmetics, Ceramics, Toothpaste, Sunscreen • Titanium Dioxide is thermally stable, non toxic, and non-flammable
Konarka Manufacturing Process • No toxic chemicals All components have LD50 greater than 500mg/kg. • Uses environmentally friendly solvents with low emissions in manufacturing. • No known carcinogens
Partners - Venture and Corporate Venture Technology Ventures Ventures Corporate
Partners - Government and Labs University Wuppertal Government and Military Labs
Intellectual Property Portfolio • Over 250 patents and patent applications: • Materials • Process • Architecture • Devices • Global position
Business Strategy • Seed markets with production capacity • Provide functional materials to partners to better existing products • BASF & WL Gore model • Establish global manufacturing partners to leverage underutilized capacity • Enhance intellectual property estate • Develop partnerships around product applications
Executive Summary • Paradigm shift from silicon to plastic • Disruptive nanotechnology • Scalable roll-to-roll manufacturing process • Based on environmentally acceptable materials • Proven business model and strategy • Large rapidly growing global markets • Funded by tier-one VCs in US and Europe • Proven, experienced management team • World-class scientific team • Visibility on product and R&D revenue - 2005
A Common Vision For Our Future • For his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. Albert Einstein(Nobel Prize for Physics, 1912) • I’d put money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. • Thomas Edison(cited in Earth Island Journal, 7 / 2001) • Energy is the single most important problem facing humanity today. The alternative: energy from the sun and the Earth’s core. • Richard Smalley(cited in Small Times, 8 / 2002)
www.konarka.com Konarka builds power plastic that converts light to energy – anywhere.