Transcript The Saxony Organics Cluster: Example for an Innovation Ecosystem? Karl Leo TU Dresden and Fraunhofer-COMEDD Dresden.

The Saxony Organics Cluster:
Example for an Innovation Ecosystem?
Karl Leo
TU Dresden and
Fraunhofer-COMEDD Dresden
•Organic Electronics is a green technology, e.g. :
•Flexible ultralow-cost solar cells
•Highly efficient OLED lighting
•Smart energy-efficient labels
3rd wave:
Solar cells
4th wave:
Organic electronics
2nd wave:
OLED lighting
1st wave: OLED
Displays
Time
• IdTechex study:
• 330 billion US$ in 2027
• Most important markets:
- Logic/Memory
- OLED-Display
- Photovoltaics
Organic Electronics Saxony
• Europe‘s largest Organic Cluster
• Leading in OLED and Organic
Photovoltaics Research
• Large number of successful spin-offs
• Well networked with other European
activities
R&D
Materials
modeling
Organic
technology
Tools
Products
Industry
>1000 employees
http://www.oes-net.de
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• Founded in 2001, operative 2003, 130 coworkers
• World leader in OLED efficiency and stability
• New topics: Organic Electronics
• IPO in preparation
• www.novaled.com
• Founded in 2006
• Production of Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells
• 2investment rounds: BASF, Bosch, RWE, VC
• 10.7% @ 1cm2 efficiency world record
• www.heliatek.com
Bridge the gap from R&D to
production
• Europe is in organics R&D still in a leading position
• Main problem: gap from R&D to mass production
• Approaches to bridge the gap:
• Establish pilot production centers
• More demonstration projects: like LED cities in China?
• Better support for companies taking risks: taxation
Example: Pilot production at Fraunhofer COMEDD
Fabrication technology
for organic devices
Product related R&D
Integration technology
for organic devices
Pilot production
of organic devices
• New Master program
„Organic and Molecular
Electronics“
• Starting in fall 2012
• Industry grants available
• www.tudresden.de/physik/ome
Prof. Dr. Karl Leo
Institut für Angewandte Photophysik
Technische Universität Dresden
01062 Dresden, Germany
ph: +49-351-463-37533 or mobile: +49-175-540-7893
Fax: +49-351-463-37065
email: [email protected]
Web page: http://www.iapp.de