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Professor Sir Richard Friend, Co-founder of Eight19 commented, “This represents a great opportunity to transfer new technology out of the university, based on recent advances in fundamental science.  Solar cells made with organic semiconductors work very differently to those made with silicon and are closer in operating principle to photosynthesis in green plants.”

A world class management team underpins the technology development, with significant track record in making low cost applications using scalable roll-to-roll technology. Co-founder and Board Director Professor Sir Richard Friend is a world expert who pioneered the study of the electronic properties of a class of plastics called conjugated polymers and revolutionised the understanding of using these materials to make plastic semiconductors. He also previously co-founded Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) and Plastic Logic.