Solaronix SA

Company Overview

Solaronix is a Swiss company founded in 1993. The headquarters are located in Aubonne, Switzerland. As a supplier of specialty chemicals and materials, licensee of EPFL for dye solar cell technology since 1994, Solaronix delivers the components used for perovskite and dye solar cell fabrication to researchers and industries worldwide. Solaronix is active in the area of renewable energy and has a leading position in the development of new photovoltaic cells imitating natural photosynthesis. Solaronix is developing a new generation of photovoltaic panels based on dye solar cell technology. A pilot production line for interconnected solar modules is actually in build-up.

Another direction is the engineering of special electronic circuitry adapting the output of a solar module to the customer specific appliances. In parallel to the development and engineering business, the company is producing specialty chemicals such as ruthenium sensitizers, redox electrolytes, and different types of nanocrystalline titanium dioxides used in dye solar cells and in electrochromic displays. These specialty chemicals are sold on a worldwide basis, to customers ranging from universities, research institutes and companies investigating new solar cell technologies.

Company's Business Segments

• Materials : This segment provides and distributes materials for Hybrid Solar Cell and Dye Solar Cell fabrication.
• Solar Cells : This segment utilizes in-house materials to develop Dye Solar Cells and related production processes.
• Equipment : This segment is wholly focused on conceiving and fabricating solar testing apparatuses.