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In response to recent technological breakthroughs and a doubling of research and development funding by Octillion Corp. (Symbol: OCTL), the Company is pleased to announce that, in addition to recently added managerial and support staff, it has increased its research staff to four, with plans to further boost research personnel, contingent upon ongoing results from the development of the Company's first-of-its-kind transparent glass window capable of generating electricity.

Octillion Increases Research Staff for the Development of NanoPower Windows

Auburn Hills, MI | Posted on October 9th, 2007

Supported by 10 issued US patents, 7 pending US patents, 2 issued foreign counterpart patents and 19 pending foreign counterpart patents, Octillion's NanoPower Window technology uses silicon nanoparticles that have the potential to convert normal home and office glass windows into ones capable of converting solar energy into electricity. The silicon nanoparticles are created through a unique electrochemical and ultrasound process that produces identically sized (1 to 4 nanometers in diameter) highly luminescent nanoparticles of silicon that provide varying wavelengths of photoluminescence with high quantum down conversion efficiency of short wavelengths (50% to 60%).

The Company's confidence in increasing its research and development workforce is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to:

· The successful development of a protocol for reliably depositing nanoparticles onto glass surfaces using a proprietary electro spray system able to produce nanofilms of controllable thickness. The silicon nanoparticles retained their high efficiency of down conversion of UV light to the visible after being sprayed, a procedure that does not compromise the optical characteristics of the nanoparticles, both in intensity and spectral distribution, a prerequisite for efficient photovoltaic conversion.

· The successful development of a mechanically stable, see-through lab scale prototype window, a major milestone achievement.

· Scientists engineered an early stage, see-through lab-scale window, which, in important tests achieved optically active down-conversion and displayed good electrical properties with no electrical shorts;

· Third party confirmation that the same silicon nanoparticles used in Octillion's NanoPower Window technology are able to substantially increase the power performance of conventional solar cells by 60-70% in the ultraviolet-blue range and significantly boost power by as much as 10% in the visible light range.

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About Octillion Corp.
Octillion Corp. is a technology incubator focused on the identification, acquisition, development and eventual commercialization of emerging solar energy and solar related technologies.

Among our current research and development activities is the development of a patent-pending technology that could adapt existing home and office glass windows into ones capable of generating electricity from solar energy without losing significant transparency or requiring major changes in manufacturing infrastructure.

The technological potential of adapting existing glass windows into ones capable of generating electricity from the sun’s solar energy has been made possible through a ground breaking discovery of an electrochemical and ultrasound process that produces identically sized (1 to 4 nanometers in diameter) highly luminescent nanoparticles of silicon that provide varying wavelengths of photoluminescence with high quantum down conversion efficiency of short wavelengths (50% to 60%).

When thin films of silicon nanoparticles are deposited (sprayed) onto silicon substrates, ultraviolet light is absorbed and converted into electrical current. With appropriate connections, the film acts as nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cells that convert solar radiation to electrical energy.

The process of producing silicon nanoparticles is supported by 10 issued US patents, 7 pending US patents, 2 issued foreign counterpart patents and 19 pending foreign counterpart patents.

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