Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Crowdex Investment, LLC

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 9/22/2020

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. [ASTI]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1675 SOUTH STATE STREET, SUITE B

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director ___X___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

DOVER, DE 19901

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)*
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Series 1A Preferred Stock (1) ⁽¹⁾	9/22/2020	⁽²⁾	Common Stock	50000000000	$0.0001 ⁽³⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Crowdex Investment, LLC ("Crowdex") is the current owner of 2,000 Series 1A Preferred Stock of the Issuer (the "Preferred Shares"). These 2,000 Preferred Shares (the "First Tranche") are convertible into 20,000,000,000 shares of common stock of the Issuer. Pursuant to the Series 1A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement between the Issuer and Crowdex, Crowdex will purchase an additional 3,000 Preferred Shares on November 20, 2020, less than 60 days of the date of this filing (the "Second Tranche"). The shares represented above represent beneficial ownership of the First and Second Tranches. This joint Filing on Form 3 includes Mr. Bernd Fortsch who is the 100% indirect owner of Crowdex.
(2)	The Series 1A Preferred Stock has no expiration date.
(3)	Conversion price is $0.0001 per the stated value of the Preferred Shares which is $1,000 per Preferred Share.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Crowdex Investment, LLC 1675 SOUTH STATE STREET, SUITE B DOVER, DE 19901		X
Fortsch Bernd 1675 SOUTH STATE STREET, SUITE B DOVER, DE 19901				100% owner of Crowdex

Signatures
/s/ David Peterson, Manager of Crowdex Investment, LLC and power of attorney of Bernd Fortsch		10/5/2020
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date