Think those flat, glassy solar panels on your neighbour’s roof are the pinnacle of solar technology? Think again.
Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed and tested a new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticle that outshines the current state of the art employing this new class of technology.
This new form of solid, stable light-sensitive nanoparticles, called colloidal quantum dots, could lead to cheaper and more flexible solar cells, as well as better gas sensors, infrared lasers, infrared light emitting diodes and more. The work, led by post-doctoral researcher Zhijun Ning and Professor Ted Sargent, was published this week in Nature Materials.
Improved performance is just a start for this new quantum-dot-based solar cell architecture. The powerful little dots could be mixed into inks and painted or printed onto thin, flexible surfaces, such as roofing shingles, dramatically lowering the cost and accessibility of solar power for millions of people.
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- Perfecting Quantum Dots to Maximize Solar Panel Efficiencyon January 21, 2021 at 6:25 am
Researchers in Australia have developed an algorithm to calculate the exact size and density of quantum dots necessary to create record efficiency in solar panels.
- Researchers realize strong coupling of single quantum dots with low/high-refractive-index materials at room temperatureon January 18, 2021 at 4:04 am
Researchers have reported for the first time the strong coupling and Rabi splitting between a single colloidal quantum dot and a Fabry-Perot cavity with dielectric low-refractive-index/high-refractive ...
- SPA Colloquium - Evolution of Colloidal Semiconductor Compound Magic-Size Clusters and Quantum Dotson January 15, 2021 at 10:52 am
Colloidal semiconductor binary II-VI metal (M) chalcogenide (E) quantum dots (QDs) and magic-size clusters (MSCs) are sometimes produced together. For the past 35 years, the QD synthesis has been ...
- Solution-processable integrated CMOS circuits based on colloidal CuInSe2 quantum dotson January 11, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of California Irvine used quantum dots to create transistors which can be assembled into functional logic circuits. “Potential applications ...
- Quantum Dot Market 2020 Growth and Forecast Survey Till 2026on January 10, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Different methods are used to create quantum dots such as colloidal synthesis and chemical vapor deposition. The Quantum dots market is expected to exceed more than US$ 32.0 billion by 2024 ...
- Quantum Dots Market New Innovations, Technology and Development 2021 to 2026on January 7, 2021 at 10:30 pm
The colloidal quantum dots are irradiated with ultraviolet light. Due to quantum confinement, quantum dots of different sizes emit light of different colors. Quantum dots are very small ...
- Quantum Dot Market A Multi-Billion Dollar Market Identifying Hidden Gemson January 6, 2021 at 5:16 pm
Quantum dots are semiconductors that can be used for ... Renewable Energy), Technology (Colloidal synthesis, Fabrication, Viral assembly, Electrochemical assembly, Bulk manufacturing, Cadmium ...
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