Researchers at the University of Toronto have manufactured and tested a new type of colloidal quantum dots (CQD), that could lead to much cheaper, spray-on solar cells, as well as better LEDs ...

Quantum dot solar cells use tiny particles of semiconductors – the "quantum dots" – as the photovoltaic material instead of bulk materials such as silicon, copper indium gallium selenide or CdTe.

UbiQD has signed a supply agreement with First Solar to supply its fluorescent quantum dot technology for use in the latter’s ...

Novel quantum dot solar cells match the efficiency of existing quantum-dot based devices, but without lead or other toxic elements that most solar cells of this type rely on.

Researchers adopt a new ligand to enhance the efficiency and stability of perovskite quantum dot solar cells. Solar cell efficiency increases to 15.3% by correcting distortions on the surface of ...

Nano technology is making waves in the clean-tech space—and could give the U.S. a rare lead over China in photovoltaic ...

First Solar teams with UbiQD to bring quantum dots to solar panels, aiming for big efficiency gains and US manufacturing scale-up.

Quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) are of interest for solar energy conversion because of their tunable band gap and promise of stable, low-cost performance. We have investigated the effects ...

Quantum dot nanotechnology company UbiQD has signed an exclusive, multi-year agreement to supply its proprietary fluorescent ...

Definition: Quantum dot solar cells are a type of photovoltaic device that utilizes nanometer-scale semiconductor crystals, known as quantum dots, to convert solar energy into electrical energy. These ...

Researchers have developed a new method to improve both the performance and the stability of solar cells using "perovskite quantum dots." They developed longer-lasting solar cells by addressing ...

The researchers used their new quantum dot-based design strategy to create a wide-bandgap CsPbI 2 Br solar cell and then tested the performance of this cell in a series of tests. Their results ...