A First For Perovskite Solar Cells: Quantum Dots & “Exceptional” Efficiency
Another group hug for US taxpayers: new perovskite solar cell made from quantum dots by Energy Department’s NREL research team.
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Why Your Next Light Saber Will Be An LED Enhanced With Quantum Dots
Damn the light bulb wars, full speed ahead: Energy Department rounds up $11 million in new funding for LED and OLED energy efficient lighting.
Solar Panel Windows — Shiny Quantum Dots Boost Efficiency
Windows that can effectively and cheaply double as solar panels are getting closer and closer every day, as recent work from the Los Alamos National Laboratory shows. The new work has demonstrated that quantum dots can be utilized to great effect in the harvesting of solar energy via large-area luminescent … [continued]
How Soon Till Your Favorite Advanced Material (Graphene, Quantum Dots, etc) Is Commercialized? Lux Research…
Originally published on the Lux Research website. New advanced materials like MOFs (metal organic frameworks), advanced high-strength steel, and carbon nanotubes have the potential to enable novel products and disrupt existing businesses. However, material commercialization timelines are notoriously long and unpredictable. Now, Lux Research analysts have designed a tool that can help … [continued]
New Electrolytes Based On Ionic Liquids — New Electrolytes Created That Prolong The Life Of…
New high-performance electrolytes — based on a newly discovered family of ionic liquids — will soon be a reality thanks to researchers at CIDETEC in the Basque Country and the Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group at the Universitat Jaume I. The new electrolytes will result in the notably improved performance, … [continued]
First Self-Assembling Quantum-Dot-in-Nanowire System: A “Game-Changer” For Solar PV?
An international team of researchers has demonstrated the first “quantom-dot-in-nanowire” system, a breakthrough that holds enormous potential for solar photovoltaics, energy-efficient lighting, and quantum computing.
New High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Solar Cells Developed
The first solar cell with an external quantum efficiency (EQE) that exceeds 100 percent for photons with energies in the solar range has been created. With these new solar cells, every blue photon that is absorbed can generate up to 30 percent more current than with current technologies. The … [continued]
Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Power Technology Developed
Researchers at RTI International have developed a new solar power technology that could make solar energy much more affordable. This breakthrough in low-cost, high-efficiency solar energy could greatly help to speed-up its market adoption. The new solar cells are created from “solutions of semiconductor particles, known as colloidal quantum … [continued]
New Record Efficiency for Next-Gen Solar Cells
A major breakthrough has been made in the development of colloidal quantum dot (CQD) films, leading to the most efficient CQD solar cell ever. The new solar cell was created out of very inexpensive materials, and has been certified at a world-record 7.0% efficiency. That’s a 37% increase in … [continued]
Luminescent Solar Concentrator Efficiency Improvement from UC-Merced Researchers
A team of researchers at the University of California, Merced (UC Merced), has found a way to redesign luminescent solar concentrators in order to make them “more efficient at sending sunlight to solar cells.” This could have a pretty big impact on future solar technologies….
