Quantum Dots and Solar Cells Market Potential


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How Do Quantum Dots Make Solar Cells Function More Efficiently?

Quantum Dots and Solar Cells Market Potential

While solar cells have been around for many years now, it is only recently that the advances made in technology have made it possible for researchers to make solar cells more efficient.

A quantum dot is a semiconductor whose excitons are confined in all three spatial dimensions. As a result, they have properties that are between those of bulk semiconductors and those of discrete molecules. They were discovered by Louis E. Brus, who was then at Bell Labs. The term "Quantum Dot" was coined by Mark Reed.

This report examines how quantum dots make solar cells function more efficiently.

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Pages: 138
Publication Date: December 2009
Publisher: Energy Business Reports

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