Quantum dots are nanoscale semiconductor crystals whose size-tunable bandgaps and high defect tolerance have been harnessed to enhance the performance of metal halide perovskite solar cells. By ...

Researchers used an ultrathin chlorinated polymer layer to cut charge losses and set efficiency records for all-PbS quantum ...

Intermediate band quantum dot solar cells (IB QD SCs) represent an advanced photovoltaic architecture designed to exceed the Shockley–Queisser limit by harvesting sub-bandgap photons. In these devices ...

Sep. 3—A new "joint development agreement" that New Mexico-based Ubiquitous Quantum Dots signed in August with global solar-panel maker First Solar Inc. could soon convert the local startup into a ...

Researchers decoded the synthesis mechanism of heavy-metal-free CuInS2 quantum dots and built a photoelectrochemical device with record hydrogen production efficiency. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has developed stable and efficient chalcogenide-based photoelectrodes, addressing a longstanding challenge of corrosion. This advancement paves the way for the ...

Discover the potential of quantum dot technology and its implications for solar energy. These nano-devices could transform medicine and consumer electronics while enhancing the efficiency of solar ...

Energy can never be created or destroyed. That's basic Physics 101. You simply cannot create energy out of thin air. Yet researchers at Kyushu University in Japan say they have developed a technology ...

A single photon goes in. Roughly 1.3 usable energy carriers come out. That is the result reported in May 2026 by a team at Kyushu University and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, who used a quantum ...

Researchers have discovered how certain photosynthetic bacteria use a sophisticated quantum mechanism to increase their ...

Researchers at Barcelona-based photonics research institute ICFO have enhanced the performance of an organic solar cell by optimizing the fluorescence quantum yield (FQY) – that is, by favoring light ...