Researchers have established a new world efficiency record for quantum dot solar cells, at 13.4 percent.
The most efficient colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cell ever has been created by researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T), King Abdullah
The race to achieve ever-higher photovoltaic conversion ratios is, so to speak, a hot area of research. One line of research has focused on quantum dots – semiconductor nanocrystals under 2-10 nanometers (about 10-50 atoms) in diameter in which electron motion is confined in all three dimensions – as the fundamental elements of nanoscale solar cell technology.
