Quantum dot intermediate band solar cells (QD‐IBSCs) represent an innovative approach to photovoltaic energy conversion by incorporating nanoscale semiconductor particles into a traditional ...

The research team circumvented this limitation by incorporating manganese dopants into core-shell quantum dots, which feature an inverted band structure, where the shell material has a lower ...

Alkyl ammonium iodide-based ligand exchange strategy for high-efficiency organic-cation perovskite quantum dot solar cells. Nature Energy, 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01450-9 ...

Potential impact With its potential to significantly impact solar energy conversion, photodetectors, and photocatalysis, this research marks a major step toward the development of next-generation ...

A new technical paper titled “Utilizing photonic band gap in triangular silicon carbide structures for efficient quantum nanophotonic hardware” was published by researchers at UC Davis. Abstract: ...

The material was used to make quantum dot films in large-area PV devices measuring 12.60 cm2 with a certified efficiency of 10%, with lab-sized cells achieving a 13.40% efficiency.

Lasers that are fabricated directly onto silicon photonic chips offer several advantages over external laser sources, such as greater scalability. Furthermore, photonic chips with these ...

Light excites the quantum dot core, transferring energy to a magnetic manganese ion through ultrafast sub-picosecond spin exchange. The manganese ion then undergoes spin-flip relaxation, resulting ...