.....old article, but reminds me of QDX tm attributes " all without the creation limitations of traditional solar cells in regard to atmosphere, degradation, and temperatures"



New record efficiency for quantum-dot photovoltaics
By Colin Jeffrey - May 27, 2014

Flexible, inexpensive, large-area, lightweight solar cells are difficult to produce as they require an inert atmosphere and high temperatures, and they often degrade in a short time after exposure to air. Researchers at MIT, however, have used a new method to craft solar cells from ultra-thin layers of quantum dots in a process that promises to avoid these problems, and at room temperature. At the same time, they have also set a new record of nine percent for the most efficient quantum-dot solar cells produced to date.

http://www.gizmag.com/quantum-dot-solar-cell-...ncy/32277/




Tuning energy levels through surface chemistry shows promise for higher efficiency quantum dot solar cells

March 3, 2015 by Denis Paiste

http://phys.org/news/2015-03-tuning-energy-su...r.html#jCp


....of course tetrapod qds have ligands; it does make me wonder where QMC is in re to solar.


QMC: Eyes on the Horizon