Researchers have demonstrated an almost four-fold boost of
the carrier multiplication yield with nanoengineered quantum dots.
Nanoengineering boosts carrier multiplication in quantum
dots
Los Alamos researchers have demonstrated an almost four-fold
boost of the carrier multiplication yield with nanoengineered quantum dots.
Carrier multiplication is when a single photon can excite multiple electrons.
Quantum dots are novel nanostructures that can become the basis of the next
generation of solar cells, capable of squeezing additional electricity out of
the extra energy of blue and ultraviolet photons.