Comments for Higher Efficiency with Quantum Dot Solar Cells at http://ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://ecogeek.org Fri, 24 May 2013 23:51:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ecogeek.org/solar-power/3668-higher-efficiency-with-quantum-dot-solar-cells-#comment-45685 Great news, but how long before this is at a production stage? If this can be produced without clean room conditions it should help bring costs down to levels where it can compete with regular utility production - Solar air heating Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:06:25 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/solar-power/3668-higher-efficiency-with-quantum-dot-solar-cells-#comment-45626 Technically a solar cell can produce more energy than the amount of visible light that falls on it if it captures energy from outside of the visible spectrum. That said it would seem more likely that efficiency isn't calculated that way. As an interesting aside, washing powder that claims "whiter than white" results is able to do so because ultra violet light is converted into visible light theyby making it possible for recently washed clothing to actually reflect more visible light than it receives. - computer recycling Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:34:17 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/solar-power/3668-higher-efficiency-with-quantum-dot-solar-cells-#comment-45561 would this new technology be useful in concentrated photovoltaics? Or would it be best used by itself? - Zach Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:23:07 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/solar-power/3668-higher-efficiency-with-quantum-dot-solar-cells-#comment-45360 I was briefly stunned into a sort of mind-freeze when I read the phrase "efficiency over 100 percent". Gasp. Funny. I hope this process makes it to production. Sounds great thus far, and would expand the usefulness of Solar Energy to much larger parts of the planet. - James Gerard Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:52:48 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/solar-power/3668-higher-efficiency-with-quantum-dot-solar-cells-#comment-45305 Greetings! Just a minor imperfection in the text: ethanedithol it's a dithiol, it has two SH groups. Ence, it's not ethanedithol but ethanedithiol. - David Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:01:52 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/solar-power/3668-higher-efficiency-with-quantum-dot-solar-cells-#comment-45302 A simple quantum dot increase the efficiency by 35 percent now that sounds some interesting.:D - gas processing Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:34:24 +0100