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Natcore Multilayer QD Solar Cells Show Promise

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A new breed of quantum dots (QDs) could enable multilayer solar cells that capture more of the sun’s energy. Natcore Technology Inc. said scientists in the laboratories of co-founder Dr. Andrew Barron, who is also a professor at Rice University, have successfully formed a heterojunction solar cell using germanium QDs on an ordinary n-type silicon wafer. Individual germanium quantum dots were coated with silicon dioxide (silica), doped to make them p-type, and then deposited, using Natcore's liquid phase deposition (LPD) process, on a commercial-grade silicon wafer. The LPD...Read full article

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    Published: February 2015
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