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University of Oregon Researchers Glimpse Pathway of Sunlight to Electricity

Collaboration with Lund University uses modified UO spectroscopy equipment to study ‘maze’ of connections in photoactive quantum dots

Andrew Marcus and Mark Lonergan stand by spectroscopy equipmentEUGENE, Ore. —(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 18, 2014 — Four pulses of laser light on nanoparticle photocells in a University of Oregon spectroscopy experiment has opened a window on how captured sunlight can be converted into electricity.   

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The work, which potentially could inspire devices with improved efficiency in solar energy conversion, was performed on photocells that used lead-sulfide quantum…

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