Ubiquitous Quantum Dots (UbiQD), a N.M. -based start-up, has been awarded a $ 225,000 grant from Quantum to develop technology that generates power from sunlight as it passes through windows. Until now, the company had focused on other commercial applications for its dots, such as creating luminous paints for signage, or in plastics to make them glow. the National Science Foundation dots absorb solar energy and then direct and store photons to solar cells on window frames. The first application is likely to be for smartphones before moving to vehicles and buildings.
Ubiquitous Quantum Dots (UbiQD), a N.M. -based start-up, has been awarded a $ 225,000 grant from Quantum to develop technology that generates power from sunlight as it passes through windows. the National Science Foundation dots absorb solar energy and then direct and store photons to solar cells on window frames. The first application is likely to be for smartphones before moving to vehicles and buildings.