Ubiquitous Quantum Dots ( UbiQD ) , a Los Alamos - based start - up , has been awarded a $ 225,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that generates energy from sunlight as it passes through windows . Quantum dots absorb solar energy and then direct and store photons to solar cells on window frames . The first application is likely to be for lighting before moving to homes and buildings .
Ubiquitous Quantum Dots (UbiQD), a Los Alamos-based start-up, has been awarded a $225,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that generates power from sunlight as it passes through windows. Quantum 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.