Hunter helped develop that technology as a post-doc at LANL. 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 company is working with researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California who are developing an efficient way of harvesting light for use by photovoltaic (PV) panels or other forms of renewable energy.
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 company is working with researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California who are developing an efficient way of harvesting light for use by photovoltaic (PV) panels or other forms of renewable energy.