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*[http://entropyproduction.blogspot.com/2006/04/quantum-dot-photovoltaics.html Quantum dot blog] | |||
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Overview
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Cadmium selenium Quantum Dots (QDs) are metal nanoparticles that fluoresce in a variety of colors determined by their size. QDs are solid state structures made of semiconductors or metals that confine a countable, small number of electrons into a small space.
Quantum dots are semiconductor structures on the scale of a few nanometers. At this size quantum effects dominate and the electrons are confined to narrow energy levels determined by the size of the particle. This means that the absorption wavelength the light can be fine-tuned and that quantum dots can be used to adjust the bandgap of the materials they are associated with. Quantum dots being explored for use in photovoltaics and in signal processing.