Quantum Materials Corp. (fka QTMM)

[puravida19]

One of the main advantages of QMC
QTD technology is the ability to
control the size of the Tetrapod
Quantum Dots during the synthesis or
the "cooking" in the macro-processor.

It is possible to produce TQD tuned
to separate highly selective frequencies
with a high rate of conversion (number
of uniform size TQD)of over 90%.

This gives the ability to produce a
solar cell tuned to the frequency of a
hot desert sun at maximum intensity to
absorb the most energy possible, and it
would be possible to tune a solar cell
to match the frequency of the test light in a
rating/certification test in a lab - it is
known that these tests can be manipulated
to take advantage of the format - that's
one reason lab results commonly fail to be
reproduced in the actual solar panel product.

You may know that much of the suns rays
come through at the ultraviolet frequency,
that which gives us sunburn, and some can
come through as infrared light energy,
which has thermal properties. Both of these
frequencies can be produced in a TQD tuned
specifically to match them, enabling the
possibility of a specialized solar cell that
could capture energy at night - very useful
in the 6 months of night at the north and
south pole, or that could capture waste thermal
energy from a furnace and produce electrical
current instead of letting it go to waste.
A good example of recycling!

Note: the above I believe to be fact; the following
is all my supposition of what I think QMC is capable
of producing now or in the near future, and
definitely within the theoretical realm of the future:

So QMC can mix any specific frequencies of TQD
together to maximize the specific light conditions
at a specific latitude or, for example, the high
fog conditions of London or San Francisco, the
altitude of Denver, or the rainy days of Vancouver.
Whatever the situation, QMC can formulate a solar cell
that will produce the most current for it. It's just
a matter of mixing the "inks" for the inkjet printer
with the combination of tuned frequency TQD needed.

Or, depending on the sophistication of the inkjet
printer and the ability to print separate "cells"
on one panel, there could be a section for intense
sunlight, another next to it for ultraviolet and a
third for infrared, of same or different sizes.
I do not know if you would maximize the energy gain
from having all the same frequency TQD together in
one cell, or having 3 separate specialized cells on
one solar panel.

The reason I am reiterating all this is because I
believe all the above is possible as soon as a
Solterra Solar Panel can be manufactured and I saw
a PR/News article today that talked about some of
the advantages of a similar accomplishment-

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Breakthrough Multiband Solar Cell Technology announced by RoseStreet Lab Scientists - Article Here
June 29, 2010

RoseStreet Labs Energy, announced today a breakthrough laboratory
demonstration of the first known multiband photovoltaic device
featuring three distinct light absorption regions integrated into
a single layer thin film device.

This breakthrough is based on RSLE's IBand™ technology and is the
first known intermediate band solar cell reduced to practice in a
laboratory demonstration. This technology illustrates great
promise for high efficiency thin film solar efficiencies above
35% by potentially capturing the full spectrum of the sun's
spectrum.
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Well, you could knock me over with a feather when I read that.
I think QMC can do that now, not 3-4 years from now as the
article says it will take to make their process commercially viable.
Is it possible that we have been greatly underestimating the
actual capability of the TQD in a solar panel because we have
not heard before what kind of efficiency can be achieved by
proper combining of the TQD frequencies into a solar cell?
I knew QMC could produce specialized, customized solar cells
for specific situations, but I did not think about what
optimizing the combining of the frequencies could achieve.

I am thankful to the article to pointing it out. I would be glad
for a QMC solar panel around 10% efficiency, to start, and this
article has made me a little excited by saying that higher
efficiencies are possible with the right combination of TQD.

BTW, the company, Rosestreet Labs Energy is located in Phoenix
and has an association with ASU.

Puravida19