TORONTO, June 10 (UPI) -- A new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticles could make solar panels cheaper, lighter, and more flexible.
The new sun-soaking nanoparticles are called colloidal quantum dots, and researchers at the University of Toronto's Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering think they could, aside from improving solar cell production, help developers create improved infrared lasers, gas sensors, infrared-light-emitting diodes and much more.