QuantaSol is a spin-out from Imperial College London and will use its advanced technology to enable it to become a world leading supplier of high efficiency III-V based solar cells
QuantaSol has pioneered the application of nanostructures such as quantum wells and quantum dots for solar photovoltaics. Using its unique, patented technology, the Company will manufacture single and multi-junction concentrator solar cells.
QuantaSol has pioneered the application of nanostructures such as quantum wells and quantum dots for solar photovoltaics. Using its unique, patented technology, the Company will manufacture single and multi-junction concentrator solar cells.
QuantaSol’s world leading photovoltaic cell technology delivers not just greater conversion efficiency, but also better spectral performance and longer cell lifetimes than competing cells.
For further information on the development of our technology please see History of the Technology
Early History
The research activity on "Quantum Well Solar Cells" officially started in September 1989 thanks to a grant paid by the Greenpeace Trust.
Greenpeace Environmental Trust
The grant provided support for a Research Assistant to work with Keith Barnham on the project for a few years. The first student supported by EPSRC started his PhD on a Departmental studentship in October 1989.
The first EPSRC grant was awarded to Keith Barnham in May 1990.