Solar cells
- Third-generation solar cells
- Quantum-dot sensitisers
- Dye-sensitised cells
- Multiple carrier generation
Light in, light out
We engineer quantum dots, nanowires and electrode materials for third-generation solar cells, and for quantum-dot LEDs and solid-state displays.
The lab brochure (PDF)- Solar cells
- Quantum-dot, dye and organic sensitised photovoltaics
- LEDs
- Quantum-dot emitters and solid-state displays
- Nanowires
- Ordered ZnS nanowires for optical devices
- Theory
- Gas adsorption and device-scale quantum effects
LEDs and displays
- Quantum-dot LEDs
- Red-shifted emission
- Luminous efficacy
- Solid-state displays
Nanomaterials
- Sulphide quantum dots
- ZnS nanowires
- Block-copolymer lithography
- Energy-saving materials
What we study
Every topic the group works on, filed by which way the light goes. Point at one to see it; choose one to ask us about it.
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- Quantum-dot sensitisersLight in
- Dye-sensitised cellsLight in
- Multiple carrier generationLight in
- Exciton lifetimeLight in
- Light-to-power efficiencyLight in
- Electrode morphologyLight in
- Quantum-dot LEDsLight out
- Red-shifted emissionLight out
- Luminous efficacyLight out
- Solid-state displaysLight out
- Carrier transport layersLight out
- Sulphide quantum dotsMaterials
- ZnS nanowiresMaterials
- Block-copolymer lithographyMaterials
- Energy-saving materialsMaterials
- Gas adsorption modellingTheory
- Device-scale quantum effectsTheory
Where the light goes
Join the group
If you want to work where quantum physics meets energy, look here. In one hour the Sun delivers enough energy to meet the world's needs for a year; we work on catching more of it, and on wasting less of it as light.
Our devices run in two directions. In solar cells, quantum dots and dyes turn light into current. In LEDs and displays, quantum dots turn current back into light.
Third-generation solar cells could pass the Shockley-Queisser limit of about 33 per cent efficiency. Getting there means engineering the materials, the electrodes and the quantum effects at the scale of the device.
The department's microscopy and spectroscopy lab, with an atomic force microscope and an inverted optical microscope, is where the materials are imaged.
Pick the area that interests you below and write to us.
Quantum Optical and Photonic Devices Research GroupDepartment of Physics, CUI Lahore
The group
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Faculty
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PhD scholars
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MS scholars
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