PHY392H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nuclear Material, Industrial Revolution, Depletion Region
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Just as human civilization experienced a dramatic increase in development during the industrial revolution through adopting new technologies to generate power, the lifestyle of the present generation is enabled by a continual supply of electricity. Earth s population leads to an ever increasing demand for resources, and as such electricity generation must continually increase. However, the finite nature of various fossil fuels and nuclear material sources that currently powers the world means that adoption of a renewable energy supply is necessary for sustaining the current and future existence of humanity. It is important to wean society off nonrenewable energy as renewable energy only accounts for 13% of generated power. Colloidal quantum dots (cqd) are a candidate material for the next generation of photovoltaic devices. The rapid development of cqd materials led to a dramatic improvement from sub 1% performance in 2005 to a certified 8. 55% performance in 2014.
