Research group creates highly sensitive photodetector from graphene and quantum dots

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 08:31 in Physics & Chemistry

(Phys.org) -- Researchers in Spain have succeeded in building a photodetector that is a billion times more sensitive than other such detectors based on graphene and could herald the use of graphene based light sensors and solar cells. The team, from the Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, in Barcelona, describe their research and results in a paper they’ve published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

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