Square One Solar’s business model revolves around the use of quantum dots and other nanostructures. Quantum dots are nanostructures of semiconducting materials that can be as small as 2 to 10 nanometers. At these small sizes, materials behave differently, giving quantum dots unprecedented tunability and creating opportunities in both scientific and technical applications.
The Company is targeting the growing solar energy market as its first market vertical. Thereafter, the Company has identified opportunities in biometrics, taggant devices, thin film displays, and tracking devices where the use of nanostructures can vastly improve upon existing processes.
Square One has developed unique technology to precisely formulate quantum dots of dissimilar sizes that allow the harvesting of a larger portion of the available solar spectrum than conventional solar cell technologies. The technology is applicable to deposition by standard printing methods to create economic thin-film devices en masse. The Company will make use of the tunable wavelength of light afforded by quantum dots to derive photocurrent spectra tailored to several different regions of the light spectrum so as to take advantage of the inbound solar energy configuration anywhere on the planet.
Square One’s solar panels are manufactured using well-established deposition techniques such as inkjet, roller and screen printing technology. Using plastic film as the substrate in one embodiment, Quantum proprietary solutions are applied using a screen printing technique onto the substrate, creating solar cells that turn solar light energy into electricity. The solar panel is then laminated to protect the photovoltaic cells, generating a solar panel that is thin, flexible and actively generating energy at 6V to 220V. Installation is simple, and the panels are strong and effective. The Quantum solar panels, light and flexible, can be installed inexpensively and, importantly, on curved surfaces.
The Company, through the use of quantum dots and the proprietary production process, is working to develop the technology to generate more efficient power production cells at lower costs. The Company is committed and constantly seeking ways to improve the efficiency of the solar cells, with the ultimate goal to reach the theoretical 63% efficiency reported by researchers. Quantum dots of various types, shapes and sizes are commercially available from established sources. | 
