Future Breakthroughs
Quantum Dots
Quantum dots are found in
two aspects of the Four-Way Catalytic Converter: on the inner
layer of the reaction chamber and on the photovoltaic cells.
Based on current technologies, when a light photon hits a photon absorber, it
typically releases only one
electron. Once it becomes commercially feasible to manufacture
photon absorbers at the quantum scale (i.e., less than
100 nanometers in length, width and
height), it has been shown that one photon could release as many as seven electrons (Jobwerx). This would make the Four-Way
Catalytic Converter almost seven times more efficient. As well,
quantum dots of a heat-resistant material would have to be
manufactured for the inner layer of the reaction chamber.
Manufacturers would have to use extremely acute and fast machines to
efficiently mass-produce the quantum dots.