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Quantum Solar Power Corporation was formed as Quantum Ventures, Inc. in May 2004. In June 2008, the company changed its name to Quantum Solar Power Corporation and trades under the symbol QSPW on the OTCBB. In December of 2009, Quantum Solar Power Corp. acquired Canadian Integrated Optics (IOM) Limited’s patent pending solar power technology. In January 2010, Daryl Ehrmantraut, a highly-experienced technology industry executive with a successful track record of bringing new products to market became Quantumʼs President/CEO. As of September, 2011 Mr. Ehrmantraut transitioned to the role of COO and Steven J.E. Pleging, formerly of TeamSolar BV, a solar energy market consultancy, became Quantumʼs CEO/President. Mr. Pleging had joined the Quantum board of directors in July of 2011 and remains in that position today.
In the fall of 2008, Dr. Gary Leach, Lead Scientist at Quantum and the Director, Photonic Systems, 4D LABS and a team of scientists began work at Simon Fraser University (SFU), a Canadian public research university in British Columbia. SFU was identified early on in the formation of Quantum Solar Power as a key resource given their newly built, state-of-the-art research and fabrication facilities. 4D Labs opened in 2007 as a cutting-edge facility for optics and nanoscience research and had installed leading edge tools and a 4,000 sf clean room.
After a careful analysis of the limitations to PV technologies at that time, in concert with novel ideas of their own, they hypothesized a completely new approach to solar cell design. In October of 2008 they embarked on a proof of concept design for a new device. By March of 2009, it became apparent to Dr. Leach and his team that their proof of concept was indeed viable. Dr. Andras G. Pattantyus-Abraham met Dr. Leach at a nanotechnology presentation at SFU in the summer of 2009. Dr. Pattantyus-Abraham was engaged in semiconductor nanoparticle research at the Sargeant Group in Toronto at the time. Convinced that Quantum’s approach promised a true ‘holy grail’ solution, he joined Quantum in late 2009 as their CTO.
Since early 2010 Quantum’s lab in Burnaby, B.C. Canada with its team of 14 leading experts in nanotechnology, physical chemistry, optics and physics has been fine-tuning a prototype PV device. In June of 2011, Quantum entered their second phase of research ramping up the device’s output results. Future research and development will focus on key partnerships in research and manufacturing as well as National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) certification.
Quantum Solar Power Corporation is a US based public company, with a Canadian and German office engaged in developing and commercializing a revolutionary new solar power technology. Future solar cells based on Quantum Next Generation Devices (NGD™) will remove the barriers of expense, efficiency and scalability associated with legacy solar PV technology. Quantum NGD™ is expected to achieve results that will realistically replace coal generated electricity with solar power production, which is the “holy grail of the industry”.
