Examples of cadmium telluride in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web It is combined with cadmium to make cadmium telluride, which is then used to make panels that are more efficient than selenium solar panels. — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 2022 On a recent afternoon at the Ohio factory, an endless line of glass panels traveled through machines that deposited layers of cadmium telluride and other materials. — Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021 The core of a quantum dot is typically composed of a heavy metal, such as cadmium selenium or cadmium telluride, although more recently quantum dots made from other materials are also possible. — Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021 The company uses a different semiconductor compound called cadmium telluride, applying it to glass panels in an ultrathin layer using a method developed by McMaster and his university colleagues. — Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021 Thin is in The researchers focused on thin-film technology, which is dominated by two materials: cadmium telluride (often called cadtel) and CIGS, or copper indium gallium selenide. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 May 2018 This has resulted in large price increases in recent years as demand has soared for both thermoelectric and CdTe solar [cadmium telluride photovoltaic solar cells—the second most common ones on the market]. — Kristen A. Schmitt, Smithsonian, 10 Apr. 2017 See More

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“Cadmium telluride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cadmium%20telluride. Accessed 30 Sep. 2022.

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