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What is cadmium telluride used for?

Cadmium telluride is used in thin-film technology in the solar power industry to form a semiconducting layer that acts to convert sunlight into electricity. CdTe uses one or more layers of photovoltaic (PV) cells arranged on a substrate, which is metal, plastic, or glass.

What is a cadmium telluride solar cell?

cadmium telluride solar cell, a photovoltaic device that produces electricity from light by using a thin film of cadmium telluride (CdTe). CdTe solar cells differ from crystalline silicon photovoltaic technologies in that they use a smaller amount of semiconductor —a thin film—to convert absorbed light energy into electrons.

What is cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV)?

The United States is the leader in cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing, and NREL has been at the forefront of research and development in this area. PV solar cells based on CdTe represent the largest segment of commercial thin-film module production worldwide.

What are the advantages of a cadmium telluride solar panel?

The major advantage of this technology is that the panels can manufactured at lower costs than silicon based solar panels. First Solar was the first manufacturer of Cadmium telluride panels to produced solar cells for less than $1.00 per watt. Some experts believe it will be possible to get the solar cell costs down to around $0.5 per watt.

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