Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a type of cadmium and tellurium in synthetic crystalline substance, is an ideal material for solar cell semiconductor. rn873 ，y6142
In addition to solar energy applications, cadmium telluride and mercury may also be the formation of alloys of HgCdTe can be used in infrared detectors sensitive materials, but also because of the toxicity of cadmium telluride range d ‘applications is out of reach.
As with other compounds such as cadmium telluride and cadmium are considered toxic, but they do not enter the body through oral or respiratory damage cadmium telluride to humans is limited.
U. S. Department of Energy noted that the cadmium telluride solar modules as long as the procedures for recycling and it does not harm the environment, its impact on the environment with cadmium metal is completely different. Therefore, CdTe solar modules in normal use, the benefit to the environment or even greater than the threat to the environment. f2024a
The increased production of traditional silicon solar panels based GE (GE), the future use, and U. S. First Solar power industry solar the same raw material, turn in the field of solar cells in thin layers.
Although the technology of cadmium telluride, the conversion efficiency of less than silicon solar cells crystalline Ran strange that when considering the conversion efficiency at the same time, manufacturing costs and raw material costs and other factors, the technology of cadmium telluride on other solar technologies in thin layers, a better cost structure, which is strange to select developers for the technology of cadmium telluride, the main reason.
It is reported that cadmium telluride manufacturing costs of solar cells is low,sony vgp-bps13 , has received the highest efficiency of 16%, which is a good application prospect of solar cells.