Kotov and his colleagues shined circularly polarized light on particles of
cadmium telluride in a solution.
For example, Tempe, Ariz. — based First Solar, Inc., which employs
cadmium telluride in its thin - film solar cells, sells its modules encased in glass for either large arrays or rooftops.
Not exact matches
First Solar, based
in Tempe, Arizona, offers to take back and recycle all the
cadmium telluride thin - film solar cells it produces.
«America is quickly falling behind
in clean energy, trading Middle Eastern oil for cheap Chinese solar, batteries and wind turbines,» says Chris Rivest, co-founder of Berkeley, Calif. — based SunPrint, which is developing technology to print
cadmium telluride thin - film photovoltaic cells.
Surprisingly, they identified that two types of solar cells (silicon and
cadmium telluride) can vary
in energy output by 5 % or more
in tropical regions, where most of the emerging solar cell markets are located.
The researchers found that the
cadmium telluride solar cells produced up to 5 % more energy than silicon ones
in the hot, humid Singaporean location.
With this data, they analyzed two solar cell materials: silicon (commonly used
in solar cells) and
cadmium telluride (thin - film competitor material).
In experiments conducted thus far, the ions have been mounted in quantum dots made of cadmium telluride (CdTe) or indium arsenide (InAs
In experiments conducted thus far, the ions have been mounted
in quantum dots made of cadmium telluride (CdTe) or indium arsenide (InAs
in quantum dots made of
cadmium telluride (CdTe) or indium arsenide (InAs).
Metals can be repurified and given back to us
in the form of the
cadmium telluride compound.
In fact, cadmium telluride solar cells are currently the most ecofriendly devices, even though they use a toxic heavy metal, primarily because they require the least energy — typically provided by burning fossil fuels — to manufacture, says environmental engineer Vasilis Fthenakis, senior scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory's National Photovoltaic Environment Research Center in Upton, N.Y., and Columbia Universit
In fact,
cadmium telluride solar cells are currently the most ecofriendly devices, even though they use a toxic heavy metal, primarily because they require the least energy — typically provided by burning fossil fuels — to manufacture, says environmental engineer Vasilis Fthenakis, senior scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory's National Photovoltaic Environment Research Center
in Upton, N.Y., and Columbia Universit
in Upton, N.Y., and Columbia University.
Already, such issues have driven major companies such as General Electric to opt for competing technologies, investing
in thin - film solar cells made from
cadmium telluride by PrimeStar.
For their outstanding contribution
in the field of crystals of
cadmium - mercury -
telluride (CMT) leading to the application of detectors made from CMT to the successful development of thermal imaging.
The company expects to resume full production by year - end with
cadmium -
telluride panels that will be able to convert 12.5 percent to 13 percent of the energy
in sunlight into electricity.
First Solar, Inc. of Tempe, Arizona USA, a maker of
cadmium telluride CdTe - based thin - film solar cells, reported that the company will begin developing and building a 200 - megawatt (MW) ac photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant
in Twiggs County, Georgia USA.
A researcher analyzes a
cadmium telluride thin - film solar cell at General Electric's Global Research Center
in Niskayuna, New York.
Thin - film silicon technologies from turn - key vendors will be ramping up
in large scale during the second half of 2008, while
cadmium telluride (CdTe) module producers such as First Solar
Today the manufacturer appears to produce its
cadmium telluride modules predominantly for its own projects
in the multi-megawatt segment
in the USA and Asia.
Solar Frontier's monolithic thin - film modules are spec'd at approximately 12.2 percent efficiency, which is a relatively strong number
in the thin film world, a bit better than First Solar's 11.7 - percent - efficient
cadmium telluride material, but still trailing the 14 percent to 22 percent module efficiency of the crystalline silicon vendors.
FS's
cadmium -
telluride solar cells technology is definitely gaining adherents
in both technical and commercial side of the industry.
GE already has big plans
in cadmium telluride (CdTe)
in its Primestar program, 400 - megawatt Colorado factory and a technology roughly the same as First Solar's.
The solar cells are made of uniform 500 - nanometer - high pillars of
cadmium sulfide embedded
in a thin film of
cadmium telluride.
In related news, First Solar just recently reported that it had set a new world record for
cadmium -
telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) module conversion efficiency, something which should further help the well - regarded solar company continue to be a market leader.
Harvey, who has an impressive command of technical data, worries that toxic
cadmium telluride used
in the thin - film panels will escape into the environment, and he isn't soothed by Chevron's assurances that it will spray polymer - based binders on the disturbed soil to keep it from blowing around.