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Are cadmium telluride solar cells a mass market technology?

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells have quietly established themselves as a mass market PV technology. Despite the market remaining dominated by silicon, CdTe now accounts for around a 7% market share and is the first of the second generation thin film technologies to effectively make the leap to truly mass deployment.

What is cadmium telluride PV?

Cadmium telluride PV is the sole thin film technology having less costs than traditional solar cells produced with crystalline silicon in multi-kilowatt .

Can thin-film cadmium telluride solar cells produce large-scale energy?

Better optical designs and enhanced recovery of tellurium may boost the potential for large-scale energy production from thin-film cadmium telluride solar cells. For decades, the material associated with photovoltaic (PV) cells has been silicon.

What is cadmium telluride (CdTe)?

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film PV modules are the primary thin film product on the global market, with more than 30 GW peak (GW p) generating capacity representing many millions of modules installed worldwide, primarily in utility-scale power plants in the US.

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Can zinc Te be used as a back contact for cadmium telluride photovoltaics?

Copper-doped zinc telluride thin-films as a back contact for cadmium telluride photovoltaics. Preparation and characterization of ZnTe as an interlayer for CdS/CdTe substrate thin film solar cells on flexible substrates. Polycrystalline CdTe photovoltaics with efficiency over 18% through improved absorber passivation and current collection.