Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Divalent tellurium, or a compound of tellurium, especially a binary compound of tellurium with a more electropositive element.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ore of a precious metal (gold or silver) which contains tellurium as a constituent in notable proportion, the presence of this element entailing certain changes in the usual course of metallurgical treatment.
- noun A compound of tellurium with an electropositive element. Also called
telluret .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called
telluret .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry (countable) A
compound of ametal withtellurium ; metalsalts oftellurane - noun chemistry (countable) Any
organic compound ofgeneral formula R2Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues ofethers - noun mineralogy (uncountable) Another name for
sylvanite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements
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Examples
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Instead, the company uses a thin film on its solar panels made out of cadmium telluride, which is less costly and in more abundant supply.
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Furthermore most thin-film technologies use dangerous, toxic materials including cadmium telluride and indium among others.
Daryl J. Ehrmantraut: Removing the Rare Element Shackles From Solar Energy Daryl J. Ehrmantraut 2011
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First Solar bet on technology -- cadmium telluride -- others found too complex.
Michael Kanellos: China, U.S. and the Politics of Failure Michael Kanellos 2011
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First Solar bet on technology -- cadmium telluride -- others found too complex.
Michael Kanellos: China, U.S. and the Politics of Failure Michael Kanellos 2011
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This started with the use of Circulating Fluidized Bed boilers and continued through the financing of advanced combined cycle gas turbine technology, new wind turbines and the latest thin-film solar technologies, such as cadmium telluride.
Kyle Rabin: Greening the Grid: Utility-scale Energy Storage Kyle Rabin 2012
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Furthermore most thin-film technologies use dangerous, toxic materials including cadmium telluride and indium among others.
Daryl J. Ehrmantraut: Removing the Rare Element Shackles From Solar Energy Daryl J. Ehrmantraut 2011
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First Solar's core technology is based on cadmium telluride solar cells.
First Solar Revamps Amid Weak Market Cassandra Sweet 2011
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Furthermore most thin-film technologies use dangerous, toxic materials including cadmium telluride and indium among others.
Daryl J. Ehrmantraut: Removing the Rare Element Shackles From Solar Energy Daryl J. Ehrmantraut 2011
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Some analysts have said developing an alternative to the First Solar's cadmium telluride solar cells would be key to making the company more competitive, but the effort would require capital that is now in shorter supply in the market.
First Solar Revamps Amid Weak Market Cassandra Sweet 2011
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This started with the use of Circulating Fluidized Bed boilers and continued through the financing of advanced combined cycle gas turbine technology, new wind turbines and the latest thin-film solar technologies, such as cadmium telluride.
Kyle Rabin: Greening the Grid: Utility-scale Energy Storage Kyle Rabin 2012
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