U.S. Department of Energy Launches Consortium to Advance Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell Technology and Supply
The demand for tellurium continues to increase, not only for solar cells, but for new battery technology and other applications.
- The demand for tellurium continues to increase, not only for solar cells, but for new battery technology and other applications.
- CdTe solar cells, made from cadmium and tellurium, were first developed in the United States.
- They offer the lowest cost-per-watt technology , have the shortest energy payback time and are the least carbon intensive in production.
- First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), broke ground in August 2021 on its third and largest CdTe solar cell manufacturing facility, located in Ohio.