Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Organotellurium compounds, Tellurates, Telluride minerals, Tellurides, Tellurites, Cadmium telluride, Mercury cadmium telluride, Coloradoite, Calaverite, Zemannite, Tellurium dioxide, Zinc telluride, Telluric acid, Bismuth telluride, Mercury telluride, Gallium(III) telluride, Sodium tellurite, Lead telluride, Hydrogen telluride, Dimethyl telluride, Tellurium hexafluoride, Tellurium tetrachloride, Organotellurium chemistry, Gallium(II) telluride, Sodium telluride, Tetradymite, Sylvanite, Tellurium tetrafluoride, Antimony telluride, Teflic acid, Tellurium trioxide, Krennerite, Cadmium zinc telluride, Germanium telluride, Petzite, Stutzite, Diphenyl ditelluride, Tin telluride, Temagamite, Gold chalcogenides, Empressite, Silver telluride, Altaite, Merenskyite, Tellurium tetrabromide, Melonite, Tellurium tetraiodide, Vulcanite, Hessite, Tellurous acid, Indium(III) telluride, Rubidium telluride, Tellurium dichloride, Thallium(I) telluride, Beryllium telluride, Tantalum telluride, Tellurium dibromide, Tungsten(IV) telluride, Mercury zinc telluride, Telluroxide, Tellurobismuthite, Ditellurium decafluoride, Weissite, Rickardite. Excerpt: Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a crystalline compound formed from cadmium and tellurium. It is used as an infrared optical window and a solar cell material. It is usually sandwiched with cadmium sulfide to form a p-n junction photovoltaic solar cell. Typically, CdTe cells use a n-i-p structure. CdTe is a highly useful material in the making of thin film solar cells. Thin-film CdTe provides a cost-effective solar cell design, but is less efficient than polysilicon. CdTe can be alloyed with mercury to make a versatile infrared detector material (HgCdTe). CdTe alloyed with a small amount of zinc makes an excellent solid-state X-ray and gamma ray detector (CdZnTe). CdTe is used as an infrared optic...