Major role in Tellurium market: solar energy

Tellurium is used in a variety of products including mobile phones, LED displays and projectors, wearable electronic devices, rewritable optical (think CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray), gaskets, lighting, rubber production, thermo-conductors and for the new generation of random access memory (RAM) known as phase change memory chips. However, the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry consumes the biggest portion, according to USGS, accounting for 40 percent of total end use.
 
Tellurium alloyed with cadmium forms the compound cadmium-telluride (CdTe), a highly conductive compound when exposed to sunlight. Of all the solar technologies, CdTe solar panels are the most efficient and have the smallest carbon footprint, lowest water use and shortest energy payback time. These factors, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, make CdTe the second most-used solar material in the world next to silicon.

While the solar PV market currently drives tellurium demand, emerging applications for the metal, especially for batteries and water desalination which may play a major role in future tellurium demand.

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