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telluride

telluride

5 9.9
A compound of tellurium and a metal
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛlʊˌraɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : telururo
  • cadmium telluride

Examples

  • On top of all this gold, on top of all this copper, this is most likely the world's largest Telluride deposit.

  • First Solar is doing spectacularly well with cadmium Telluride, and there are many other technologies on the way.

  • The highest thin-film cell efficiency has been confirmed at 15.8% for cadmium telluride.

    Academic text (1993)
  • However, in the past few years, CdTe (cadmium telluride) cells have reached conversion efficiencies of the order of 11%, and that has led to a commercial boom all over the world.

    Blog text (28)
  • PV manufacturers are developing module-manufacturing designs and processes to meet the challenges of further reducing costs, including other thin films, such as copper indium diselenide and cadmium telluride.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Quantum detectors are based on the photoelectric effect and are produced from III-V or II-VI semiconductors such as gallium arsenide and mercury cadmium telluride.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The unique geological features of telluride make it an interesting subject for scientific study.

  • Many chemists are excited about the potential applications of telluride compounds in new technologies.

  • Telluride is a binary compound involving tellurium and a more electropositive element.

Compounds

gold telluride
  • Specialized
8.9

A mineral made of gold combined with tellurium found in gold deposits

Surface Forms

telluride singular
tellurides plural

Morphology

telluride = tellurium (semi-transparent) = tellur + ide

Formed by the chemical naming pattern 'element name' + '-ide', which is regular in chemistry but requires knowledge of the element name and the chemical suffix and so may not be obvious to a general B1 learner.

Etymology

The word telluride comes from tellur meaning 'earth' and the chemistry ending -ide. So a telluride is a compound where tellurium, the 'earth' element, combines with another element.