Rice University Scientists Form Flat Tellurium

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(Funded by the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research)

Researchers have made tellurium, a rare metal, into a film less than a nanometer thick. The resulting material, tellurene, shows promise for next-generation, near-infrared solar cells, and other optoelectronic applications that rely on the manipulation of light.