Zinc Telluride

Zinc telluride is a binary chemical compound with the formula ZnTe. This solid is a semiconductor material with a direct band gap of 2.26 eV. It is usually a p-type semiconductor. Its crystal structure is cubic, like that for sphalerite and diamond.

The main usage of zinc telluride and zinc selenide are similar, can be used as a semiconductor and infrared material, and has the characteristics of optical conductivity, fluorescence，as well as battery manufacturing and so on.
Zinc telluride crystals have good electro-optical effects under near-infrared (~ 800nm) ultrafine pulse action and mature preparation technology. They are commonly used as optical rectifying THz radiation source and detection material, and also have applications in green light emitting devices, solar cells, waveguides, modulators and other photoelectric devices.