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2 unusual facts about Cadmium sulfide


Cadmium sulfide

The general commercial availability of cadmium sulfide from the 1840s led to its adoption by artists, notably Van Gogh, Monet (in his London series and other works) and Matisse (Bathers by a river 1916–1919).

Minolta 16

It was replaced in 1963 by the 16 EE2, which used a CdS cell instead of a selenium meter.


I. M. Dharmadasa

His recent scientific breakthroughs 1-2, which are fundamental to describing the photovoltaic activity of CdTe/CdS solar cells, were summarised in a "new theoretical model for CdTe”.

Based on these novel ideas he has reported a higher efficiency of 18% for the CdTe/CdS cell 3, compared with 16.5% reported by NREL in the United States.


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Zinc cadmium sulfide

Operation LAC (Large Area Coverage), was a Chemical Corps operation in 1957 and 1958 which dispersed microscopic zinc cadmium sulfide (ZnCdS) particles over much of the United States.