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The glass weld can be used on any type of solar technology -- silicon, perovskites, cadmium telluride -- because the heat of the weld is confined to a few millimeters from the laser focus.

Radiation is usually detected using semiconductor materials, such as cadmium zinc telluride, that produce an electrical response when struck by high-energy radiation such as gamma rays.

Perovskites, a broad class of compounds with a particular kind of crystal structure, have long been seen as a promising alternative or supplement to today's silicon or cadmium telluride solar panels.

To achieve this, the team focused on an emerging material called iron gallium telluride.

The discovery was made in crystals of manganese telluride, a well-known simple two-element material.