Date: Mon Jun 4 07:52:08 2012
Posted By: Frank Berauer, Technology Transfer Engineer Semiconductors/Microelectronics
Area of science: Physics
CdS shows superconductivity at 77K, see
Some other remarks about your post:
- A Resistor is a kind of (not very good) conductor. A Non-Conductor is
- Photoconductors (also called Photoresistors) do not generate electricity
from irradiation. You might mean a solar cell, which consists of a
photoconducting semiconductor with built-in p-n-Junction.
- Photoconductors change their resistivity with irradiation.
Superconductors, by definition, have Zero resistivity and thus cannot be
Photoconductor at the same time.
- Light is an electromagnetic wave, i.e. it has an electric and magnetic
field component. Superconductors block the magnetic component, so no light
can enter them.
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