The researchers' material of choice is an alloy of germanium, antimony and tellurium.

研究人员择的材料是镓、锑和碲合金。

In addition, there are other materials that can be used instead of tellurium if needed.

此外，如果需要的话，还有其他材料以用来代替碲。

Another element is tellurium, which is used in large groups of solar panels, called solar farms.

另一种元素是碲，它被用于大量的太阳能电池板，即太阳能发电厂。

These so-called cobalt-rich crusts contain metals like cobalt, iron, and manganese, as well as rare earth metals like tellurium and platinum.

这些所谓的富钴结壳含有钴、铁和锰等金属，以及碲和铂等稀土金属。