lgdisplay.com - 10/12/2009
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The thin-film solar cell featured in the e-book measures 10 centimeters in width and length, it was developed to perfectly fit the 6-inch display panel for e-book currently mass produced by LG Display. The solar cell measures 0.7 millimeter in thickness and weighs a mere 20 grams, the less ...
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LG's Solar Powered E-Book Reader
Gearlog —
... your reading habits. Still, there's the whole issue of electricity--you don't need a lithium ion battery for that paperback. LG is greening up the space with a new solar powered reader.
The new reader features a solar cell measuring 10 CM x 10 CM, with an energy conversion efficiency rate of 9.6-percent. Four to Five hours of sunlight should give you about a day's worth of charge.
There's not much info on the device beyond that, save for a fairly stiffly worded press release from the company.
LG Solar Cell e-Book reader
iTech News Net —
LG introduces an e-book reader that is equipped with a slim solar cell developed by LG. The thin-film solar cell measures 10cmx10cm that perfectly fit the 6-inch e-book display panel.
The thin-film solar cell is produced by placing electrodes onto a glass or plastic substrate. Contrary to widely adopted crystalline solar cells that employ silicon wafers, the thin-film solar cell is generally light-weight and easily adjustable in size and form for applications such as e-books or mobile phones.
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