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Phone losing charge? With photovoltaic polarizers, devices could be powered by sunlight, own backlight |
August 10, 2011
Researchers have developed a novel energy harvesting and recycling concept for electronic devices -- incorporating their LCD screens with built-in photovoltaic polarizers -- so they could convert ambient light, sunlight, and the device's own backlight into electricity. Called polarizing organic photovoltaics (or ZOPVs), these can potentially boost the function of a LCD, Light Crystal Displays, by working simultaneously as a polarizer, as a photovoltaic device and as an ambient light or sunlight photovoltaic panel.
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810093839.htm
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