Motorola are one step closer to producing a mobile phone which will be powered entirely from solar energy. They have managed to create a screen which allows more light to pass through it than traditional LCDs, which means a fairly large solar cell can be placed behind it. It has been tried previously, but normal mobile phone screens only allow 6% of light to pass through. With this new technology that figure is raised to around 75%. Motorola hope that the new solar cells can also be used in other electrical goods which feature these new organic LCD screens.
[via treehugger.com]
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