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Sharp Develops New Photovoltaic Architectural Glass

Benji Jerew — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:01:36 +0000

Many modern buildings feature architectural glass, both interior and exterior. It gives a sense of openness to the area and lets in plenty of ambient light. Photovoltaic glass could be used in some of these applications, but they filter too much light. Photovoltaic architectural glass, at least on exterior windows, could be a good replacement […]

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Sharp’s Transparent Solar Cells Could Be Your Home’s Future Windows

Benji Jerew — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:50:29 +0000

Sharp, a leader in photovoltaic technology, has managed to perfect a process that renders the solar cells and circuits virtually invisible. Embedded in glass, these cells generate electricity just like standard blue photovoltaic cells, but still allow light to pass through. Aside from generating electricity, which reduces the demand on the local power grid, the […]

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Solar-Powered Backup System for Afflicted Areas Developed by Japanese Companies

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:24:24 +0000

We've been hearing all the time that one company or another has developed a system "aimed for disaster-stricken areas," to provide electricity for the people's basic needs. Now is the time for such a technology, after the massacre of Japan's earthquake and tsunami.

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Sharp Reaches Solar Cell Energy Conversion Efficiency of 35.8%

Mike Sandru — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:55:21 +0000

Sharp Corporation has recently announced a breakthrough technology with which it has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 35.8%.The best feature of this triple-junction compound solar cell is that it uses photo-absorption layers made from compounds consisting of two or more elements such as indium and gallium.

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Sharp's 300mW Ultrathin Solar Panel Designed for Greener Gadgets

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:41:00 +0000

Solar powered cell phones are more and more looked for in the past few months. Many cell phone manufacturers release solar powered versions of their gadgets. Reacting on this (or anticipating a bubble), Sharp made solar cells specially designed for use in cell phones.

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Waterproof Solar Powered Cell Phone by KDDI and Sharp

Cristi — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:42:24 +0000

The waterproof solar cell phone will be sold starting with June by Japan's No.2 wireless provider, KDDI Corp. The gadget had been developed by Sharp Corp and promises carbon dioxide reduction by 80% charging from sunlight.

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Sharp and Enel to Produce 1 GigaWatt Thin Film Solar Power Yearly

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:05:42 +0000

It's good news to hear that green technology is growing rapidly in our times, and that new inventions in solar power are being applied months after they had been on the engineers' desks. This time it's about a new joint venture between the Japanese company Sharp and the largest Italian electricity provider, Enel.

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