{"id":3775,"date":"2011-08-12T09:38:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T09:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:59","slug":"solar-power-for-used-cell-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/solar-power-for-used-cell-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Power for Used Cell Phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/solar-panel.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1657\" title=\"solar panel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/solar-panel.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1657 lazyload\" title=\"solar panel\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/solar-panel.gif\"><\/a>A new advancement in solar power technology could mean extended operating time for used cell phones.&nbsp; While battery life has been substantially extended in recent years, both used cell phones and laptop computers that feature LCD screens can run out of power much sooner, a fact which a new technology that has been developed at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) could be about to help to change.<\/p>\n<p>The team from UCLA\u2019s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has come up with organic photovoltaic (OPV) polarizers that can be fitted into LCD screens in order to be able to both harvest and recycle energy.&nbsp; The system is able to work by converting sunlight, ambient light, and 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