LG Display will present at the conference International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) solar panel designed to power the e-book readers.

Conference of the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) - http://www.imid.or.kr will begin tomorrow in Seoul and will last until Friday. LG will demonstrate its prototype e-book reader for Sony Reader, which is designed to equip its solar panel. Thanks to this combination, you the reader (it uses the technology made in the e-paper screen, which retrieves the current displayed only when you change pages) will be practically no need to worry about his power.

Designed by Korean firm solar panel measuring 10 x 10 inches, while its thickness and weight are (respectively) less than 1 millimeter and 20 grams. According to the assurances of representatives of LG Display listing it for four hours to sunlight provide enough energy reader, it will easily be able to work throughout the day.

Currently, the link is characterized by efficiency at 9.6 percent. LG Display plans for next year but this figure improved by almost 2.5 percentage points, while in 2012 - a further 2 points. Then they should appear on the market for devices that use the first Korean company's solutions.