The Taiwanese company AU Optronics has an e-paper shown in which a flexible fotovolta lwa chemical cell is attached. With the new e-paper is it possible to have an e-reader is completely flexible, to gain paper to mimic.
The battery, which solar energy works, is on the back of the e-paper will be confirmed and is only 0.3 mm thick with a weight of 10 grams. As the e-paper in sunlight is used, there is no external power supply is needed, but indoors can be the photovoltaic cell, the consumption is not satisfied; then an external battery is needed. On a Japanese stock exchange was a prototype shown of an e-paper 6″ covered, with a resolution of 800×600 pixels. These dimensions are often used in e-readers.
Although flexible e-papers are not new, it was previously often not flexible battery needed for power supply. That makes that e-papers real paper, still not quite able to replace. It is unknown whether and when AU Optronics new e-paper in an e-reader wants to process.
Sony showed earlier, all flexible e-papers, which in the future, to find in e-readers. There was a 13.3″-variant is shown with e-ink technology, and in addition, a flexible color screen of the same size, with tft, with e-ink was combined.
