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No longer do consumers have to rely solely on rigid, heavy, fragile solar panels. Reware thin-film solar panels are made up of 52 micro solar cells. The panel is light, flexible, and extremely powerful. It's the most advanced solar energy technology available today. The panels are water-proof, military-tested, and create no heat or sound. The moment sunlight hits, you're making electricity.
THIN IS IN
Thin film cells are 100 times thinner and lighter than silicon cells. Because they require less semiconductor material than other solar cells, lots of thin film solar cells can be made for less money. However, the thin film cells have a much more complex structure and can be difficult to make, which is why the world is just beginning to see thin film products entering the marketplace. In fact, Reware was one of the first consumer products companies to license the technology of thin film solar.
Reware currently uses thin film based on CIGS technology, which creates more electricity from the same amount of sunlight than do other thin-film PV technologies, and therefore has a higher "conversion efficiency". CIGS conversion efficiency is also very stable over time, meaning its performance continues unabated for many years.
SOLAR POWER
Solar electricity, or photovoltaics (PV) convert sunlight directly into electricity. Commonly known as solar cells, individual PV cells are electricity-producing devices made of semiconductor materials. PV cells come in many sizes and shapes. Crystalline silicon was the first material used in the earliest successful PV devices.
The most common materials used are amorphous silicon (a-Si, still silicon, but in a different form), or the polycrystalline materials: cadmium telluride (CdTe) and copper indium (gallium) diselenide (CIS or CIGS). Juice Bags use CIGS technology because we think it's the best available material at this time.
More information on all kinds of solar can be found on the RE-Education pages in Reware's Community Section.
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