Sharp Corp. said Monday that research by the firm shows its air purifying technology is able to reduce airborne novel coronavirus particles, claiming it as a world first.
The Osaka-based electronics maker said its Plasmacluster technology, which emits positive hydrogen ions and negative oxygen ions through plasma discharge, cut concentrations of novel coronavirus particles by about 90 percent in an experiment jointly conducted with Nagasaki University and Shimane University.
Since the research was conducted on a small scale and in a controlled environment, it remains unclear how effective the technology would be in a real-life setting.