Thin Film and Organic PV: New Applications for Solar Energy

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

• E.1 Background to Thin Film PV
• E.2 Materials and Production Platforms for TF PV
• E.2.1 New Directions for Production: The Role of Printing
• E.3 Applications Thin Film and Organic PV: Key Performance Criteria
• E.4 Relationship to Other Thin-Film and Organic Electronics Products
• E.5 Firms to Watch
• E.6 Summary of Forecasts

Chapter One: Introduction

• 1.1 Background to Report
• 1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
• 1.3 Methodology of this Report
• 1.4 Plan of this Report

Chapter Two: Enabling Technologies and Materials

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Silicon Approaches: Innovalight, Iowa Thin Film, Sanyo and Uni-Solar
• 2.3 CIS/CIGS Approaches: DayStar, Global Solar Energy, MiaSole, Heliovolt, Honda and Shell Solar
• 2.4 Polymers and Hybrid Organic/Inorganic: Konarka and Nanosolar
• 2.5 Small Molecules: Global Photonic Energy
• 2.6 CdTe: First Solar
• 2.7 "Third Generation," Nano-Enabled Photovoltaics and GaAs

Chapter Three: Applications and Markets

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Large Projects
• 3.3 Integrated Building Products
• 3.4 Consumer Electronics
• 3.5 Military and Emergency Applications
• 3.6 Other Applications: The Promise of Disposable Electronics

Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecasts

• 4.1 Eight-Year Forecasts of Thin Film Electronics Technology
• 4.2 A Justification for Forecasting and Sources of Error
• 4.3 Forecasts

Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in this Report

List of Exhibits

• Exhibit E-1: Claimed Advantages of Thin Film Approaches
• Exhibit E-2: Selected Firms in the Thin-Film PV Market
• Table E-3: Summary of Organic/PV Markets ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 4-1: TF Photovoltaic Markets: By Production Technology ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 4-2: TF Photovoltaic Markets: By Materials ($ Millions)