Abstract
In early 2006 NanoMarkets released a report that examined and quantified the
emerging market for thin film/flexible photovoltaic technology. It examined
the virtues and disadvantages or rival research programs, such as silicon on
metal, CIGS on metal and organic PV and compared the various strategies being
employed to create new PV products for the mobile computer and communications,
building materials, outdoor power, emergency power and other sectors. The
report provided detailed forecasts of PV shipments broken out by technology
type and application. It also discussed how far this new type of photovoltaics
would eat into traditional photovoltaics markets.
In our new report NanoMarkets offers a fresh assessment of the space with
additional details on technology, material and applications, a new market
forecast as well as analysis of the strategies of leading firms active in this
space. The materials platforms covered in this report include silicon, CIGS,
polymers, small molecules, CdTe, and GaAs as well as various hybrid materials
strategies. We also discuss emerging PV technology based on nanotechnology and
so-called Third-generation Photovoltaics. Each of these technologies
arereviewed in terms of their key performance characteristics (e.g.,
conversion efficiencies, costs per watt, etc.) and how these might improve in
the future. We also look at the evolution of roll-to-roll and printing
processes for TOP electronics-based PV and particular attention is given to
the market implications of the ability to create PV on flexible substrates.
For all of the TOP electronics approaches to PV, we examine their commercial
advantages and disadvantages and in which market segments they are likely to
find a successful application. Market segments examined in detail include
building integrated systems, mobile and wearable computing, central power
generation, disposable electronics, portable and emergency power (including
battery chargers), and military applications. The report also includes
detailed eight-year forecasts of PV shipments broken out by technology type
and application and discusses how far this new type of photovoltaics can eat
into traditional photovoltaics markets. Assessments of all the leading firms
active in the TOP PV space are also included and the coverage includes
start-ups and established firms offering both materials and PV technology into
this sector.
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