Abstract
Unique new report giving the big picture
This report includes forecasts of markets by geographical region, component,
organics versus inorganic, flexible/conformal and many other parameters.
Realistic timescales and the emergence of new products are given, as are
impediments and opportunities for the years to come. Statistics for activity
in East Asia is given. What will be the split between organic, inorganic and
composite solutions by year? It is all here, with activities of over 600
companies listed.
2008 to 2028 market size
IDTechEx expect the spend on printed and thin film electronics beyond
conventional silicon to be $1.58 Billion this year. The majority of this is
for OLED display panels ($0.69 Billion) which is the value of the panel and
not the final device. Virtually all of this is non printed and on glass.
Second largest by value is photovoltaics (PV) beyond conventional crystalline
and amorphous silicon, accounting for $0.4 Billion. This is not organic PV
however, which is still some time away from commercialization, but inorganic
technologies such as CIGS and CdTe devices. For example, First Solar has an
order book exceeding $2 Billion for CdTe PV devices which they will be
delivering over several years. Third largest is not a specific product, but a
value for inks for $0.21 Billion, which are used for multiple different
applications such as interconnects for switches, membrane keyboards,
windscreen heaters. We give the ink value only here rather than the value of
the product because the products are so diverse in scope. Then we have the
market for sensors, at $0.11 Billion, which are printed sensors used for
glucose meters - approximately 2.2 billion are sold each year. $50 Million
will be spend on electroluminescent displays and $48 Million on
electrophoretic displays (the value of the front plane of the display itself
rather than the end device).
On the other hand, we see the market for logic and memory beyond conventional
silicon to be just $10 Million this year - and virtually all of that is
samples and some services with some commercial sales beginning towards the end
of the year from Kovio, PolyIC and PolymerVision, for example.
In particular, the following components are addressed, and for each one twenty
year forecasts are given, along with companies and their activities, case
studies, impediments to commercialization and timescales.
- Logic
- Memory
- OLED display
- OLED Billboard
- OLED light
- Electrophoretic
- Electrochromic
- Electroluminescent
- Other display (electrowetting, thin film LED, etc)
- Battery
- Photovoltaics
- Sensor etc
- Conductors (ink only)
- Other
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