Table of Contents

Executive Summary

E.1 Summary of Major Opportunities for Conductive Coatings
E.1.1 Opportunities for Conductive Coatings in Batteries
E.1.2 Opportunities for Conductive Coatings in Fuel Cells
E.1.3 Opportunities for Conductive Coatings in Solar Panels
E.1.4 Opportunities for Conductive Coatings in LCD Displays
E.1.5 Opportunities for Conductive Coatings in Other Display Products
E.1.6 Opportunities for Conductive Coatings in Sensors
E.1.7 Opportunities for Conductive Coatings in Lighting
E.1.8 Opportunities for Conductive Coatings in EMI/RFI Shielding
E.1.9 Opportunities for Conductive Coatings in ESD Protection/Antistatic Coatings
E.2 Firms to Watch
E.3 Summary of Forecasts

Chapter One: Introduction

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

Chapter Two: Materials and Technical Trends in Conductive Coatings Markets

2.1 Introduction
2.2. Metallic Conductive Coatings
2.2.1 Key Materials
2.2.2 Metallic Coatings and Nanomaterials
2.2.3 Metallic Coatings, Alloys and Other Mixtures
2.2.4 New Coating Approaches for Metallic Materials
2.3 Conductive Coatings from Metallic Oxides and Other Metallic Compounds
2.3.1 Key Materials: ITO
2.3.2 R&D and Commercialization Directions: ITO Alternatives
2.4 Conductive Polymers as Conductive Coatings
2.4.1 Key Materials and Applications
2.4.2 R&D Trends in Conductive Polymers
3.4.3 Key Material Suppliers
2.5 Nanotubes and Other Nanomaterials as Conductive Coatings
2.5.1 Carbon Nanotubes
2.5.2 Metallic Nanomaterials
2.5.3 Nanoengineering Research Related to Conductive Coatings
2.6 Manufacturing Trends for Conductive Coatings
2.6.1 Conductive Coatings and Printed Electronics
2.6.2 Developments in Traditional Coating, Vapor Deposition and Sputtering Processes
2.7 Key Points in this Chapter

Chapter Three: Opportunities and Trends in Conductive Coatings Markets

3.1 Introduction: A Market Categorization of Conductive Coatings
3.2 Batteries
3.3 Fuel Cells
3.4 Solar Panels
3.4.1 Electrodes for Crystalline Silicon PV
3.4.2 Electrodes for Amorphous Silicon PV
3.4.3 Electrodes for Cadmium Telluride PV
3.4.4 Electrodes for CIGS PV
3.4.5 Electrodes for Organic PV
3.5 Displays
3.5.1 Conductive Coatings in LCD Displays
3.5.2 Conductive Coatings in PDP Displays
3.5.3 Conductive Coatings in OLED Displays
3.5.4 Conductive Coatings in E-Paper and Flexible Displays
3.6 Sensors
3.7 Lighting
3.7.1 EL Lighting
3.7.2 LED Lighting
3.7.3 OLED Lighting
3.8 Smart Textiles
3.8.1 Metallic Coatings
3.8.2 Conductive Polymers
3.8.3 Carbon Nanotubes
3.9 Conductive Coatings and Traditional Thick-Film Markets
3.9.1 The Use of Nanomaterials in Thick Film
3.9.2 Capacitors
3.9.3 PCBs
3.10 EMI/RFI Shielding
3.10.1 Metals and Metallic Alloys as EMI/RFI Shielding
3.10.2 ZnO for EMI/RFI Shielding
3.10.3 Conductive Polymers as EMI/RFI Shielding
3.10.4 Carbon Nanotubes as EMI/RFI Shielding
3.11 Conductive Coatings and Antistatic/Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Applications
3.12 Conductive Coatings and Optical Coatings
3.12.1 Conductive Coatings and Smart Windows
3.13 Other Applications
3.13.1 Packaging
3.13.2 Conductive Paints
3.13.3 Corrosion Protection
3.14 Key Points Made in this Chapter

Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecast of Conductive Coatings Market

4.1 Introduction: Forecasting Methodology
4.2 Conductive Coatings in Batteries
4.3 Conductive Coatings in Fuel Cells
4.4 Conductive Coatings in Solar Panels
4.5 Conductive Coatings in Displays
4.6 Conductive Coatings in Lighting
4.7 Conductive Coatings in Sensors
4.8 Antistatic/ESD Coatings Markets
4.9 EMI/RFI Markets
4.10 Summary of Forecasts
Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in This Report
About the Author

List of Exhibits

Exhibit E-1: Conductive Coatings Markets: Opportunities by Application ($ Millions)
Exhibit 2-1: Common Conductive Coatings
Exhibit 2-2: Conductivity of Metals
Exhibit 2-3: Degussa's VP AdNano Conductive Coating Product Range
Exhibit 2-4: Transparent Conductive Coatings Based on Metallic Compounds
Exhibit 2-5: Council to Promote Commercialization of Zinc Oxide Film
Exhibit 2-6: NanoRam Technologies' Conductive Coatings
Exhibit 2-7: Keeling & Walker - FTO Properties
Exhibit 2-8: Nissan Chemical Company's Celnax Conductive Coatings
Exhibit 2-9: Comparison of Pyrrole and EDT Materials for Printed Wireless Boards
Exhibit 2-10: PEDOS Properties
Exhibit 2-11: Agfa's Conductive ORGACON Coatings
Exhibit 2-12: American Dye Source ADS650 WP PANI Conductive Coating
Exhibit 2-13: H.C. Starck's Clevios Material Properties
Exhibit 2-14: H.C. Starck's Product Development - 2006 Onwards
Exhibit 2-15: Comparison of ITO and PEDOT
Exhibit 2-16: Ormecon Products
Exhibit 2-17: Panipol's Polyaniline Conductive Coatings
Exhibit 2-18: Eikos Government Projects
Exhibit 2-19: Cambrios ClearOhm Transparent Conductor Materials
Exhibit 2-20: Conductive Coatings: How Materials and Production Technologies are Matched
Exhibit 2-21: Comparison of Common Printing Processes
Exhibit 2-22: Conductive Polymers in Roll to Roll Printing
Exhibit 2-23: OVPD versus Thermal Evaporation
Exhibit 3-1: Henkel's Conductive Coatings for Lithium Ion Batteries
Exhibit 3-2: BASF IP - Conductive Polymers for Battery Applications
Exhibit 3-3: Acheson's Aquadag 18 Conductive Coatings for Fuel Cell Gas Diffusion Membranes
Exhibit 3-4: PNNL Synthesis of High Surface Area Cathode Materials
Exhibit 3-5: Transparent Conductive Electrode Comparison
Exhibit 3-6: H.C. Starck's Buffer Layer Material Properties
Exhibit 3-7: Samsung's 2.3-inch Black and White E-Paper CNT Electrode
Exhibit 3-8: NanoSonic's Metal Rubber Properties
Exhibit 4-1: Conductive Coatings Markets: Batteries ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-2: Conductive Coatings Markets: Fuel Cells ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-3: Conductive Coatings Markets: Solar Panels ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-4: Conductive Coatings Markets: Displays* (Electrode applications) ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-5: Conductive Coatings Markets: Lighting ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-6: Conductive Coatings Markets: Sensors ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-7: Conductive Coatings Markets: Antistatic/ESD Coatings ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-8: Conductive Coatings Markets: EMI/RFI Coatings ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-9: Conductive Coatings Markets: Opportunities by Application ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-10: Conductive Coatings Markets: Materials ($ Millions)