Table of Contents

Executive Summary
E.1 Changes Since Last Year’s Report
E.1.1 Out of the Lab:  Emerging Opportunities from the Latest Thin-Film Battery Technology
E.1.2 Thin-Film Battery Applications:  Some Wired, Some Tired
E.2 New Money for Film Batteries:  VCs, Government and Other Funding Sources
E.3 Analysis of the Strategies in the Thin-Film Battery Market and Firms to Watch
E.3.1 Cymbet
E.3.2 Infinite Power Solutions (IPS)
E.3.3 Planar
E.3.4 Solicore
E.4 Summary of Eight-Year Markets for Thin-Film Battery Technologies

Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 What are Thin Batteries?
1.1.2 The New “Smartness” as a Driver for the Thin-Film Battery Market
1.1.3 The Business Case for Thin-Film Batteries
1.1.4 The Cost Issue:  The Elephant in the Room
1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
1.3 Methodology of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report

Chapter Two: Thin-Film Batteries--Commercialization of the Technology
2.1 Thin-Film Battery Chemistry Progress
2.1.1 Progress in Lithium Battery Chemistries for Thin-Film Batteries
2.1.2 Other Thin-Film Battery Chemistries of the Future
2.2 Competitive Advantages and Comparisons of Thin-Film Battery Chemistries: How They Play Out in the Marketplace
2.2.1 Form Factor: Size and Shape
2.2.2 Flexibility
2.2.3 Environmental and Safety Advantages
2.2.4 Temperature Stability
2.2.5 Energy Density
2.2.6 Lifetime
2.3 Energy Harvesting, PV and Thin-Film Batteries
2.3.1 How Energy Harvesting and PV Complement Each Other
2.3.2 Thin-film Batteries and Photovoltaics
2.4 The Future of Thin-Film Battery Manufacturing
2.4.1 Current and Future Roles for Printing in Thin-Film Batteries
2.4.2 Other Recent Manufacturing Improvements for Thin-Film Batteries
2.5 Key Points Made in this Chapter

Chapter Three: Thin-Film Batteries--Applications and Markets
3.1 Introduction
3.2 RFID and Smart Packaging
3.2.1 Do Batteries for RFID Tags Really Need to be Disposable?
3.2.2 Cost Considerations for RFID Batteries
3.2.3 Thin-film Battery Applications and Requirement for Active RFID and Battery-Assisted RFID
3.2.4 Can RFID Ever be the “Killer App” for Thin-Film Batteries?
3.2.5 Powering Smart Packaging with Thin-Film Batteries
3.3 Are There Opportunities for Thin-Film Batteries in Electronic Shelf Labeling?
3.4 “Thin” Batteries for Smartcards and Security Applications
3.4.1 For Which Applications Will Smartcards Need Batteries?
3.4.2 Will OTP Drive Thin-Film Battery Growth?
3.5 Disposable Batteries for Other Disposable Electronics:  Greetings Cards, Games, Toys and Other Novelties
3.6 Thin-Film Batteries for Medical Applications
3.6.1 Implants: The Value of Going for High-Value Products
Unconventional chemistries:
3.6.2 Labs-on-a-Chip and Diagnostic Devices
3.6.3 Batteries for CPR Assistance Device
3.6.4 Medical and Cosmetic Patches
3.7 Thin-film Batteries in Sensing and Related Applications
3.7.1 Wireless Sensor Networks:  An Opportunity for Combining Sensing and Thin-Film Batteries?
3.7.2 Large-Area Sensors:  They Will Use Thin-Film batteries, But are they a Real Market?
3.7.3 Military Sensors and Thin-Film Batteries
3.8 “Thin” Batteries in Semiconductor and Computer Industry Applications
3.8.1 Battery-Backed-Up Computer Memory and Clocks: Can Thin-Film Batteries Displace Conventional Batteries?
3.8.2  Other Applications for Thin-Film Batteries in the Computer and Semiconductor Industry
3.9 A Note on Thin-Film Batteries, Electric Cars and Grid-Scale Storage.
3.10 Key Points Made in this Chapter

Chapter Four:  Eight-Year Market Forecast of Thin-Film Batteries
4.1 Forecasting Methodology
4.1.1 Price Points and Pricing Strategies
4.2  Eight-Year Forecasts of Thin-Film Batteries in the Retail Sector:  RFID,  Packaging and ESLs
4.3 Eight-Year Forecasts of Thin-Film Batteries for Smartcards and Secure Access
4.4 Eight-Year Forecasts of Thin-Film Batteries for Medical Applications:   Implants and Patches
4.5 Eight-Year Forecasts of Thin-Film Batteries for Non-Medical Sensor Applications
4.6 Eight-Year Forecasts of Thin-Film Batteries for Semiconductor Industry and Computer Applications
4.7 Summary of Eight-Year Thin-Film Battery Forecasts by Application
4.8 Eight-Year Forecast of Thin-Film Batteries by Chemistry
4.9 Eight-Year Forecast of Thin-Film Powered Products

Acronyms and Abbreviations Used In this Report
About the Author

List of Exhibits

Exhibit E-1  Thin-Film Batteries Market—Summary 
Exhibit 2-1  Operating Temperatures for Selected Thin-Film Batteries 
Exhibit 4-1  Thin-Film Batteries Market: RFID and Smart Packaging Applications 
Exhibit 4-2  Thin-Film Batteries Market: Smart Shelf/ESL Display Applications 
Exhibit 4-3  Thin-Film Batteries Market: Smartcard Applications 
Exhibit 4-4  Thin-Film Batteries Market: Implants 
Exhibit 4-5  Thin-Film Batteries Market: Patches 
Exhibit 4-6  Thin-Film Batteries Market: Sensor Applications 
Exhibit 4-7  Thin-Film Batteries Market: Semiconductor and Computer Applications 
Exhibit 4-8  Thin-Film Batteries Market: Summary 
Exhibit 4-9  Thin-Film Batteries Market: Summary by Chemistry 
Exhibit 4-10  Worldwide Market for Products Powered by Thin-Film Batteries