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This report provides a new opportunity analysis of the transparent conductor market landscape: ITO, the clear leader in both the largest market—displays—and in applications that are not yet commercial; other transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) that provide cost relief but little else; transparent organic conductors that are having a heyday in antistatic and other lower-performance applications; and the expanding field of nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes, graphene, metal nanowires and nanoparticles, and composite materials combining one or more of these materials, sometimes with others like ITO or organics.  The report also explores the alternative approaches to ITO deposition, mainly the on-again, off-again efforts toward commercializing ITO inks.

 

The report discusses strategic marketing issues and provides detailed forecasts of the market penetration by application of each of the transparent conductor classes, as well as discussing the latest activities of the leading and most promising companies working in this field.  In particular, we look at the future for ITO in the many applications in which final product prices are expected to decline, while ITO costs are expected to increase.

 

 

Executive Summary

 

2010: The slow road to recovery and the impact on transparent conductor markets

ITO’s strongholds: where ITO is assured of a growing market

ITO ceding ground: where alternative transparent conductors will make major inroads

Opportunities for other transparent conducting oxides

Opportunities for transparent organic conductors

Opportunities for nanomaterials

 

New Developments in ITO and Other Transparent Conductors

 

Introduction

ITO and cost: the rebounding market for indium

Is the indium market different now than before the recession?

Will the indium scare return?

Recycling and reclamation of indium and ITO

Addressing ITO’s flexibility and wastage concerns: alternative deposition

ITO inks and printing

How much indium can be saved?

Addressing just the cost: other transparent conducting oxides

Tin oxide and coated glass substrates

Zinc oxide and the top of the layer stack

Other TCOs, with and without indium

Transparent organic conductors as a low-cost, flexible alternative

PEDOT:PSS and performance

Cost trends for PEDOT:PSS

Nanosilver and other nanometals: metal’s new life as a conductor

From metal grids to random metal networks

Cost considerations with nanosilver

Nanosilver’s performance

Carbon nanotubes: the prospect of higher performance and lower cost

Limiting the carbon nanotube: making them “just conductors”

The carbon nanotube cost roadmap

A word about graphene

 

Applications and Markets for ITO and Other Transparent Conductors 

 

Conventional flat-panel display markets: stuck on ITO

Efforts to introduce different transparent conductors

What will it take to displace ITO?

Newer displays: e-paper, OLEDs, and the promise of flexibility

Where e-paper stands with regard to transparent conductors

The elusive goal of flexibility

Touch-screens: increasing demands on transparent conductors

Analog-resistive touch-screens and the durability issue

Analog-resistive touch-screens and the cost issue

Distributed-capacitive touch-screens: where transparency and conductivity rule

Photovoltaics: ITO on the way out

Thin-film silicon and the ongoing exodus from ITO

OPV and DSC: what will replace ITO, and will it matter?

Are alternative FTO and AZO here to stay?

Solid-state lighting: rapid changes and the impact on transparent conductors

The quest for anything but ITO

When will OLED lighting go flexible?

Other applications for transparent conductive coatings

Transparent antistatic coatings

Transparent electromagnetic shielding

 

Forecasts for ITO and Alternative Transparent Conductor Markets by material type and by application

 

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NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy and electronics markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm has published numerous reports related to organic, thin film and printable electronics materials and applications. Visit www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

 

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