NanoMarkets Forecasts Rapid Sales Growth for CIGS Solar Panels through Rest of Decade

Published: January 31, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

Glen Allen Virginia:  In its newly released report, CIGS Photovoltaics Markets-2012, industry analyst firm NanoMarkets forecasts revenues from CIGS panels will reach $4.4 billion (USD) by 2017.  And while the recent announcement of a 150 MW solar farm supports the notion that CIGS technology is finally ready for prime time, NanoMarkets says that CIGS manufacturers will have to adopt new strategies to protect themselves from falling solar panel prices.

Additional details about the report are available at www.nanomarkets.net

About the Report:

CIGS Photovoltaics Markets – 2012 is the latest in NanoMarkets’ ongoing series of industry reports on CIGS markets.  Applications sectors covered include rigid panels (conventional and BIPV), flexible PV, portable PV and BIPV glass.  The report also includes in-depth analysis of the latest trends in CIGS manufacturing and their market impact.  The realistic eight-year forecasts in this report are broken out by application sector and by type of deposition/manufacturing.  Both revenue and volume (MW) forecasts are included.

The report also discusses the strategies of important suppliers of both CIGS panels and materials.  Companies mentioned include:  3M, American Elements, Ascent, Avancis/Saint Gobain, Bosch, CIS Solartechnik, Daiyang Metal, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Flisom, Fujifilm, Global Solar, GroupSat Solar, HelioVolt, Honda Soltec, Indium Corporation, ISET, Istar Solar, Jenn Feng, Nanoco, Nanosolar, Odersun, Sigma-Aldrich, Solar Frontier, Pfister Energy, Solarion, Solar Frontier, SoloPower, Sputtering Materials, Shurjo Energy, Solibro, Sulfurcell, Sunshine PV, Telio, TSMC/Stion, Umicore, Wuerth Solar and others

From the Report:

To meet the challenge of very low-cost crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar panels, CIGS will need to continue to improve on its cost per watt.  NanoMarkets expects CIGS to succeed in this regard through volume production and manufacturing efficiencies such as thinner absorber layers and aggressive recycling of absorber materials.  CIGS can also compete with c-Si based on superior aesthetics and good performance in indirect light.

NanoMarkets believes that reducing the cost of encapsulation is the key to success for flexible CIGS panels, which will generate more than $635 million by 2017.  Current use of complex dyadic film encapsulation is proving very expensive and the new report suggests that there may be some potential for lowering costs by using overcoats of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and/or silicon oxynitride before final module encapsulation. The report also says that the CIGS industry will embrace low-cost advanced plastic substrates going forward as a replacement for polyimide.

NanoMarkets also believes that CIGS manufacturing will take new directions resulting in higher efficiencies and lower costs.  Laser annealing of the absorber layer will become more common and will enable more thermally sensitive substrates to be used.  However, the cost of laser annealing equipment will need to be reduced before this can happen.  NanoMarkets also foresees solution-based deposition as playing a growing role in the creation of CIGS panels based on new types of solvents.  In the past, this type of approach has suffered as the result of high levels of impurities in the materials.  However, hydrazine, however, is now proposed as a solvent system for solution-based deposition, and has shown promising results in the lab. This new approach seems likely to considerable improve CIGS efficiency

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts in these areas and has been covering PV markets for six years.

Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets LC
804-270-1718
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Report Predicts Smart Lighting Systems to Reach $5.9 billion (USD) by 2017

Published: January 31, 2012    Category: Electronics and Devices

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NanoMarkets February Report, “Transparent Conductors in Thin Film and Organic Photovoltaics 2012”

Published: January 31, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming February 2012 Report, “Smart Coatings and Photovoltaics 2012”

Published: January 31, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices Renewable Energy

Glen Allen, VA:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced the addition of a new report to its February publication schedule titled “Smart Coatings and Photovoltaics 2012” that will be released the week of February 20th.  The report continues the firm’s coverage of photovoltaic related materials markets that dates back to 2005.  Additional details about the report including a table of contents are available at: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/smart_coatings_and_photovoltaics_2012 .

The report is available at pre-publication pricing.  NanoMarkets will release a related report on transparent conductors in photovoltaics in February as well.

About the Report:

“Smart Coatings and Photovoltaics 2012” is part of NanoMarkets’ ongoing coverage of materials and markets in photovoltaics (PV). In this report, NanoMarkets examines the emerging opportunities for selling “smart” coatings into the solar panel industry. In this report we examine the potential for self-cleaning, self-healing, electrochromic and thermochromic coatings in the PV applications over the next eight years.  It includes an assessment of where revenue generation will occur and which companies are likely to be the winners and losers in this space.  The report also includes a detailed eight-year forecast of smart coating usage in the PV space, broken out by coated area and market value.

NanoMarkets has been covering the markets for PV materials since 2005 and believes strongly that there are now growing opportunities to sell smart coatings into the PV sector. This report considers how smart coatings can create value for the PV industry under the changed circumstances that PV faces today, in which government subsidies are under threat and there are huge pressures to reduce PV costs across the industry.

About NanoMarkets:

Founded in 2004, NanoMarkets has grown to become one of the industry’s leading authorities on market opportunities in advances materials and emerging energy and electronics markets.  The firm annually publishes dozens of market analyst reports that are purchased by leading companies around the world.  Please visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of the firm’s market coverage and product and service offerings.

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New NanoMarkets Report Projects Strong Growth for Lithium Battery Electrode Materials

Published: January 26, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen Virginia:  In a newly released report, “New Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries -2012”, industry analyst firm NanoMarkets projects that the need for higher performance batteries for consumer electronics, hybrid/electric vehicles and other applications will quickly create a large market for novel lithium battery electrode materials.  Revenues from non-conventional electrode materials are expected to reach around $1.3 billion by 2017, representing an almost 25 percent share of all lithium battery electrode materials sold.  At present this share is 8 percent.

Although many materials are being tried out, NanoMarkets believes that those with the most potential for cathodes are lithium manganese oxide, lithium iron phosphate, nickel manganese cobalt composite and nickel cobalt alumina composite.  For anodes, the growth opportunities are to be found in lithium titanate and silicon.  This report also analyzes and forecasts markets for the traditional electrode materials; lithium cobalt oxide and graphite.

Additional details about the report are available at www.nanomarkets.net

About the Report:

This report analyzes the markets for lithium ion battery electrode materials driven by developments in the consumer electronics, power tools, electric/hybrid vehicles, smart grids/stationary and military/aerospace segments.  The eight-year forecasts are broken out by type of material both in volume and value terms for each application.

The report also discusses the strategies of some important suppliers of relevant electrode materials.  Companies mentioned include: 3M, A123, Actacell, AGM Batteries, Aleees, Altairnano, Amprius, BASF, ConocoPhillips, Enerdel, Enerize, Enia, Envia Systems, Hitachi, Johnson Controls, LG Chem, NEI, Nexeon, Panasonic, Phostech, Saft, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and Umicore.

From the Report:

• The current performance of lithium ion batteries limits its addressable markets especially in automotive and smart grid applications.  Better electrodes seem the main way to address this limitation and the success of lithium manganese oxide (LMO) as the novel cathode material that allowed the lithium ion battery to break into the power tools business has paved the way for this strategy.  To date, LMO is the only non-conventional electrode material to reach high volume sales and revenues from this material will generate more than $430 million by 2017.

• The fastest growing electrode material markets will be those for lithium iron phosphate and nickel manganese cobalt for cathodes which together will account for almost $700 million in revenue by 2017.  Lithium ion phosphate seems well positioned to challenge LMO since it can offer a similar performance, but is considered to be safer.  This makes it attractive in a number of markets especially automotive.  Nickel manganese cobalt offers an especially high energy density.

• Despite well-established R&D programs intended to replace graphite as the anode material of choice for lithium batteries, NanoMarkets believes that graphite will still account for more than 90 percent of the revenues from anode materials until after 2017.  Alternative materials have been quite challenging to develop and are at an early stage of development.  However, there is a strong incentive to pursue this goal because EVs are demanding higher energy densities.  Despite the hype about silicon, titanate anodes are likely to offer more immediate business prospects, although there may be some use of silicon by Panasonic and a few other companies in consumer electronics applications.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts in these areas and has been covering battery markets for almost seven years.

Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets LC
804-270-1718
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Announces White Paper on Transparent Electronics Markets in Support of Upcoming Webinar

Published: January 25, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

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NanoMarkets Announces Conference Call to Discuss Firm’s Report on Flexible Substrates Markets

Published: January 23, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Announces Conference Call to Discuss Firm’s New Report on Conductive Coatings Markets

Published: January 19, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

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NanoMarkets Announces New Webinar on Opportunities in Transparent Electronics Markets

Published: January 19, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

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New NanoMarkets Report Projects Healthy Growth for Conductive Coatings Energy and Electronics Market

Published: January 17, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Announces Availability of Slides from Firm’s Webinar on Silver Inks and Pastes

Published: January 05, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen, VA: Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced that it has posted the slides from the firm’s a webinar on silver inks and pastes that was held on January 5, 2012.  Persons interested in obtaining the slides can do so at http://nanomarkets.wufoo.com/forms/silver-inks-and-pastes-slides-request/.  There is no cost to obtain the slides. 

The webinar presented findings from the firm’s recently released report, “Silver Inks and Pastes Markets -2012 that the firm issued in December of 2011.  Details of that report are available at http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/silver_inks_and_pastes_markets_2012

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming January 2012 Report, “CIGS Photovoltaics Markets-2012”

Published: January 04, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Report Projects Rapid Growth in Metallic Nanomaterials Over the Next Eight Years

Published: January 04, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Announces Jan. 2012 Report “New Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries - 2012”

Published: January 04, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets January 2012 Report “Conductive Coatings in Electronics and Related Applications”

Published: January 04, 2012    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

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NanoMarkets Report Projects Rapid Rise in Demand for Flexible Substrates in the Coming Decade

Published: December 19, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets is announcing the release of its latest report on flexible substrates that estimates that the total market for flexible substrates will grow to $1.2 billion by 2017.  Demand for these materials is being driven by a wave of interest of adding flexibility in displays, solar panels, sensors as a way to expand markets in difficult times.  Additional details about the report, Flexible Substrates Markets – 2012 are available at http://www.nanomarkets.net. 

This report is the latest in the firm’s ongoing coverage of flexible electronics and photovoltaics markets. It analyzes the opportunities for flexible substrates in a wide range of applications including displays, photovoltaics, sensors, and in a variety of roll-to-roll fabrication applications.  Materials discussed in this report include metal sheets and foils, polyimide and PET, flexible glass, textiles and paper. 

The report also discusses the strategies of some of the leading suppliers and users of these materials including include Ascent Solar, Corning, Dow Chemical, DuPont, DuPont Teijin, Dyesol, Kaneka, Nokia, Pilkington Glass, Samsung Schott and Tata Steel.  It also includes detailed forecasts for the flexible plastic, metal and glass substrate materials in both volume and value terms, with breakouts by application, by material type, and by printing method.

From the report:

Despite the considerable hype about flexible displays, much larger revenues for flexible substrate makers will come from the building-integrated PV (BIPV) sector.  Substrates for flexible solar panels will account for $536 million in 2017.  BIPV introduces a new architectural aesthetic and enables the costs of PV to be shared with the building fabric costs; flexible substrates will be a key enabling technology for these trends.  Flexible solar panels will also be easier to transport and install. 

The earliest flexible substrates revenues will come from roll-to-roll (R2R) fabrication. R2R promises low-cost displays, lighting, RFID, etc. But there are still major challenges to be overcome in R2R since such processes often produce lower performance devices.  NanoMarkets believes that these problems will be resolved and the market for R2R flexible substrates will then explode.

Meanwhile, the materials used for flexible substrates will change.  The report predicts a major trend towards low-cost polymer substrates such as PET, as dramatic reductions in processing temperatures occur. This will also require more use of organic semiconductors. In addition, NanoMarkets sees flexible glass becoming a substantial market, if this material can support the same process technologies used for rigid glass displays. There will also be niche market for such novel flexible substrates as paper and textiles. 

Nonetheless, it is expected that the flexible substrates that are used to today will continue to take a significant share of the market.  Metal substrates are already in widespread use (notably in the PV industry).  Where strong, inert, cheap substrates are desired, stainless steel will remain a popular choice.  Polyimide films are most likely to succeed in the long run where processing conditions are gentlest; printed PV would be an example here

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for display and solar panel materials and has been covering these markets for more than five years.

Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets LC
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Report Projects Slight Decline Silver Pastes Market Over Next Seven Years

Published: December 12, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets is announcing the release of its latest report on industrial silver markets, “Silver Inks and Pastes – 2012.”  In the report, NanoMarkets estimates that the total market for silver inks and pastes will grow to a value of about $7.6 billion in 2012, but that it will contract over the forecast period to a about $6.8 billion by 2018. 

The report is the latest in the firm’s ongoing coverage of the silver inks and pastes markets that dates back to 2005 and follows recent 2011 releases on nanosilver, silver powders and flakes and silver transparent conductors.   It analyzes the opportunities for silver inks and pastes in all the relevant, major markets for these materials, including PV, displays, lighting, RFIDs, sensors, and traditional thick film applications. The report also discusses the strategies of some of the leading suppliers of silver inks and pastes including Cima NanoTech , Creative Materials, DuPont, Ferro, Harima , Henkel, Heraeus, InkTec, Methode , Sun Chemical and others and includes detailed forecasts for the materials in both volume and value terms and broken out by application, by material type, and by printing method.

Additional details about the report are available at http://www.nanomarkets.net.

From the report:

Several factors are contributing to a declining market value for silver inks and pastes.

Persistently high silver prices are negatively impacting the business.  Companies simply do not have the means to simply pass on price increases to their customers and those same customers are looking very hard for ways to reduce or eliminate the use of silver. 

While photovoltaics have been a strong market for silver inks and pastes up until now, NanoMarkets  points to slowing overall growth in the PV business and the shift towards thin-film PV which does not use nearly as much silver as traditional crystalline silicon PV.  Our forecasts suggest that as early as 2013, the value of silver inks and pastes consumed by the PV sector will start to decline. 

The emergence of LCD and LED displays have forced plasma display (PDP) makers into an extremely competitive situation where price is key.  And since PDPs have been a significant user of printed silver, the silver ink and paste makers are facing additional challenges in what was a strong market for them.

Finally, while manufacturers of membrane switches, printed circuit boards, capacitors, etc. will still use large quantities of silver inks and pastes, it is also clear that they will be looking for more profitable markets and products which indicates a strong trend toward higher value-added inks that target specific niches. 

On the positive side, while new inks will take some time to develop, they will help to keep margins high in those silver ink and paste products that are being sold.  In addition, the market will be looking at the next "applications wave" that it can ride in the way that it has ridden PV for the last five years.  Possibilities are flexible displays , OLED lighting, and the sensors market, which is growing in both the (bio)medical sensors area and in everyday, ubiquitous electronics applications that seek to create a world of pervasive computing and contextual user feedback.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the silver inks and pastes business and has been covering this market for more than five years.

Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets LC
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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New Webinar on Opportunities for Silver Inks and Pastes in Electronics and Energy Markets

Published: December 09, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

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NanoMarkets Announces Release of Report Transparent Electronics Markets – 2012

Published: November 29, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets announced the release of a market report on transparent electronics titled, Transparent Electronics Markets – 2012. This report identifies and quantifies markets for transparent displays, solar panels and sensors, as well as self-tinting windows.  It also analyzes recent innovations in the materials from which these systems are fabricated including the developments in metal oxide semiconductors and transparent electronic nanomaterials.

Although transparent electronic products have been available for some time, the new NanoMarkets report identifies opportunities that are appearing as the result of both the latest IT trends and the growing need to economize on energy usage.  Among the firms that are discussed in this report are: Apple, Bosch, China Technology Development, DVE, Dyesol, EControl Glas, General Motors, Gentex, HelioVolt, Konarka, Landec, Lenovo, LG, Odersun, Microsoft, NeoView, Kolon, Planar Systems, Pythagoras Solar, Pleotint, Polytronix, RavenBrick, Rockwell, Sage Electrochromics, Saint-Gobain, Samsung, Sanyo, Schott, Sony, Sharp, Soladigm, Solarmer, Sunovation, Thales, Toshiba, Umicore and Wurth Solar. 

The report also contains eight-year forecasts, broken out by application and type of technology.  Additional details about the report are available at the NanoMarkets website at http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/transparent_electronics_markets_2012

From the Report: 

The development of metallic oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs) is enabling a new generation of transparent LCD and OLED displays with sophisticated active matrix backplanes.  These displays will serve larger addressable markets than previous generations of transparent displays.  NanoMarkets now expects transparent displays to become a major factor in the rapidly growing digital signage market and also to replace older technologies in the heads-up displays (HUDs) used in aircrafts and automobiles.

Transparent displays could reach mass market volumes through the widespread adoption of augmented reality and telepresence applications that require their use.  Apple has implied in recent patents that it will support augmented reality apps in its iPhone and has described a complex transparent display that could become standard in the iPhone, iPad and similar devices within a few years.  Meanwhile, telepresence could bring to videoconferencing and distance learning the realism that these technologies have lacked.  With Microsoft recently lending its support to transparent displays, it is even more likely that within a few years these displays will start to be sold in large numbers.

NanoMarkets also believes that increasing energy prices along with the development of advanced transparent materials will help drive the market for transparent solar panels and self-tinting windows. With regard to transparent solar panels, reductions in solar subsidies will give a boost to solar glass products that “lose” the cost of photovoltaics by integrating it into architectural glass.  In addition, the advent of new thermochromic and electrochromic materials will enable significant improvements in self-tinting windows that are expected to be a vast improvement in terms of the ability to save energy over today’s low-performing windows of this kind.

Indeed, the transparent electronics “revolution” will largely be enabled by novel developments in materials.  The current emphasis in transparent electronics is on oxide conductors and semiconductors, NanoMarkets believes transparent electronics will also serve as a new market for nanomaterials and perhaps even organic electronic materials.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the display, solar panel and smart windows industries and for materials suppliers that serves these industries.  Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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New NanoMarkets Report Gives First Look at “Transparent Electronics” Applications and Opportunities

Published: November 21, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

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New NanoMarkets Report Explores Silver Lining for Silver Inks and Paste Market in 2012

Published: November 21, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Releases Report on Markets for Transparent Conductors in the Touch Screen Industry

Published: November 15, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets announced the release of its latest market report on transparent conductors titled, “Markets for Transparent Conductors in Touch Screen Sensors - 2012.”  In this report, NanoMarkets identifies and quantifies the markets for both indium tin oxide (ITO) and emerging transparent conductors for the sensors used to provide touch-screen capabilities in systems ranging from smartphones and tablet computers to information kiosks and ATMs.  This report analyzes the full range of touch-screen technologies, but focuses on the dominant projected capacitive and analog resistive technologies. It also discusses the impact on the transparent conductor supply chain of touch sensors being integrated into the display by display makers themselves using in-cell and on-cell technology. 

The touch display sensor sector has already made significant moves beyond ITO.  With this in mind, this report also provides a detailed assessment of the role of conductive polymers, non-ITO transparent conducting oxides, nanosilver inks and carbon nanotube inks in the touch sector.  Among the firms that are discussed in this report are: 3M, Agfa, Apple, AUO, Cambrios, Carestream, Cima NanoTech, Dai Nippon Printing, Dow Chemical, Ferro, Fujitsu, Heraeus, Hitachi, Kodak, LG, Nissha Printing, Nitto Denko, Oike, Optomec, PolyIC, Saint-Gobain, Samsung, Sigma Technologies, SKC Haas, Sumitomo, Sun Chemical, Solutia, Synaptics, TE Connectivity, Teijin, Toyo Baseki, Toray, and Unidym.  The report also contains eight-year forecasts, broken out by application and type of material used.

Additional details about the report are available at the NanoMarkets website at http://www.nanomarkets.net

From the Report:

Transparent conductive oxides, conductive polymers and nanosilver inks have already penetrated the touch sensor market. Buoyed by this success, new transparent conducting materials firms are rushing into the touch sector.  However, this report warns that there will not be room in this sector for all new entrants as consumption of transparent conductors by display touch sensors in 2016 is unlikely to exceed $300 million.

Success will go to transparent conductor firms who have built strong partnerships with powerful touch sensor makers in Asia and especially those transparent conductor firms who can (1) demonstrate total costs of deposition and/or patterning that are lower than ITO or (2) transparency and conductivity performance that are improvements on ITO.  Until recently a selling feature of some non-ITO transparent conductors was that they were not as easily damaged by pokes from styluses and fingers than ITO.  With the rise of projected capacitive touch and the decline of analog resistive touch, this message is less important.

The report notes that while today touch sensors are provided by third party firms, in the future touch sensors will be built into displays by the display makers themselves.  In turn, this means that transparent conductor firms will be selling to large Asian LCD manufacturers; notoriously hard customers to reach.  On the other hand, for those who succeed the touch sector may well create an entrée into the huge market for transparent conductor material used in the LCD displays themselves.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the transparent conductor industry and has been providing industry analysis in this area for six years. Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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New NanoMarkets Report Projects Substantial Growth in the OLED Lighting Materials Market

Published: November 07, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials OLED Lighting

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced the release of its latest market report covering the OLED lighting space.  The report titled, “OLED Lighting Materials Markets: 2012” says that 2014 will be the year that OLED lighting begins to generate significant revenues for suppliers of OLED lighting materials.  The report notes that the total market for OLED lighting materials will generate $1 billion (USD) in revenues in 2015. 

This report is the latest update from NanoMarkets on the OLED lighting materials market and it quantifies the opportunities that are emerging from the nascent OLED lighting industry.  The report analyzes the strategies of some of the key OLED lighting manufacturers like Philips, Osram, Lumiotec, and Visionox, and discusses the impact of their strategies on the materials sector.  Finally, the report predicts what the latest market and technology developments will mean to the industry overall.

The report also contains detailed volume and revenue forecasts for materials used for OLED lighting broken out by material type and functionality in the OLED stack, as well as by OLED fabrication method – solution processing vs. vapor deposition, and small molecules vs. polymeric materials.  In the report NanoMarkets says that revenues from emissive layer materials are expected to top $375 million by 2015, and over 90% of this will come from sales of vapor-deposited small molecule materials.  And while solution-processable materials still have the potential to revolutionize OLED lighting with respect to increasing throughput and lowering costs, recent setbacks have pushed their impact beyond the timeframe of this report

Additional details about the report are available at http://www.nanomarkets.net/oled_lighting.  The report follows recent NanoMarkets reports on OLED lighting manufacturing, OLED lighting global market forecasts, OLED encapsulation and OLED materials markets. 

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the OLED lighting and materials business and has been covering these markets for more than five years.

Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets LC
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Releases New Report on Markets for Molybdenum in Solar, OLEDs and Other Apps

Published: October 26, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices OLED Lighting Renewable Energy

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets announced the release of its latest market report on electrode materials titled, “Molybdenum Markets in the Electronics and Solar Industries -2011.”  In this report, NanoMarkets identifies and quantifies the markets for molybdenum in important emerging markets including solar panels, displays and advanced lighting.  In addition to covering novel uses of molybdenum itself, this report also looks at emerging applications for molybdenum compounds such as molybdenum disilicide, molybdenum disulfide, molybdenum oxide, and molybdenum-doped zinc oxide.

While this report focuses on the use of molybdenum for electrode applications, it also discusses the current and future use of molybdenum and its compounds in related markets such as heating elements and sealants.  Among the firms that are discussed in this report are American Elements, Angstrom Sciences, Avancis, First Solar, GE, Honda Soltec, Kurt J. Lasker, Q-Cells, Samsung, Soltecture, Sylhan and Würth Solar.  As with other NanoMarkets reports, this report on molybdenum pinpoints opportunities and also provides eight-year forecasts, broken out by application.

Additional details about the report are available at the NanoMarkets website at http://www.nanomarkets.net

From the Report:
Molybdenum’s high conductivity and especially its ability to adhere to CIGS absorber layers has made it the dominant material for bottom contacts in the CIGS solar panel sector, a sector that is expected to grow rapidly over in the near future.  In addition, NanoMarkets believes that the strong performance of molybdenum in the CIGS sector will encourage its use in other solar panel sectors; especially in the CdTe solar panels, which, to date have been the most successful of all the thin-film photovoltaics offerings.

There is also considerable R&D work currently being carried on into using molybdenum in and molybdenum compounds for OLED displays and lighting.  The new NanoMarkets report notes that, although OLED technology has considerable market potential over the next decade and has received backing from the largest firms in displays, smartphones and lighting, it is still struggling to find optimal electrode materials.  In particular, the OLED industry is desperately seeking electrode materials that are less vulnerable to corrosion and which can lead to higher performance for the OLEDs themselves.

While NanoMarkets believes that molybdenum will find new markets in the electronics and solar panel industry in the near future, the report also notes that much will depend on its pricing.  If inflationary trends ultimately lead to much higher prices for molybdenum, solar panel makers and other users will look for ways to avoid molybdenum, with aluminum and copper serving as acceptable substitutes in the solar panel industry, for example.

About NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the display, solar panels and lighting industry and has been covering the market for electrodes and electrode materials for these markets for more than four years.
Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:
Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Releases New Report on Markets for Flexible Glass Used in Displays, Solar and Other Apps

Published: October 26, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices Renewable Energy

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets announced the release of its latest market report on substrate and encapsulation materials titled, Markets for Flexible Glass – 2011.   In this report NanoMarkets quantifies the opportunities for ultra-thin glass that is sufficiently flexible for use in roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing and in lightweight displays, as well as intrinsically flexible products such as rollable displays and conformable solar panels. 

While the majority of revenues generated by flexible glass will come from sales into the display and solar industries, this report also looks at other applications including lighting and sensors.  It also, examines how flexible glass will compete against plastics, sheet metal, metal foils and other flexible substrates.  In addition, the report discusses the manufacturing challenges that still remain for flexible glass and the likely roadmap for this material as it enters the marketplace. 

Among the firms and major research facilities that are discussed in this report are AGC (Asahi Glass), Corning, DuPont, DuPont Teijin Films, ITRI, Lawrence Berkley National Lab, LiSEC Nippon Glass, and Tokyo Electron Glass.

Additional details about the report are available at the NanoMarkets website at www.nanomarkets.net

From the Report:

Flexible glass will be a great leap forward as enabling technology for roll-to-roll (R2R) fabrication of high-performance e-paper and OLED displays.  It offers the high transparency, robustness and good barrier properties associated with glass, while at the same time providing lower manufacturing costs.  The advantages of flexible glass as a substrate in R2R processes have recently been demonstrated in joint development work done by Corning and ITRI (Taiwan).  R2R processing using flexible glass is also expected to drive flexible glass into the solar panel sector within the next couple of years.

Thin glass is an established way to reduce weight in glass products such as windows.  Ultra-thin flexible glass will continue this tradition for mobile displays; where low weight for laptops, tablets and smartphones is a key marketing factor.  Flexible glass will also have an important role in weight reduction for the solar panels, since here weight reduction avoids the need for special roofing support.   While intrinsically flexible products such as rollable displays and comformable building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) panels offer good prospects for flexible glass, large sales of flexible glass for these products lie three to five years away.

Although the first flexible glass products are likely to be premium priced, but the price of this novel kind of glass will come down quickly, since the volume of glass used for a given area is less with flexible glass than with conventional glass.  However, considerable manufacturing challenges remain for flexible glass itself.  Firms marketing flexible glass will have to demonstrate sufficient mechanical reliability for R2R fabrication; flexible glass will have to offer high strength edges and surfaces as well as control of stresses during device manufacturing.  End users will also have to be assured that patterning from a spooled glass substrate can be effectively achieved.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the substrate and encapsulation business for displays, solar panels and lighting and has been covering these markets for more than four years.

Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

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Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
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NanoMarkets Releases New OLED Materials Report, Markets for OLED Encapsulation – 2011

Published: October 18, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials OLED Lighting

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets announces the release of its latest market report on OLED materials titled, Markets for OLED Encapsulation – 2011.   In the report NanoMarkets ties the opportunities for OLED encapsulation suppliers to the emergence of OLED lighting.  And while NanoMarkets predicts a modest but still significant market potential for OLED encapsulation of approximately $170 million ($US) in the year 2016, this time period will also coincide with the emergence of OLED lighting as a volume market leading to significant upside for encapsulation suppliers.

Additional details about the report are available at the NanoMarkets website at www.nanomarkets.net 

About the report:

In this new report, NanoMarkets, analyzes and quantifies the opportunities for encapsulation suppliers in the fast-growing OLED market. We examine the product development and marketing strategies of the major players in the OLED encapsulation materials sector, from large multinationals like 3M, DuPont and Corning to specialty firms like Tera Barrier Films, and we also attempt to indicate which are the “companies to watch” and which will be the likely winners and losers in the encapsulation materials space.   Finally, this report contains detailed, eight-year forecasts of the OLED encapsulation market broken out by product type and by OLED application.

From the Report:

OLED firms are beginning to recognize that high quality encapsulation is an area of strategic importance. NanoMarkets believes that we are now seeing some real opportunities for the firms that have been working on the encapsulation issue, many of whom have poured resources into this area for several years. In fact, encapsulation is the key enabling technology for the larger-format/longer lifetime OLEDs that will be entering the market in the near- to mid-term, and thus can unlock entire market segments.

Small, rigid OLED displays are now widely commercially available and expected to continue to expand, principally in smartphone and other mobile computing displays and the OLED TV market is finally poised to take off within the next few years, as display manufacturers launch newer, bigger models with better value propositions for customers. 

The emergence of the OLED lighting industry will be the defining opportunity for OLED materials suppliers turning a niche market into a significant opportunity after 2015.

Glass encapsulation technologies heavily dominate the market today, and glass will continue to dominate in the near- to mid-term.  However, the consensus is that glass will not be sufficient for the types of OLEDs expected to emerge over the next decade. OLED panels are getting larger, and the emerging lighting and TV markets expect OLED panels to last much longer than the mobile phone and mp3 sub-displays of the past. Furthermore, the cost pressures are getting more serious. The days in which manufacturers were willing to pay high premiums for good encapsulation strategies are long gone, and low-cost options for encapsulation are now demanded.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the OLED materials business and has been covering these markets for more than four years.

Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets LC
(804) 360-2967
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Issues New Report Analyzing the State of OLED Lighting Manufacturing

Published: September 28, 2011    Category: OLED Lighting

Glen Allen, VA: Industry analyst firm, NanoMarkets today announced the release of its newest report on the OLED lighting market.  The report, "A Capacity and Opportunity Analysis of OLED Lighting Manufacturing" is the next in the firm's on-going coverage of this space.   Details from this and other OLED lighting reports can be found at http://www.nanomarkets.net/oled_lighting.

Previous OLED lighting reports from NanoMarkets have provided granular market forecasts, assessments of European and Asian market opportunities, materials and the business case for OLED lighting.

The report also includes an eight-year forecast of OLED lighting manufacturing capacity broken out by individual manufacturer and whether the facilities will use solution processing or more conventional fabrication. An assessment of necessary investment levels for the manufacturing infrastructure is also part of this new report.

Among the firms covered in this report are:  Aixtron, Applied Materials, AUO, Cannon Anelva, DuPont, GE, Kaneka, Kateeva, Konica Minolta, LG Chem, Lumiotec, Mitsubishi, Ledon, Moser Baer, NEC, Osram, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, PolyPhotonix, Rohm, Samsung, Sunic, Tokki, UDC, Ulvac,  Veeco, and  Visionox.

Key Findings from this report:

While several firms have announced ambitious revenue goals for OLED lighting, no company has yet progressed beyond the pilot plant level for OLED manufacturing.  NanoMarkets predicts that it will ultimately take billions of dollars in investment to achieve production levels required to meet these revenue objectives.  In today’s difficult investment climate, NanoMarkets expects to see the rise of OLED “foundries” which will fabricate OLEDs for those lighting firms who have chosen a fabless business model.  The report also says that some OLED lighting firms will use depreciated OLED display production lines where they are available.

NanoMarkets believes that in the long run, the only way for price points to get low enough to turn OLED lighting into a mass market will be when full-scale solution processing can be put into operation.  But there are still significant problems to be resolved.  For example, there is still little understanding how to print layers that are just 10-50 nm thick at high speed.  Layers this thin are not unusual in the case of OLEDs.

GE and others have made good progress with regard to yields from solution processing plants.  But for now, vapor deposition is king of the hill when it comes to fabricating OLEDs.  One compromise solution may arrive in the form of hybrid technologies such as organic vapor jet printing” which combines the best of OVPD with inkjet.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the emerging OLED lighting industry, which it has been covering for almost six years.  This coverage includes regularly updated forecasts of OLED lighting markets, reflecting real world market conditions.  Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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Alternative TCOs will reach $925 million in 2016

Published: September 26, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen, Virginia:   NanoMarkets, the recognized leader in research and analysis for transparent conductors and related markets has announced the release of a new report titled, “Emerging Markets for Non-ITO Transparent Conductive Oxides” that addresses the markets for “alternative” transparent conductive oxides (TCOs).  In its report NanoMarkets predicts that by 2016 the market for these alternative TCOs will reach $925 million.

Emerging Markets for Non-ITO Transparent Conductive Oxides analyzes applications for these alternatives to indium tin oxide materials in LCD, e-paper, plasma and OLED displays; touch-screen sensors; thin-film and organic photovoltaics, OLED lighting; low-e windows and smart windows; solar control film, antistatics and RFI/EMI shielding.  The report also discusses the opportunities for TCOs as an alternative to amorphous silicon in thin-film transistors.

Materials covered in the report include FTO, ATO, AZO, GZO, IZO, Multicomponent Amorphous TCOs (MATCOs) and p-type materials.  The firms discussed in the report are 3M, Advanced Nano Products, Arkema, Asahi Glass, Cardinal Glass, Cathay Advanced Materials, DyeTech Solar, First Solar, Hewlett-Packard, Idemitsu, Kurt J. Lesker, Mitsubishi Materials, Nanophase, Philips Lighting, Pilkington, SAGE Electrochromic, Samsung, Solutia, Sony, Thin-Film Devices, Toshoh, Umicore and, US Research Nanomaterials.

Additional details about this report, “Emerging Markets for Non-ITO Transparent Conductive Oxides” are at www.nanomarkets.net. 

Key Findings from this report:

Fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) could be the next ITO!   It is already the dominant transparent conductor used for the highly successful CdTe versions of photovoltaics.  In addition, FTO has been extensively used in low-emittance (low-e) architectural windows, which are used to control costs in commercial buildings.  According to US Department of Energy the market for low-e windows continues to grow extremely fast despite the recessionary conditions in the construction industry.  The fact that this opportunity is very much “here and now” means that it should be of special importance to materials suppliers, according to NanoMarkets.  Meanwhile, FTO has also been proposed for use in plasma displays, dye sensitive cell (DSC) solar and even as a replacement for some silver coatings.

TCOs are not just for electrode materials anymore either.  NanoMarkets believes that there are significant opportunities for these materials in thin-film transistor channels.  In fact, there are already signs that they will be used in TFT channels for improved economics and performance in the AMOLEDs that are now rapidly penetrating the mobile display industry and will soon be used in TVs.  In addition, the arrival of p-type TCOs, suggests a future of completely transparent electronics and PV and LEDs constructed from non-toxic materials.

NanoMarkets expects antinomy tin oxide (ATO) in its nanomaterial form to break into new markets.  It is already gaining ground on nano-ITO in heat shielding and antistatics and NanoMarkets believes that it will even be able to compete with conducting polymers.  The patent literature also describes several gas sensors constructed of ATO thick films.  Printable ATO inks have already been developed that allow for the patterning of ATO thin films.  Some of the high profile companies that have done work in the ATO space include 3M, British Gas, Corning, Harima Chemicals and Ulvac.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the transparent conductor, nanomaterials, display and photovoltaics spaces.  Our company has also provided insight through regular reports on the ITO market for the past six years.  Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Releases New Report Printed Gold: Gold Inks and Pastes Market – 2011

Published: September 19, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

Glen Allen, Virginia:   Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just released a new report titled, “Printed Gold:  Gold Inks and Pastes Market – 2011” that examines the markets for gold inks and pastes in the electronics and solar industries.  The report discusses both the gold pastes used in traditional applications such as wire bonding and brazing and a new breed of inks based gold nanoparticles.  These next-generation inks are expected to find uses in MEMS, data storage and computer memory, “green” electronics, photovoltaics (PV) and sensors.  NanoMarkets estimates that the total volume of gold consumed by gold inks and pastes for electronics and PV applications will reach 13.7 tonnes by 2016.

This report provides eight-year projections (both volume and value) of all major applications in which gold inks and pastes are, or will be, used.  These projections also include a breakout by the kind of printing process used:  jetting, screen or flexo/grave.  Among the firms discussed in this report are: Bellman-Melcor, Bosch, Brazetec, DuPont, Ercon, ESL Electroscience, Hitachi, IBM, Indium Corporation, Johnson Matthey, Krohn, Samsung and Umicore.  The report also includes an analysis of research taking place at Berkeley, ETH, Rensselaer, UCLA, University of Melbourne, University of Tokyo, VTT and other major research centers.

Additional details about this report are at www.nanomarkets.net.

Key Findings:

Although the gold pastes market is mature, NanoMarkets sees an opportunity for “nanopastes,” which would serve traditional thick-film markets but could provide significantly lower processing costs.  However, according to NanoMarkets the main new business opportunities for the materials considered in this report will come mainly from novel applications using “nanoinks”

One of these opportunities may come from printing a thin layer of gold nanoparticles on optical disks, such as CDs and DVDs, which could greatly increase the amount of information being stored.  Gold nanorods, in particular, have been noted as a material that can help provide new technology strategies for optical information storage.

A printed layer of gold nanoparticles may also help to boost the efficiency of solar panels and, in this context, NanoMarkets notes that, in general, printing has taken on a growing role in PV in recent years.  Also, the report says that the market for gold inks and pastes will be driven not just by the rise of alternative energy sources but also by environmental regulation.  For example, the report says that gold pastes will benefit commercially from the regulatory requirements for lead-free electronics that have gone into force in both Europe and the U.S.  In addition, there are increasing concerns by regulators with regard to nanosilver and printed nanogold may serve as a good substitute in some applications.

Yet another opportunity that NanoMarkets sees for printed gold is in sensors.  Gold is already a common material in sensors, although today it mostly plated.  But printing is becoming more established as a fabrication tool for making sensors – especially for large area sensors -- so there will be a fit for printed gold opportunities in the future.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the nanomaterials, transparent conductor and photovoltaics spaces and provides ongoing coverage of many of the firms active in the functional inks space, which it has covered for more than six years.  It is also recognized worldwide as a leading source of expertise for materials used in the PV industry. Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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Silver-Based Transparent Conductors Market to Surpass $540 million by 2016

Published: September 07, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices OLED Lighting

Glen Allen, Virginia:   Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just released a new report on the markets for silver-based transparent conducting materials.  NanoMarkets sees revenues from the sale of silver-based transparent conductors reaching more than $540 million by 2016.  Details about this report, Markets for Silver-based Transparent Conductors -- 2011 report are at www.nanomarkets.net.

This report analyzes the demand for the silver-based inks and films that are beginning to find their way into touch-screen displays and which, according to NanoMarkets, may also be used in conventional flat panel displays (FPD).  Other applications where the report predicts silver-based transparent conducting materials will be used include OLED and e-paper displays, OLED lighting, thin-film and organic photovoltaics, anti-statics and EMI/RFI shielding.  

The report provides eight-year projections (both volume and value) of all of the application areas listed above.  It also identifies what the implications are for other kinds of transparent conductor including carbon nanotubes, transparent conducting oxides and conductive polymers as well as the dominant ITO.  Among the firms discussed in this report are: 3M, Agfa, Cambrios, Carestream, Cima NanoTech, Dow Chemical, Fujifilm, Ferro, Kodak, PolyIC, Saint-Gobain, Sigma Technologies, Sumitomo, Suzhou NanoGrid and Toray.

Key Findings from this report: 

The touch-screen displays business may be a good starting place for silver-based transparent conductor businesses, and this is the market that most of the firms selling “transparent silver” are aiming their marketing strategies at.  But NanoMarkets believes that the longer-term revenue potential for touch screens will be limited.  The new report indicates that touch-screen sensors will generate only $65.4 million in silver-based transparent conductor sales by 2016.

According to NanoMarkets, the only way for the materials discussed in this report to take off commercially in a big way will be if the firms that supply them overcome the resistance of the major FPD firms to making the switch from ITO.  Encouragingly, this new report indicates that we are seeing the first signs of this happening.  But it also warns that if significant barriers to entry persist in the display industry, silver-based transparent conductors will never amount to more than a niche business.

However, if the conventional display industry does open up to silver-based transparent conductors, the market is likely to need these materials delivered in new forms.  In the same way that large display manufacturers now do their own ITO sputtering, display firms of the future will want to print their own transparent silver conductors.  This will means that today’s tiny share of the silver transparent conductor market held by inks will increase rapidly at the expense of the films that currently dominate.  NanoMarkets also expects to see a growing market for silver-based transparent conductors on glass substrates.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the nanomaterials, transparent conductors and other materials used in the display and photovoltaics industries.  It also provides ongoing coverage of all the firms supplying silver-based transparent conductors.  NanoMarkets is also recognized worldwide as a leading source of expertise for materials used in the PV industry.

Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Adds Report Printed Gold: Gold Ink and Pastes Market – 2011 to Firm’s Schedule

Published: September 01, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

Glen Allen, VA: Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced the addition of the report, Printed Gold: Gold Ink and Pastes Market – 2011 to the firm’s publication schedule.  The report is scheduled to be released the week of September 19, 2011.  The firm is offering the report at pre-publication rates.  Additional details are available on the firm’s website at http://www.nanomarkets.net. 

About the Report:

Although silver inks are expected to maintain a dominant role in printed electronics, gold is expected to account for a profitable niche for ink makers.  In a sense, there is nothing new in this gold pastes have been used for quite some time in traditional chip and wired circuits.  However, several ink makers and research teams are now taking printed gold to the next stage with the development of nano-gold inks that are being pitched at novel applications ranging from sensors to photovoltaics.

This report assesses and quantifies the applications – new and old – for gold inks and pastes.  It examines the products and firms that make up the printed gold business and the marketing strategies that are being used in this interesting sector.  The also report contains eight-year market forecasts broken out both by application and by gold ink/paste chemistry and printing technology type.  In addition, we consider what the impact of the current very high price of gold will have on the printed gold sector.

This report draws on NanoMarkets ongoing coverage of metallic inks and pastes. 

Coverage:

Gold inks and pastes: technology evolution
• Impact of exploding gold prices on printed gold
• Key markets and a roadmap for gold inks and pastes
• Opportunities for the gold industry
• Opportunities for ink makers
• Firms to watch

Gold Inks and Pastes:  Products and Technologies
• Gold vs. copper and silver for printed electronics
• Pastes and inks that use gold with other metals
• Gold pastes for thick-film electronics
• Traditional role of gold in thick-film electronics
• Future evolution of gold pastes
• Major suppliers and their strategies
• Nano-gold inks
• Gold ink chemistries
• Major suppliers and their strategies
• Inkjet and other printing modes for nano-gold inks
• Sintering and substrates

Markets for Gold Inks and Pastes
• Gold in traditional thick-film electronics markets
• Emerging semiconductor applications
• MEMS
• Data storage
• Lead-free electronics
• Electrode applications in organic electronics
• OLEDs
• OTFTs
• Printed gold as a substitute for ITO
• Sensors and RFID
• Uses for gold inks and pastes in photovoltaics
• Related graphics applications

Market Forecasts: by application, ink/paste type and by printing technology used with alternative scenarios considered. 

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of printed electronics and provides ongoing coverage of many of the firms active in the inks space.  It is recognized worldwide as a leading source of expertise for functional printing and nanomaterials more generally.  Please visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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New White Papers Related to Photovoltaics, Conductive Coatings, Smart Windows and Silver Powders

Published: September 01, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices Renewable Energy

Glen Allen, Virginia:   Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just released five new white papers available for download from the NanoMarkets website that address areas related to photovoltaics, conductive coatings, smart windows and silver flakes and powders.  There is no cost associated with accessing the papers at http://www.nanomarkets.net.  The data for the papers was drawn from the firms’ ongoing research into market opportunities presented through developments in advanced materials and emerging energy and electronics markets.

Available Papers:

Smart Windows:  Demand for smart windows, or windows with functional capabilities such as self-cleaning and variable tinting in response to electrical or thermal changes, will be driven by the green building movement, attraction to the convenience they provide and the potential for cost savings. NanoMarkets believes that the market for smart windows will grow substantially over the next eight years, becoming a billion-dollar market by 2015 and then more than doubling by 2018.  Link

CIGS Photovoltaics: While, copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) has achieved the highest champion cell efficiencies (over 20%) of all thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) technologies in the laboratory, it has not, however, lived up to predictions about is ability to compete with crystalline silicon (c-Si).  However, recent capacity expansions, a dramatic increase in the number of market players and growing investment activity are signaling renewed interest. NanoMarkets, expects revenues from CIGS consumed in PV applications to grow from $613.4 million in 2011 to $5.41 billion in 2018.    Link

Conductive Coatings: NanoMarkets also believes that there are growing number of newer opportunities for conductive coatings as new types of batteries, displays, lighting and solar panels that are begin to appear on the market. These newer product types will require entirely new conductive materials for their electrodes and help drive the value of the conductive coatings market to $14.8 billion revenues in 2017.  Link

Dye Sensitized Cell Photovoltaics: Manufacturers of dye-sensitized cells (DSC) are shifting their attention to new applications where the capabilities of this PV technology can be better sold such as the building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) space and applications where the available light is limited.  NanoMarkets believes that revenues from DSC sales will climb from $28 million in 2011 to $4.89 billion in 2018.   Link

Silver Flakes and Powders: Although the market for silver powder and flake products have been buffeted by rising silver prices, opportunities do exist for suppliers able to offer customized high quality powders and flakes, value-added nanosilvers, and lower-cost yet high-performance silver-coated hybrid materials.  NanoMarkets, estimates the value of the silver powder and flake market to be $8.7 billion in 2011 and expects it will increase to $16.35 billion by 2018.  Link

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials and their impact on emerging energy and electronics markets.  The firm provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the nanomaterials, OLED lighting, transparent conductor and photovoltaics spaces.   It is also recognized worldwide as a leading source of expertise for materials used in the PV industry. Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Releases New Report on Markets for Indium-Based Materials in the Photovoltaics Industry

Published: August 31, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

Glen Allen, Virginia:   Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just released a new report on the markets for indium-based materials in the rapidly growing photovoltaics (PV) industry.  The report discusses several materials that are widely used in PV including indium tin oxide (ITO), which is used as a transparent conductor in several sectors of the industry; as well as CIGS, one of the fastest types of PV in which indium is a crucial part of the core absorber layer.  The report also examines the role that indium phosphide (InP) may play in the future of photovoltaics.

The report provides eight-year projections (both volume and value) of all of these areas including forecasts of the amount of indium consumed by application and type of material.  It also identifies where the opportunities are for the indium industry in PV and where indium-based materials are being supplanted by non-indium based materials.  Among the firms discussed in this report are: , American Elements, Avancis, China Germanium, China Tin, First Solar, Global Solar, Honda, HelioVolt, Huludao Zinc, Indium Corporation, ISET, MCC Huludao Nonferrous, Mitsui, Nanosolar, Nanoco, Nippon Mining, Nitto Denko, Q-Cells Modules, Sanyo, Showa Shell, Soltecture, SoloPower, Sputtering Materials, Sumitomo, Ulvac, Umicore, Würth, Zhuzhou Keneng New Materials and Zhuzhou Smelter. 

Additional details about this report, Markets for Indium-based Materials in Photovoltaics report are at http://www.nanomarkets.net. 

Key Findings from this report:

The main driver for indium use in the PV industry is the growth of CIGS PV, which will rapidly penetrate conventional PV panels, BIPV and portable PV.  Despite the many substitutes for ITO, significant usage of ITO will continue by PV firms; ITO finds widespread use in a-Si, DSC and OPV PV.

Although alternative deposition methods for ITO and CIGS are often touted, important users in the PV industry prefer sputtering.  NanoMarkets believes that for CIGS space there will be a growing opportunity to sell composite targets containing indium, copper, and gallium.  Also alloy sputtering targets are attractive because of their higher throughput and reduced system cost.

ITO inks are still sold, but seem to be losing out to transparent conducting nanomaterial inks.  CIGS inks have potential, but NanoMarkets believes that it is by no means assured that printed CIGS will become a major part of part of the PV industry going forward.  None of the CIGS inks are currently available in high volume and the history of printed CIGS has been disappointing.  If printed CIGS does take off, however, NanoMarkets sees an opportunity for nanopowder firms to sell related materials to the relevant ink makers.

NanoMarkets expects that the PV industry will start to use more indium phosphide (InP) as the industry seeks out next-generation PV technologies.  But for now, InP PV is much too costly and is not used much outside of a lab and for selected applications in the aerospace industry.  However, NanoMarkets notes that InP consumes very large quantities of indium per unit of cell area.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the nanomaterials, transparent conductor and photovoltaics spaces and provides ongoing coverage of many of the firms active in the indium and indium-based materials space.  It is also recognized worldwide as a leading source of expertise for materials used in the PV industry. Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Report on Radiation Detection Materials Industry Sees $2.7 billion Opportunity in 2016

Published: August 23, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen, Virginia:   Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just released a new report on the radiation detection materials market.  The report quantifies the market for scintillation, thin-film, and semiconductor detection materials used for domestic security, military, medical imaging, nuclear power, science and geophysical applications.  Also included is an in-depth assessment of the opportunities for a broad range of materials including sodium iodide, lanthanum bromide, cesium iodide, strontium iodide, cadmium compounds, silicates, halides, oxides, plastics/polymers, GaAs and nanocrystals among others. 

The report contains more than 40 separate eight-year forecasts of the radiation detection materials market with detailed breakouts by material and applications.  It also discusses the activities and strategies of leading firms active in this space. 

Among the firms mentioned in this report are Alpha Spectra, Canberra Industries, GE, Hamamatsu, Hilger, Hitachi, Horiba, Kodak, Lambda Photonics, Nucsafe, Omega Piezo, ORTEC, Radcom, Redlen, Rexon, Saint Gobain, Samsung, SIAC and Varian.

Additional details about this report, Radiation Detection Materials Markets – 2011 are at http://tinyurl.com/3pnoalp.

Key Findings:

While the overall market for radiation detection is expected to experience only modest growth NanoMarkets sees considerable opportunity for higher-performance and lower- cost radiation detection materials to meet demand from domestic security and medical imaging markets.  Both of these markets are making more use of radiation detectors and have growing needs for higher sensitivities and mobile detection systems; needs that only detectors based on new materials can satisfy.

Scintillation-based radiation detectors currently represent more than 70 percent of the radiation detector market and will remain the only cost-effective radiation detection solutions in many cases.  However, users are looking for these systems to provide better light output and linearity as well as energy resolution.  As a result, NanoMarkets believes that there will be strong demand for detectors based on novel materials – such oxides, simple salts, silicates and plastics -- that can help meet these needs.

Semiconductor detectors will mostly stay the detector of choice for high-performance applications.  But according to the NanoMarkets report, this part of market is desperately in need of new materials that are less expensive; materials for semiconductor detectors can cost ten times those for scintillation detectors.  There is also strong demand for detectors in this class that need less sophisticated cooling systems that can be easily provided outside of the laboratory.

These requirements for semiconductor detectors will mean that the high-performance germanium (HPGe) that is now dominant in this segment will lose share to other materials. CdZnTe (CZT) is seen as having considerable promise as a room temperature radiation detector, but there will be strong growth from silicon and GaAs detectors too.  According to NanoMarkets, CZT will not just displace current HPGe units, but will expand the addressable markets for high-performance detectors into areas where scintillation detection is current exclusively employed.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the latest commercial technologies in the electronics and energy sectors and other related areas and is recognized worldwide as a leading source of industry analysis in these areas. 

Please visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Issues Report on Emerging Nanosilver Materials Markets, Sees $1.2 billion Market by 2016

Published: August 11, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

News Release

August 11, 2011

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets is announcing the release of its latent report on industrial silver markets, “Nanosilver Markets – 2011.” NanoMarkets estimates that the total market for nanosilver materials and coating products is valued at about $290 million in 2011, and that it will to grow over the forecast period to about $1.2 billion by 2016.  Additional details about the report are available at http://www.nanomarkets.net.  The report will begin shipping on August 17, 2011.

From the Report:

The most obvious factor affecting commercialization of nanosilver is the persistently high commodity price of silver that will not likely decline any time soon.  While this situation can have a cooling effect on growth in some nanosilver markets, especially in traditional electronics applications employing silver, we believe that it may actually help others to emerge.

In the electronics sector, the gap between cost-in-use of conventional silver materials and nanosilver has narrowed significantly, and this may encourage some customers’ to finally make the switch to higher performance nanosilver technologies.  We have identified significant opportunities for penetration in emerging printed electronics employing either ink-jet or high-speed printing, both of which are particularly compatible with nanosilver, and in fabrication of PVs, where the need to reduce precious metal contents is giving some nanosilver inks and pastes a real chance to succeed. However, NanoMarkets believes that major business development work will be required to convince potential customers to change their processes; it will be important to demonstrate tangible cost-in-use benefits in addition to performance improvements.

Other markets, namely the antimicrobial and transparent conductor markets, are largely unaffected by high silver prices.  Nanosilver-based transparent conductors, which are now reported to have performance levels meeting or exceeding ITO, use very low levels of actual metal, so high silver prices are simply not a factor.  And while the value of this market based on the nanosilver content alone is not particularly impressive, the value based on the finished good – the transparent ink or coating technology – is quite high even with very modest overall penetration.

Similarly, antimicrobial applications for nanosilver will succeed or fail based on performance and market-pull, and since these are applications where nanosilver is not trying to replace conventional silver or other, less expensive materials, high silver commodity prices have minimal impact.  Furthermore, the addressable market for antimicrobial nanosilver applications – the most promising of which are value-added consumer goods from a wide variety of markets and end-uses – is very large, so modest growth rates are expected to lead to significant revenues over the next decade.

About the report:

This report analyzes the opportunities for various nanosilver materials in several relevant markets including nanosilver pastes and conductive adhesives; nanosilver inks for both ink-jet and other printing methods; nanosilver materials used in the fabrication of antimicrobial consumer goods or medical products; nanosilver-based transparent conductors; and nanosilver materials for industrial oxidation catalysts. The report also discusses the strategies of some of the leading suppliers of nanosilver materials and technologies and includes a detailed eight-year forecast for all of the applications and material types both in volume and value terms.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the silver inks business and has been covering this market for more than four years.  Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 360-2967
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Publishes New Study on the Market for Printed Batteries, Sees Viable Niche Market

Published: August 11, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

News Release

August 11, 2011

Glen Allen, Virginia:   Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just released a new report on the opportunities available to companies that plan to sell printed batteries into a number of evolving end user markets.   The report continues the firm’s coverage of the thin battery market dating back to 2006 and is a companion to a May 2011 release on thin-film batteries.

Overall NanoMarkets considers the printed batteries business as a niche market that will create reasonable revenues in the coming years but fraught with risk and a business unlikely to support more than a few companies.  The firm sees the market for printed batteries to be worth approximately $370 million in revenues in 2016 with smartcards the dominant application for most of the period forecast in the report with RFID, disposable electronics and sensor applications providing the bulk of the remaining revenues.   Those companies that will survive will have to do more than simply be well capitalized, they will have to be proactive in pursuing a vertical integration strategy to find applications for their printed battery products or in building close alliances with OEMs.  

Additional details about this report, “Printed Battery Markets – 2011” including an excerpt are available are available on the firm's website. 

Report Details:

The report projects both the volumes and the value of printed batteries used in powered smart cards, RFID, smart packaging, electronic shelf labels, cosmetic and pharmaceutical patches, smart bandages, military and civilian sensors, and disposable electronics.  The battery chemistries covered in this report include the common zinc manganese dioxide and carbon zinc types.   The opportunities for using lithium battery chemistries in the printed battery space as well as more advanced chemistries that are still in the lab are also explored.  The market forecasts in the report run from 2011 to 2018.

This report identifies both immediate  and longer-term opportunities for printed batteries including how they may work with energy harvesting devices.  In addition, it analyzes the product/marketing strategies that employed by leading printed batteries manufacturers and related companies.  Among the firms discussed in this report are Blue Spark, Enfucell, Power ID, Ntera, PARC, Planar Energy Devices, Power Paper, Prelonic Technologies, Rocket, Solicore, VARTA Microbattery and VTT.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the printed electronics space and publishes timely reports on both the printed and thin-film battery sectors.  NanoMarkets is recognized worldwide as a leading source of expertise and information on commercial opportunities of the latest technologies.  Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Releases New Report on Ink Markets for Functional Inkjet Printing

Published: August 08, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen, Virginia:   Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just released a new report on the ink-related opportunities stemming from the growth of functional jetting; the manufacturing of products using industrial inkjet.  The report quantifies the future revenues from the fluids used in jetting industrial prototypes and 3-D models, automotive components, printed circuit boards (PCBs), MEMS, security printing, smart textiles, electronic displays, smart packaging and RFID tags, ceramics, photovoltaics and biochips.

The report provides eight-year projections (both volume and value) of inks used in such applications, with break outs by ink type, printer technology and world region.  Inks covered comprise aqueous, solvent, ultraviolet/electron beam (UV/EB), hot melt/phase-change and oil-based.  The break-out by printer technology covers continuous printing, piezoelectric, thermal and valve jet.

This report identifies both immediate opportunities for functional jetting inks and longer-term one and the strategies that are being used to capitalize on these opportunities.  Among the firms discussed in this report are Agilent, Bayer, Cambridge Display Technology, Cima NanoTech, Dai Nippon Printing, Dow Corning, DuPont, Fujifilm Dimatix, Hewlett-Packard, Kovio, Methode, Microfab, Mitsubishi, Objet Geometries, Samsung, Sartomer, Source Technologies, Sun Chemical, Teijin, Seiko Epson, VTT, Xaar, Xennia, Xenon and Z Corporation.

Additional details about this report, Functional Inkjet Inks for Digital Fabrication report are at http://www.nanomarkets.net. 

Key Findings:

NanoMarkets’ analysis of the functional inkjet materials market suggests that there are significant opportunities to generate revenues from this sector in the next few years.  Of particular immediate importance will be a variety of applications in the areas of security printing, brand protection and smart packaging applications, which take on special importance in our troubled economy and when cybercrime is on the rise.  Another will be for jetted resists for PCBs.

The report also examines the types of functional jetting inks that will be needed in the future. Solvent inks are expected to gradually increase their current 40 percent of the functional inkjet ink market. One reason for this is the effort by ink makers to use common industrial solvents for their fluids as a way of keeping cost low and making them user friendly to newer users.  Although aqueous inks are low-cost and perhaps the best road forward to the first off-the-shelf functional inks, they will lose market share because they are limited in the kinds of substrates they can be used on.

NanoMarkets sees the opportunities for functional ink makers as immediate, but also identifies high-volume opportunities of the future.  By the end of the forecast period in 2018, more than 20 percent of the revenues for functional inkjet inks is expected to come from “desktop manufacturing,” a new kind of jetted fabrication technology that will have the same disruptive impact that desktop publishing did two decades ago.  But this will require off-the-shelf functional inks; a type of ink that does not exist yet.  This report also projects strong growth for bio-inks for arrays and biochips as these devices move out of the lab and into mainstream diagnostics.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of printed electronics and provides ongoing coverage of many of the firms active in the inks space.  It is recognized worldwide as a leading source of expertise for functional printing and nanomaterials more generally.  Please visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report, Functional Inkjet Inks for Digital Fabrication Applications -2011

Published: August 03, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report Titled, “Nanosilver Markets 2011” Due August 22, 2011

Published: August 02, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just added a new report to its schedule titled, “Nanosilver Markets 2011” that will be released the week of August 22, 2011.   Additional details about the report are available on the firm’s website at www.nanomarkets.net.  The firm is offering the report at pre-publication pricing through August 19th.

About the report:

Nanosilver -- whether in powder, ink or nanostructure form – promises all that industrial silver offers but at a higher performance level.   Thus nanosilver inks are more conductive and cure at lower temperatures than equivalent inks that use conventional silver.  Nanosilver powders are highly potent antibacterial agents and solutions made with silver nanostructures seem to be one of the best available alternatives to ITO, widely used as a transparent conductive coating in the display industry.

The suitability of nanosilver for such a broad range of applications is encouraging and has drawn a large number of firms into the nanosilver business.  These include everything from major multinationals who believe there is enough money in nanosilver to impact their bottom line to VC-backed start-ups offering the latest silver nanostructures.  In the middle there are a growing number of mid-cap firms offering fairly generic nanosilver powders of various kinds.

Nonetheless, the nanosilver market faces important challenges.  Although the amounts of nanosilver needed to perform a given task can often be less than for an equivalent standard silver preparation, nanosilver products are currently very expensive and may be hard for potential customers to cost justify.  In addition, there are concerns that widespread use of the material’s otherwise useful antimicrobial properties will cause unexpected negative health and environmental effects.  As a result, there are now growing regulatory barriers to the use of nanosilver that could cool sales significantly in the coming years.

With all this in mind, this new report from NanoMarkets analyzes the opportunities presented by nanosilver over the next eight years.  The report covers nanomaterials, including nanopowders and other silver nanostructures; nanosilver-based inks, pastes and adhesives, and nanocomposite materials.  This report focuses on all the leading applications for nanosilver and also provides coverage on the product development and marketing strategies of the leading players.  As with all NanoMarkets reports, this publication provides eight-year forecasts for these materials broken out in both volume and value terms.

NanoMarkets has been reporting on industrial uses of silver and silver-based products for over five years, and this is our latest report in this space.  Other areas covered in reports by NanoMarkets include “Silver Inks and Pastes,”  “Silver in Photovoltaics Markets” and Silver Powders and Flakes.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the silver inks business and has been covering this market for more than four years.  Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets LC
(804) 360-2967
rob@nanomarkets.net

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Transparent Conductor Market To Reach $9.7 billion (USD) in 2018

Published: July 25, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen,VA:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has released its latest report on the transparent conductor market.  In its new report the firm states that the market opportunities for the transparent conducting oxides, polymers and nanomaterials used in display, photovoltaics and other applications  will exceed $6.9 billion in revenues by 2016.   The report notes that while the market will continue to be dominated by Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), transparent conductors based on carbon nanotubes and nanosilver are also expected to see strong growth. 

Additional details about the firm’s latest report, Transparent Conductor Markets - 2011 report can be found at www.nanomarkets.net.  An executive summary is available for viewing on the report’s information page.

This new report from NanoMarkets identifies the new business opportunities for transparent conductor materials worldwide.  The materials covered comprise ITO, other transparent conducting oxides, other ITO/TCO inks, carbon nanotube films, nanosilver and other nanometallic films and conductive polymers.  The applications considered are flat-panel displays, OLED displays, e-paper displays, touch-screen sensors, OLED lighting, thin-film photovoltaics, organic PV/DSC, antistatics and EMI/RFI shielding.  

Among the firms discussed in this report are Agfa, Cambrios, Canatu,  Carestream, Chasm Technologies, Cima NanoTech, Dow Chemical, Enthone, Ferro, Heraeus, Kodak, Kurt J Lesker, Linde, NanoForge, PolyIC, Samsung, Saint-Gobain, Sigma Technologies, Suzhou NanoGrid Technology, Sumitomo, Toray and Unidym, among many others.

Key findings:

• NanoMarkets is now seeing serious interest among traditional LCD makers in alternatives to ITO and other TCOs.  This is being driven by the need to reduce processing costs in the LCD industry and fears about the rising cost of ITO.  NanoMarkets predicts that ITO alternatives sold into the LCD industry will generate revenues of $690 million by 2016.

• Carbon nanotube inks have lost some of their former market momentum due to ongoing technical issues and silver-based solutions have surpassed them.   NanoMarkets new report predicts that nanosilver-based transparent conductors will achieve more than $540 million in revenues by 2016 ahead of transparent carbon nanotube inks which should still exceed $410 million in that same time period.   NanoMarkets does still expect to see important new entrants in the carbon nanotube transparent conductor space in the near future. 

• Despite the opening up of transparent conductor markets to ITO alternatives, NanoMarkets does not see the traditional ITO business as seriously threatened. Indeed, it expects this market to thrive; approximately doubling in size to $5.5 billion in 2016.

• Transparent conductive polymers have already seen significant deployment as an alternative to ITO in touch-screen sensor and e-paper displays.  However, the performance of traditional PEDOT materials seems inherently limited.  Hope for improvements in transparent conductive coatings can be found in nanostructured polymers, PEDOT analogs and improved patterning technologies.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy and electronics markets created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the transparent conductor space and the firm is recognized as a leading source of expertise for both transparent conductors and nanomaterials more generally. Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Announces New Report on Transparent Conductors Markets Available July 25, 2011

Published: July 18, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

Glen Allen, VA: Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced that it will release a new report the week of July 25, 2011 titled, “Transparent Conductor Markets 2011”  that continues the firm’s coverage of the transparent conductor market and the opportunities for suppliers and customers alike.  Persons interested in learning more about the report should visit the firm’s website NanoMarkets is offering the report at pre-publication pricing through July 22nd. 

About the Report: 

In the new report the firm offers:

• A more extensive discussion of the opportunities for nanomaterials in the transparent conductor space:  In addition to our regular coverage of nanotubes and silver inks, we are also looking at the potential for “nanogrids,” copper, graphene and nanostructured conductive polymers.  These additions to our report are due to the explosion of interest in ITO alternatives, with new companies and products being launched in this space.

• More granular forecasts:  In addition to our usual breakouts by applications and types of material, we are including breakouts by the type of transparent conductor product being sold; sputtering targets, inks, films and coated glass.

• Extended discussion of the ITO supply chain:  In this year’s report, we take a look at the opportunities arising in the supply chain and especially value-added intermediaries in Asia in their role in supplying major display manufacturers.

• Information on funding:  In view of the number of firms that are beginning to get into the transparent conductor space, we take a look at how funding patterns are developing and how venture capitalists appear to be looking at transparent conductor investments.

• The indium factor:  A few years back, it was a given that the price of indium would strongly impact the shape of things to come in the transparent conductor market.  Today, the pendulum has swung the other way and firms are saying that indium doesn’t matter because it is such a small part of the total cost of ITO.  In this report, we discuss what we really know about the impact of indium costs and also what the latest moves to control indium exports from China will mean for the transparent conductive coatings market.

• The mythical flexible display: Flexible displays have been demonstrated at trade shows for several years now and have been much discussed at conferences and in the technical literature.  They are also a market than many suppliers of transparent conductors say they are chasing after.  However, the reality is that there are no genuine flexible displays on the market at the present time.  This report discusses how when and if, flexible displays will create opportunities for makers of transparent conductors.

• OLED displays and lighting:  Although we have taken a look at the use of transparent conductors in the OLED space before, we are providing extended coverage in this year’s report.  This reflects the fact that small OLED displays are now a mass market item and OLED TVs and OLED lighting seem well on their way to commercialization.  Transparent conductors raise special issues in an OLED environment including the need for special planarization and the need to support large panels.

As with other NanoMarkets reports, this latest report on transparent conductors includes discussions of the product/market strategies of both the largest firms in this space and the most innovative.  We also provide detailed eight-year forecasts with extensive breakouts in both value and volume terms by product and application as well as by geography.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 360-2967
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Issues New Report on Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Market

Published: July 05, 2011    Category: Renewable Energy

Glen Allen, Virginia: Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just published a new report titled, Building Integrated Photovoltaics Markets, 2011 that continues the firm’s coverage of the BIPV space. The firm says that the BIPV products market will surpass $11 billion (USD) in revenues in 2016 up from over $2 billion (USD) in 2011. BIPV capacity installed will experience a ten-fold increase over the same period growing from 343 MW in 2011 to over 3.6 GW in 2016. The report also notes that the BIPV sector is enjoying new credibility due to the well-publicized and growing involvement of Dow Chemical in this space. Additional details about the new report can be found at www.nanomarkets.net.

Findings from the report:

The building products industry continues to face challenges in construction starts and new builds while the solar industry is facing a reduction in the subsidies that have been crucial to the industry’s fortunes. The BIPV market offers both sets of suppliers a way of developing new revenue opportunities. Solar cell companies partnering with building products companies gain access to new markets, while building products companies can address new opportunities in green buildings and lucrative retrofitting of existing homes and commercial locations.

Product-wise, the market is maturing with “2nd-Generation BIPV” offerings designed specifically for easy integration with buildings. BIPV glass will generate over $6.4 billion (USD) in revenue in 2016 vs $1.17 billion in 2011, tiles and floating panels that will create nearly $3 billion vs $691 million in 2011, and flexible BIPV products will create slightly over $1.9 billion vs $153 million in 2011.

Crystalline silicon (c-si) will continue to hold a large share of the market for the coming decade but thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) manufacturers have reason to be very excited about what BIPV will provide. In particular, several CIGS-based BIPV products have recently passed regulatory code tests and are moving through traditional distribution channels this year.  The report states that amorphous silicon (a-si) will surpass a billion dollars in BIPV revenue mark in 2014 with CIGS following in 2015 and cadmium telluride achieving that in 2017.

About the report:

This new report tracks and quantifies the latest developments in the BIPV sector, showing, for example, how collaborations between the PV and construction industries are creating new “2nd-Generation BIPV” products that add value to buildings and represent new revenue streams. This report also discusses how BIPV may benefit from today’s regulatory climate. Since BIPV allows the costs of the building fabric and photovoltaic system to be shared over the same infrastructure, NanoMarkets sees the BIPV market as having an increasingly attractive business case, even if subsidies for PV are reduced. Thus BIPV may be an important step towards PV becoming a substantial industry that may eventually be self-sustaining without government subsidies.  The coverage of the report includes the residential and commercial/industrial sectors; new construction and retrofits. We consider the sizes of the various BIPV markets, the roles and strategies of important firms in the industry, and the various PV technologies as they relate to BIPV. In total the report provides a thorough guide to the revenue-generating opportunities for BIPV over the next eight years.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy and electronics markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm has published several reports on photovoltaics related topics including studies of the OPV, DSC, CIGS, TFPV materials and BIPV markets. Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 270-4370
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets’ Latest Report Says Revenues from the Silver Powders and Flakes to Reach $13.4 Billion b

Published: June 15, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

Glen Allen Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just released a new report titled, “Silver Powders and Flakes – 2011” that continues the firm’s coverage of industrial silver markets.  In the report NanoMarkets pegs the total market for silver powders and flakes at $13.4 billion in 2016, compared with $8.7 billion today. Additional details about the report are available at www.nanomarkets.net. 

From the report:

While the broader market’s growth will depend primarily on prices increases in silver and traditional product sectors are expected to see little or no real growth over the next decade, NanoMarkets has identified some real and important opportunities for makers of silver powders and flakes going forward.

NanoMarkets’ analysis suggests that the revenues from nanosilver powders and flakes, although negligible now are likely to reach almost $300 million by 2016.  Opportunities for nanosilver used in medical and antibacterial applications are expected to have an especially large potential, averaging 85 percent annual growth in real terms between now and 2016.  One reason for using nanosilver is that it is less negatively impacted by the rising price of silver than more traditional powder and flake products.  However, NanoMarkets believes that major business development work still needs to be done to convince potential customers to change their processes; it will be important to demonstrate real savings for customers, though.

The report also notes that because of the high price of silver there will be a major trend towards the use of hybrid materials, that combine silver powder or flake with less expensive (but also less conductive) materials.  The volume of such materials used worldwide is expected to grow by more than 50 percent between now and 2016.  Hybrid inks and pastes have always done well during times of high silver prices, but and NanoMarkets also expects that there is an opportunity here for suppliers to market hybrids like silver-coated copper or silver-coated nickel fillers for at least a portion of the conductive adhesives market.

About the report:

This report analyzes and quantifies the opportunities for silver powders and flakes in a number of critical sectors including traditional silver pastes and inks; silver inks for the PV sector; conventional conductive adhesives; nanosilver-based adhesives, pastes and inks; and nanosilver-based medical and antimicrobial applications  The report also discusses the strategies of the leading suppliers of silver powders and flakes and includes a detailed eight-year forecast for all of the applications and materials types both in volume and value terms.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy, electronics and other markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the silver inks business and has been covering this market for more than four years.  Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets LC
(804) 360-2967
rob@nanomarkets.net

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report on Printed Batteries Due in August 2011

Published: June 07, 2011    Category: Electronics and Devices

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report, Radiation Detection Materials Markets - 2011

Published: June 06, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets and FlexTech Alliance Announce June Webinar on Transparent Conductor Markets

Published: June 06, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Announces Release of Latest Report for OLED Materials Market; Sees $2.0 Billion Opportunity in 2016

Published: June 01, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials OLED Lighting

Glen Allen, Virginia:   Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has released its latest report titled, “The Market for OLED Materials 2011” which says that the market opportunities for the various materials used in OLED displays and lighting will exceed $2.0 billion (USD) by 2016.   The report is the latest in NanoMarkets’ continuing coverage of both OLED markets and organic electronics materials.  NanoMarkets has also recently released several reports on organic electronics materials including conductive polymers and materials for OLED lighting.   NanoMarkets has been covering the OLED materials space since 2006.  Additional details about the firm’s latest report can be found at http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/markets_for_oled_materials_--_2011   The report will begin shipping on June 6^th with pre-publication pricing in effect through June 3^rd. 

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New NanoMarkets Report Forecasts European OLED Lighting Market to Reach $1.5 Billion by 2016

Published: May 19, 2011    Category: OLED Lighting

Glen Allen, Virginia:   Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has released its latest report titled, “OLED Lighting Markets Europe-2011,” that says the market opportunities in Europe for OLED lighting will generate $1.5 billion (USD) in OLED lighting panel sales by 2016.   The report is the latest in NanoMarkets’ continuing coverage of the global OLED lighting marketplace.  

NanoMarkets has also recently released reports on the market for OLED lighting in Asia and an update of the firm's global market forecast for OLED lighting.  In addition, the firm has issued a report on the business case for OLED lighting and will soon issue a new report on the OLED materials market.  An analysis and forecast of OLED lighting manufacturing capacity worldwide will be published by NanoMarkets in September of 2011.

Key findings:

German markets and firms will be the largest factor in the European OLED lighting scene for the foreseeable future. According to NanoMarkets’ projections, Germany will account for one fourth of all OLED lighting sales during the 2011 to 2018 period. In addition, the OLED lighting manufacturing in Europe is concentrated in Germany which is home to major facilities operated by BASF, Fraunhofer IPMS, Philips, Heraeus, Osram, Ledon, Merck and Novaled.  German OLED lighting panel sales will reach almost $360 million in OLED panel sales by 2016.

After Germany, the U.K. will generate the greatest revenues from OLED panel sales during the forecasting period covered by the report, with almost $210 million in revenues by 2016.  The U.K.’s prominence in the OLED lighting field is driven by the relatively large size of the country and the fact that it started phasing out incandescent bulbs earlier than any other European nation.  The U.K. is also home to some highly innovative OLED firms such as CDT, E2M, Lomox and PolyPhotonix

European firms including Blackbody, Osram and Philips, already dominate the worldwide market for OLED luminaires and will continue to do so.  There are already as many as 20 luminaires produced by European firms; albeit in limited quantities.  Reflecting Europe’s long-established strength in industrial design, many of these luminaires have been created by leading lighting and furniture designers such as Ingo Maurer and Tom Dixon. 

About the report:

This new report from NanoMarkets identifies the new business opportunities for OLED lighting in Europe and examines both consumer demand and the manufacturing infrastructure that has developed in the region.  The report focuses on the main regions of Western Europe, with additional comments about the potential market for OLED lighting in Eastern Europe.  The report includes analysis of all leading European firms active in the OLED lighting space at both the panel and luminaire level as well as profiles of all the national and pan-European OLED lighting R&D projects.  It also includes a detailed eight-year forecast broken out by nation and by type of lighting.  The lighting types covered in this report include primarily general illumination, architectural lighting and vehicular lighting.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy and electronics markets created by developments in advanced materials.   It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the OLED lighting space and the firm is recognized as a leading source of expertise for the OLED lighting supply chain.  Visit http://www.nanomarkets.netfor a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

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NanoMarkets Announces Availability of New Report on Silver Inks and Pastes

Published: May 19, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report on OLED Materials Scheduled for May 2011 Release

Published: May 09, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials OLED Lighting

Glen Allen, Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced the addition of the report, “Materials for OLED Markets – 2011” to its schedule.  The report will be available during this month and continues the firm’s industry leading coverage of the global OLED materials business.   Additional details about the report are available on the firm’s website at www.nanomarkets.net . 

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NanoMarkets Announces Release of Latest Global OLED Lighting Market Forecasts, Sees $4.8 billion Market in 2016

Published: May 09, 2011    Category: OLED Lighting

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New NanoMarkets Report Forecasts the Market for Energy Storage in the Solar Power Industry

Published: April 28, 2011    Category: Renewable Energy Smart Grids

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New NanoMarkets Report Forecasts the Prospects for Organic Photovoltaics Markets

Published: April 28, 2011    Category: Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Issues New Report on Dye Sensitized Cell Panel and Materials Markets, Sees $1.9 billion ($US) Opportunity by 2016

Published: April 19, 2011    Category: Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report Titled, Energy Storage Markets in the Solar Energy Industry

Published: April 13, 2011    Category: Renewable Energy Smart Grids

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report Titled, OLED Lighting in Europe - 2011

Published: April 11, 2011    Category: Electronics and Devices OLED Lighting

Glen Allen, VA:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced that it has added a new report to its schedule titled, “OLED Lighting in Europe – 2011” that will be available in late April.  Details of the report are available on the firm’s website at www.nanomarkets.net.   The report is the next in NanoMarkets’ ongoing coverage of the emerging global OLED lighting market and follows recent releases on OLED lighting in Asia, a business case analysis for OLED lighting and materials market opportunities.   

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New NanoMarkets Report Predicts Asian OLED Lighting Market to Reach $2.1 Billion by 2016

Published: April 06, 2011    Category: OLED Lighting

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New NanoMarkets Report Projects Smart Windows Market to Exceed $1.0 billion by 2015

Published: March 30, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

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NanoMarkets Announces New Research Effort on Thin-Film Battery Markets

Published: March 29, 2011    Category: Electronics and Devices

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Reports on Organic and Dye-Sensitized Cell Photovoltaics Due in April

Published: March 28, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

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New NanoMarkets Report Pegs Smart Grid Sensor Market at $6.3 Billion by 2014

Published: March 23, 2011    Category: Smart Grids

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NanoMarkets Announces Release of New Report on Opportunities for Smart Coatings in the Solar Panel Industry

Published: March 10, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Report Analyzes the Impact of Chinese Indium Export Policies on Electronics and Materials Markets

Published: March 08, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Announces Addition of “Smart Grid Sensing, Monitoring and Control Systems:  Market Opportunities 2011” Report to Firm’s Publishing Schedule

Published: February 28, 2011    Category: Electronics and Devices Smart Grids

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NanoMarkets Announces Addition of “Smart Coatings in Photovoltaics” Report to Firm’s Publishing Schedule

Published: February 28, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Announces Addition of “Next-Generation Smart Windows: Materials and Markets: 2011” Report to Firm’s Publishing Schedule

Published: February 28, 2011    Category:

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NanoMarkets Issues New Report on Smart Coatings Market Opportunities, Sees $3 billion Opportunity in 2018

Published: February 23, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Issues New Forecasts of CIGS Market, Sees $3.7 billion ($US) Opportunity in 2016

Published: February 22, 2011    Category: Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Issues New Report Addressing the Business Case for Transparent Conductors, ITO and Alternatives

Published: February 15, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report Titled “CIGS Photovoltaics Market Opportunities 2011” to Be Released in February 2011

Published: February 14, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Announces Addition of New Report Titled “Smart Coatings Markets 2011” to Firm’s Publishing Schedule

Published: February 07, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

Glen Allen, VA: Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has added a new report to its portfolio titled “Smart Coatings Markets –2011.”  The report is scheduled to release the week of February 14, 2011 and addresses the growing market potential that “smart coatings” promises to deliver to coatings and materials suppliers as well as companies within the energy, medical device, automotive, building products and military application markets. 

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report, The Business Case for Indium Tin Oxide and Alternative Transparent Conductors

Published: January 31, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen, VA:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced that the firm will release a new report titled, “The Business Case for Indium Tin Oxide and Alternative Transparent Conductors” the week of February 15^th of 2011.  The report follows other recently released NanoMarkets reports that have addressed the market for indium tin oxide (ITO) and alternatives and the market opportunities for transparent conductors in OLEDs, photovoltaics and displays.  Details of NanoMarkets’ unique and industry leading coverage of the transparent conductor market are available at www.nanomarkets.net.

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NanoMarkets Announces Release of Report, Transparent Conductors for Displays, Market Opportunities 2011

Published: January 31, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Electronics and Devices

Glen Allen, VA:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced the release of its newest report addressing the market for transparent conductors titled, “Transparent Conductors for Displays, Market Opportunities 2011.”  The report states that the display industry will consume $7.3 billion in transparent conductor material by 2017 and that while ITO usage will continue to rise in spite of increasing costs, NanoMarkets does anticipate that ITO alternatives – especially transparent conducting nanomaterials – will see significant opportunities from the emergence of OLED and electrophoretic displays who’s makers are less conservative about their materials choices.  As a result, NanoMarkets expects revenues from the ITO alternatives in the display industry to approach nearly $500 million by 2017.

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New NanoMarkets Report Says the Electronics Industry Will Consume $1.3 Billion in Conductive Polymers by 2016

Published: January 19, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Announces Release of a New Study on Transparent Conductor Sales to the Photovoltaics Industry

Published: January 12, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Sets Out the Business Case for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics in its New Report

Published: January 12, 2011    Category: Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report on Transparent Conductors in Photovoltaics

Published: January 06, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

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Market for OPV/DSC Substrate and Encapsulation Materials to Reach $1.3 billion by 2017  

Published: January 05, 2011    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Announces Availability of Transcripts from Firm’s Teleconference on Business Case for OLED Lighting

Published: January 03, 2011    Category: OLED Lighting

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NanoMarkets Issues Latest Report on the $4.5 Billion Silver Inks and Pastes Market

Published: December 13, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials

Glen Allen, Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has released a new report that pinpoints the opportunities that exist in the silver inks and pastes market despite the disruption caused by the recent surge in silver prices.  With major users of these materials attempting to reduce silver consumption, NanoMarkets sees a new opportunity for specialist types of inks including nanosilver inks; products that have largely been a disappointment to date.   

Additional details about report, “Silver Inks and Pastes Market - 2011” can be found at http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/silver_inks_and_pastes_markets_2011/.

From the report:

·         Increasing silver prices and a decline in the number of plasma TVs sold will cause the total market for silver inks and pastes to stagnate at around $4.5 billion ($US) market over the next few years.  However, there will still be opportunities for firms nimble enough to compete in this new market environment.  

·         NanoMarkets expects strong growth for silver inks that contain smaller amounts of bulk silver because they either mix silver with a lower cost material or use specially engineered silver particles.  NanoMarkets estimates that these specialist inks could generate revenues of $660 million by 2016. 

·         It also says that firms that make nanosilver inks should message the potential cost reductions that the use of nanosilver inks can bring and believes that the sales of nanosilver inks could reach $300 million by 2016.  The new report also suggests that suppliers should be focusing on applications such as miniaturized PCBs and certain types of capacitors where they can generate short term revenues. 

·         NanoMarkets, believes the PV sector will be much more able to reduce its use of silver than thick film.  Nonetheless, it expects that there will still be significant opportunities for silver inks and pastes in the PV sector, because there are certain areas where they are indispensible.  These areas include the front electrodes of c-Si PV cells and the silver grids applied on the front of thin-film and organic PV modules. Annual sales of silver inks and pastes in the PV segment will be around $1.9 billion for the next few years. 

About the report:

This report analyzes and quantifies the opportunities for conductive silver inks and pastes in critical sectors including photovoltaics, displays, lighting, RFID, sensors, and traditional thick-film applications such as capacitors, membrane switches, PCBs, etc.  The report includes profiles of more than 20 firms supply silver inks and pastes as well as a detailed eight-year forecast for all of the applications both in volume and value terms.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy and electronics markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in industry analysis and forecasts for the silver inks business and has been covering this market since 2005.  Visit www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

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Robert Nolan

NanoMarkets

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report Titled, The Business Case for Building Integrated Photovoltaics

Published: December 09, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials

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New NanoMarkets Report Makes the Business Case for OLED Lighting

Published: December 07, 2010    Category: OLED Lighting

Glen Allen, Virginia:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just issued a new report titled, The Business Case for OLED Lighting that states while it is already possible to make a strong business case for OLED lighting, successful OLED lighting product/market strategies will need to emphasize the unique advantages of OLED lighting especially its large-area, thin form factor and its potential for flexibility.  Furthermore, NanoMarkets also sees the performance of OLED lighting increasing to a point where a strong business case can be made for OLEDs as a strong alternative to fluorescent lights in the huge market for commercial and industrial buildings on the basis of improved light quality and aesthetics.

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NanoMarkets Announces December 14, 2010 Date for Teleconference on Business Case for OLED Lighting

Published: December 02, 2010    Category: OLED Lighting

Glen Allen, VA:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today announced that it will host a teleconference on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 10:00 AM EST (-05:00 GMT)  to discuss findings from a soon-to-be released report titled, “The Business Case for OLED Lighting,” that continues the firm’s industry leading coverage of the emerging OLED lighting market and follows recent reports that provided the firm’s latest market forecasts and analysis for OLED lighting products and materials as well as the opportunities for transparent conductors in OLEDs.  Persons interested in registering for the event may do so on the firm’s website at http://nanomarkets.wufoo.com/forms/the-business-case-for-oled-lighting-reg-form/

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NanoMarkets Releases New Report on Thin-Film Solar Materials Market

Published: November 29, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials

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New NanoMarkets Reports Puts Thin-Film Photovoltaic Material Market at $5.9 Billion in 2016

Published: November 29, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Announces New Upcoming Report That Analyzes the Business Case for OLED Lighting

Published: November 29, 2010    Category: OLED Lighting

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NanoMarkets Report Pegs Supercapacitor Market Nearing $3.0 Billion in 2016

Published: November 17, 2010    Category: Renewable Energy

Glen Allen, Virginia:  According to industry analyst firm NanoMarkets, worldwide sales of supercapacitors will grow from around $400 million ($US) in 2010 to reach about $3.0 billion by 2016.  This report, "Market Opportunities for Supercapacitors" is part of the ongoing coverage that NanoMarkets provides for novel energy storage applications ranging from thin-film batteries to storage technologies for renewable energy.

In addition to quantifying the supercapacitor market and analyzing its key trends, this report discusses the activities of leading firms including CAP-XX, ESMA, Ioxus, LG, Maxwell, NEC, Nesscap, Nippon Chemi-Con and Panasonic and of some of the growing number of supercapacitors start-ups including Advanced Capacitor, Axion, EEStor, EnerG2, FastCAP, Graphene Energy, Reticle, and Y-Carbon.
Additional details of the report are available at www.nanomarkets.net.  
 
Key findings:
 
According to NanoMarkets’ report, applications for supercapacitors in public transport and private vehicles currently account for almost 60 percent of the supercapacitor market.  By 2016, the transportation/vehicular sector’s market share will fall to around 35 percent, as new applications for supercapacitors emerge.
 
The fastest growing market for supercapacitors will be found in the consumer electronics industry, which is expected to demand more than $725 million in these devices by 2016.
 
NanoMarkets believes that frequency regulation in next-generation electricity grids will provide $540 million in business for supercapacitor firms in 2016.
 
NanoMarkets believes that the rapid improvement in performance of supercapacitors in the past five years has dramatically increased the markets that can be addressed by supercapacitors and expects further growth driven by the use of new electrode and electrolyte materials and by further miniaturization of the supercapacitors themselves.
 
About the report:
 
This new report from NanoMarkets analyzes and quantifies the opportunities for the next generation of supercapacitors.  It sets out the key market, technology and manufacturing trends and also includes detailed forecasts broken out by application, capacity and technology along with discussions of the relevant product development work and marketing strategies of the major supercapacitor companies.  
 
About NanoMarkets:
 
NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy and electronics markets created by developments in advanced materials. The firm is a recognized leader in energy storage market research and industry analysis.  Visit www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.
 
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NanoMarkets Announces New Upcoming Report on Silver Inks and Pastes for Printed Electronics

Published: November 15, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Announces New Upcoming Report on Thin-Film Photovoltaics Materials Market Opportunities

Published: November 15, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Releases Report on Transparent Conductive Materials in the OLED Industry

Published: November 10, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials OLED Lighting

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New NanoMarkets Report Pegs OLED Lighting Materials Sales at $1.4 Billion by 2015

Published: October 25, 2010    Category: OLED Lighting

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report Addressing Transparent Conductor Markets in the OLED Industry

Published: October 19, 2010    Category: OLED Lighting

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New NanoMarkets Report Projects Energy Storage Market for Wind Power Industry to Reach $1.1 Billion by 2015

Published: October 18, 2010    Category: Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Announces Upcoming Report on OLED Lighting Materials Markets

Published: October 14, 2010    Category: OLED Lighting

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New NanoMarkets Report Pegs Thin-Film PV Substrate and Encapsulation Market at $1.3 billion by 2015

Published: October 12, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Issues New Report on Zinc Oxide Markets; Sees Market Growing to $1.3 billion by 2015

Published: September 28, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials

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NanoMarkets Announces Availability of Transcripts from The Firm’s Conference Call on OLED Lighting Markets

Published: September 22, 2010    Category: OLED Lighting

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NanoMarkets/Smart Grid Analysis Releases Report on Smart Grid Opportunities in Europe

Published: September 15, 2010    Category: Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Announces New Additions to Research Schedule Addressing Thin-Film PV and Zinc Oxide Markets

Published: September 14, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

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NanoMarkets Publishes New Report on Opportunities for Silver in the PV Sector

Published: September 13, 2010    Category: Advanced Materials Renewable Energy

Glen Allen, Virginia:  A new report from industry analyst firm NanoMarkets says that although the photovoltaics (PV) business has slowed in the past year, the PV industry will continue to be a major consumer of silver to the tune of about $1.0 billion annual revenues throughout the next several years.    And while overall sales of silver into this sector will remain somewhat flat, NanoMarkets has identified specific areas within the PV industry where the silver industry can expect growth. 

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