These slides are from an April 2014 webinar conducted in conjunction with the FlexTech Alliance.  

Taken from the NanoMarkets report, “BIPV Glass Markets-2014 & Beyond“

NanoMarkets latest report on BIPV glass analyzes future scenarios for BIPV.  It includes a detailed eight-year market forecast with breakouts by type of building and PV technology and in both volume and value terms.  We also discuss the BIPV glass strategies of leading glass and PV firms as well the community of firms whose core business is developing and installing BIPV glass.  

One possible road to a larger addressable market for BIPV glass will be to use solution-processed PV layers and here we note that both Pilkington and AGC are already actively involved in joint development projects that could do just that.  With this in mind, our report examines how the economics of BIPV glass will evolve based on c-Si, thin-film, and DSC/OPV materials.

This report also discusses how BIPV glass can better be sold to architects, who are sometimes skeptical of the BIPV glass concept, but remain the key decision makers on the demand side. In part this is about improved marketing.  But as we discuss in this report, it is also a matter of playing up the aesthetic advantage of solar glass (for example with tinted and colored products) and by incorporating additional smart features such as hybrid light/photovoltaic capability.

This report is based around NanoMarkets ongoing program of publishing industry analyses of various segments of the BIPV market, an area in which we have been involved for five years.

– See more at: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/bipv-glass-markets-2014-beyond

Taken from the NanoMarkets report, “Smart Glass Opportunities in the Automotive Industry—2014“

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the worldwide market for smart glass used in cars and trucks identifying the main opportunities that smart glass presents for glass and coatings makers as well as for the car firms themselves.  In addition, the report includes an eight-year (volume and value) forecast of smart auto glass with breakouts by materials technology and functionality.

The report incorporates a technology assessment of the latest smart glass technologies for the automotive sector including self-tinting glass, self-cleaning glass, self-healing glass, and automotive display glass.  Applications covered are windshields, mirrors, sunroofs, other automotive windows and dashboards.  The report also discusses the glass-related opportunities that NanoMarkets sees emerging as the result of the latest trends in automotive infotainment systems. 

This report pinpoints the main trends that will shape the revenue potential of smart auto glass in the next decade.  Noting that many of the smart glass technologies used in cars and trucks have low performance and short lifetimes, this report analyzes how performance will be improved and how this can lead to enhanced revenue streams for the firms involved with smart auto glass, both as technology providers and as OEMs.

Finally, the report also discusses smart glass adoption strategies by the major automobile and light truck companies, along with the product, market and supply chain strategies of key firms that are shaping the market for smart auto. 

– See more at: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/smart_glass_opportunities_in_the_automotive_industry_2014

Taken from the NanoMarkets report, “Markets and Opportunities for Transparent Displays: 2014-2021“

NanoMarkets believes that the market for transparent displays is about to expand dramatically. “Smart glasses,” such as Google Glass and Augmented Reality (AR) applications have focused attention on displays that can simultaneously display information and function as windows on the real world. 
 
Display firms have begun to respond to these major trends with novel types of transparent displays. To do so they have had to invent new technologies.  Transparent TFTs are especially challenging, with the most likely material solution being ZnO, though other options are possible.  Hiding backlighting in transparent LCDs is also an issue, creating opportunities for transparent OLED displays; but these have their own challenges too.
 
In this report, NanoMarkets identifies where the revenues will be generated by transparent displays over the next eight years.  In addition to leading edge applications such as smart glasses and AR, this report also considers near-term applications for transparent displays in more mundane applications such as retail and automotive.
 
This report is designed to be a guide to how transparent displays will be commercialized and provides both a roadmap to how the transparent display market will evolve and an assessment of the latest transparent display technology. 
 
And in addition to granular eight-year forecasts of the transparent display market, this report also discusses the product/market strategies of transparent display makers, both large and small.

– See more at: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/markets-and-opportunities-for-transparent-displays-2014-to-2021

Taken from the NanoMarkets report, “Thin-Film and Printed Batteries Markets 2014-2021“

NanoMarkets has provided coverage on the thin-film and printed batteries market for six years and has a deep understanding of what makes this market tick.  During the period we have covered these power sources, some of the firms in this space have made slow but steady progress both technically and in terms of business development; a few of them are generating significant revenue.  Other thin-film and printed battery firms have quit the market.

What have changed are the markets that are being addressed by these batteries.  When the thin-film and printed battery business first appeared, the thought was that the main opportunity for them was RFID.  But RFIDs have not taken off in the way that many people hoped.  By contrast, these “thin” batteries have proved highly suited for powered smartcards, but for now this just a niche.

Now it seems that a new opportunity might be appearing in the form of the so-called “Internet-of-things,” which promises ubiquitous sensors and other low-cost electronics.  Such devices need to be powered and “thin” batteries may be just the power source that the Internet-of-Things needs.  Has the thin-film and printed battery business suddenly found itself in the right place at the right time?

In this year’s report, NanoMarkets analyzes these emerging opportunities.  We also discuss the latest materials and design strategies being pursued by the thin-film and printed battery makers and assess how successful they are likely to be in the marketplace.  As with all NanoMarkets reports, this report includes an eight-year forecast in volumes and value terms.  We also discuss the funding of firms in this space and how that will shape the thin-film battery market. 

This report will be important reading not just for firms in the battery industry, but for all firms interested in the new opportunities appearing in the Internet-of-Things, smart packaging and other related markets.

See more at: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/thin_film_and_printed_batteries_markets_2014_2021