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Printed, Organic & Flexible Electronics Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2012-2022

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This report provides the most comprehensive view of the topic, giving detailed ten year forecasts by device type. The market is analyzed by territory, printed vs non printed, rigid vs flexible, inorganic vs organic, cost of materials vs process cost and much more, with over 200 tables and figures. Activities of over 1,000 leading companies are given.
 
The report specifically addresses the big picture - including all thin film photovoltaics, relevant display technologies and much more. Importantly, it includes not only electronics which are printed, organic and/or flexible now, but it also covers those that will be. Realistic timescales, case studies, existing products and the emergence of new products are given, as are impediments and opportunities for the years to come.
 
Over 3,000 organizations are pursuing printed, organic, flexible electronics, including printing, electronics, materials and packaging companies. While some of these technologies are in use now, with substantial growth in thin film photovoltaics for example, others such as thin film transistors, developed by over 500 organizations, are only becoming commercially available now. The benefits of these new electronics are numerous - ranging from lower cost, improved performance, flexibility, transparency, reliability, better environmental credentials and much more. Many of the applications will be newly created, and where existing electronic and electrical products are impacted, the extent will be varied. This widely referenced IDTechEx report brings it all together, with particular focus on applications and quantative assessment of opportunities.
Market Size from 2012 to 2022
IDTechEx find that the market for printed and thin film electronics will be $9.46 billion in 2012. 42.5% of that will be predominately organic electronics - such as OLED display modules. Of the total market in 2012, 30% will be printed. Initially photovoltaics, OLED and e-paper displays grow rapidly, followed by thin film transistor circuits, sensors and batteries. By 2022 the market will be worth $63.28 billion, with 45% printed and 33% on flexible substrates.
 
Market forecast by component type for 2012-2022 in US $ billions
 
 
 
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However, the topic is even bigger than this with some conventional electronics such as conventional aSi Photovoltaics now migrating to being printed, to reduce cost, be available on flexible substrates and in larger areas. In addition to the above, forecasts for such markets are given, as is progress to print them.
Lessons, Successes and Opportunities
The report covers case studies of where printed electronics has been used, why and the results. It looks at new products that are imminently emerging and their prospects for success. The technical barriers and commercial barriers are listed and prioritized, as well as progress to overcome these.
 
In particular, the following components are addressed, and for each one ten year forecasts are given, along with companies and their activities, case studies, impediments to commercialization and timescales:
 
  • Logic and memory
  • OLED displays
  • OLED lighting
  • Electrophoretic displays
  • Electrochromic displays
  • Electroluminescent displays
  • Other displays
  • Batteries
  • Photovoltaics
  • Sensors
  • Conductors
  • Other
 
Market forecast by component type for 2012-2022 in US $ billions
 
 
 
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Table of Contents
1.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
1.1.Definitions
1.1.The 3000 organisations tackling printed and potentially printed devices and their materials
1.1.Description and analysis of the main technology components of printed and potentially printed electronics
1.2.Market forecast by component type for 2012-2022 in US $ billions, for printed and potentially printed electronics including organic, inorganic and composites
1.2.Market forecast by component type for 2012-2022 in US $ billions, for printed and potentially printed electronics including organic, inorganic and composites
1.2.Overall market size in 2022
1.3.3,000 organisations active in the field
1.3.Market forecasts for 2032 in US$ billion
1.3.Market forecasts for 2032 in US$ billion
1.4.Leading market drivers 2022
1.4.Leading market drivers 2022
1.4.Organic versus Inorganic Electronics
1.5.Markets in 2012
1.5.Spend on organic versus inorganic materials 2012-2022 US$ Billion
1.5.Some potential benefits of printed and partly printed organic and inorganic electronics and electrics over conventional devices and non-electronic printing in various applications
1.6.The different states of readiness of organic and inorganic electronic technologies (semiconductors and conductors)
1.6.Market value $ billions of only printed electronics 2012-2022
1.6.Market by territory
1.7.Successes and failures
1.7.Total market value of printed versus non printed electronics 2012-2022 US$ billion
1.7.Spend on organic versus inorganic materials 2012-2022 US$ Billion
1.8.Split of material types by component
1.8.Market value $ billions of only flexible/conformal electronics 2012-2022
1.8.Printed electronics needs new design rules
1.9.The emerging value chain is unbalanced
1.9.Total market value of flexible versus non flexible electronics 2012-2022 in US$ billion
1.9.Market value $ billions of only printed electronics 2012-2022
1.10.Total market value of printed versus non printed electronics 2012-2022 US$ billion
1.10.Giant industries collaborate for the first time
1.11.Some of the potential markets
1.11.Market value $ billions of only flexible/conformal electronics 2012-2022
1.12.Total market value of flexible/conformal versus rigid electronics 2012-2022 in US$ billion
1.12.How printed electronics is being applied to products
1.13.Examples of organic and inorganic electronics and electrics potentially tackling different technologies and applications
1.13.End user markets relevant to printed and potentially printed electronics
1.14.Possible breakdown of the market for printed and potentially printed electronics in 2032 by numbers and value
1.14.The potential annual global sales of each type by 2022 in US$ billions and percentage
1.15.The potential annual global sales of each type by 2032 in US$ billions
1.15.The market for printed and potentially printed electronics by territory in $ billion 2012-2032
1.16.Market by Territory 2012-2032
1.17.The emerging value chain is unbalanced
1.18.Those going to market first move right
2.INTRODUCTION
2.1.Market volume in Euro billions
2.2.Smart iontophoretic skin patches
2.2.Twenty year forecasts of unusual breadth
2.3.Terminology and definitions
2.3.Esquire magazine with animated display September 2008
2.3.Types of printed/thin film photovoltaics beyond silicon compared, with examples of suppliers
2.4.Some of today's disposable electronics and why inorganic technology is needed
2.4.Plastic Logic E-reader
2.4.Scope for printed electronics and electrics
2.5.There is a bigger picture
2.5.T-equaliser animated t-shirt
2.5.Primary assumptions of organic electronics in full production 2012-2032
2.6.OLED TV from LG
2.6.Printed electronics products today
2.6.1.New technologies, more opportunity
2.6.2.With or without a silicon chip
2.6.3.Highest volume products with no silicon chip
2.6.4.Printed electronics with silicon chips
2.6.5.Electronic apparel
2.6.6.Display and lighting
2.6.7.Photovoltaic power by the mile
2.6.8.Stretchable electronic products for sale
2.6.9.A view from Toppan Forms
2.7.Displays are the main sector for now
2.7.How printed electronics is being applied to products
2.8.Printed Electronics Applications
2.8.Photovoltaics beyond conventional silicon are the second largest market
2.9.How printed electronics is being applied
2.9.Typical price breaks for high volume electronics and examples of potential advances
2.10.Examples of printed electronics creating new products
2.10.Surprisingly poor progress with low cost electronics so far
2.11.Threat - silicon chips keep getting cheaper
2.12.Printed electronics for smart packaging
2.13.Driving forces for disposable electronics
2.14.Inorganic patterning shows the way
2.15.Great uncertainty
2.16.Challenging conventional electronics
2.17.Flexible is a big market
2.18.Assumptions for our forecasts
2.19.Market Background
3.LOGIC AND MEMORY
3.1.Logic and Memory Market Forecasts 2012-2022
3.1.Traditional geometry for a field effect transistor
3.1.Global market for printed electronics logic and memory 2012-2022 in billions of dollars, with % printed and % flexible
3.1.1.Logic and memory forecasts 2012-2022
3.2.Impact on silicon
3.2.Semiconductor options
3.2.Scope for printed TFTCs to create new markets or replace silicon chips
3.3.Advantages of printed and thin film transistors and memory vs traditional silicon
3.3.Performance of Kovio's ink versus others by mobility
3.3.Transistor design
3.3.1.New TFT geometry
3.3.2.Advantages of printed and thin film transistors and memory vs traditional silicon
3.3.3.The main options for the printed semiconductor
3.3.4.What reads to most of the potential strengths of printed transistors
3.3.5.Development path
3.3.6.Obtaining higher frequency performance
3.3.7.Shakeout of organic transistor developers
3.3.8.Kovio
3.3.9.NanoGram/Teijin
3.3.10.Metal oxide semiconductors
3.3.11.Do organic transistors have a future?
3.4.Latest progress in 2012
3.4.Road map
3.4.Comparison of some of the main options for the semiconductors in printed and potentially printed transistors
3.4.1.Oxide Semiconductors
3.4.2.Carbon Nanotube and Graphene
3.4.3.Organics
3.4.4.Others
3.5.Choice of printing technologies
3.5.NanoGram's Laser Reactive Deposition (LRD) technology
3.5.Typical carrier mobility in different potential TFTC semiconductors (actual and envisaged) vs higher mobility silicon, not printable
3.6.Objectives and challenges of organisations developing printed and potentially printed transistor and/ or memory circuits and/or their materials
3.6.Transparent Zinc Oxide transistors
3.6.Company strategy and value chain
3.6.1.TFTC value chain
3.7.Memory
3.7.Options for high speed, low-cost printing of TFTCs
3.7.Some of the small group of contestants for large capacity printed memory
3.7.1.Thinfilm unveils first scalable printed CMOS memory
3.8.Flexible memristor
3.8.Value chain for TFTCs and examples of migration of activity for players
3.8.Total value of tags by application - passive RFID tags only 2012-2022
3.9.Chipless versus Chip RFID, in numbers of units (billions) (Chip includes Active RFID tags) 2011-2021
3.9.An all-organic permanent memory transistor
3.9.RFID
3.9.1.Market for RFID
3.9.2.Ultimate potential for highest volume RFID
3.9.3.Penetration of chipless/printed RFID
3.10.Thinfilm memory compared with the much more complex DRAM in silicon
3.10.Market size of various chipless solutions, 2011-2021
3.11.Structure of Thinfilm memory
3.12.Thinfilm priorities for commercialisation of mega memory
3.13.Total value of tags by application 2012-2022 (US Dollar Millions)
3.14.Prototype 13.56 MHz RFID smart labels from reel to reel production of organic TFTCs by PolyIC
3.15.Potential, in billions yearly, for global sales of RFID labels and circuits printed directly onto products or packaging. Item level is shown in red. These are examples.
3.16.Chipless versus Chip RFID, in numbers of units (billions) 2011-2021
3.17.Market size of a variety of chipless solutions, US$ millions
4.DISPLAYS
4.1.Market drivers
4.1.Basic structure of an OLED
4.1.Some new and established display technologies compared
4.2.Comparison of the features of various technologies for advertising and signage
4.2.Samsung OLED television, Philips OLED shaver and Eastman Kodak OLED camera
4.2.OLEDs as displays for electronic products
4.3.Developers of OLEDs
4.3.Concept of apparel that illuminates with flexible OLED displays
4.3.Examples of OLED materials and displays investment until the beginning of 2012
4.4.Examples of companies developing OLEDs
4.4.LEP process flow
4.4.OLED market forecasts 2012-2022
4.4.1.Impediments to OLED adoption
4.4.2.Unmet technical needs for OLEDs
4.5.Electrophoretic
4.5.An OLED display from Samsung which folds in the middle
4.5.Market forecasts for OLED panel displays 2012-2022
4.5.1.Applications of E-paper displays
4.5.2.E ink
4.5.3.The Killer Application
4.5.4.SiPix, Taiwan
4.5.5.Polymer Vision/Wistron
4.5.6.Electrowetting displays
4.5.7.Liquavista, The Netherlands (Samsung, Korea)
4.5.8.ITRI, Taiwan and PVI (E-ink), Taiwan
4.5.9.Electrophoretic and Bi-Stable displays market forecasts 2012-2022
4.6.Electrochromic
4.6.A 4" flexible AM OLED from LG on stainless steel
4.6.Advantages and disadvantages of electrophoretic displays
4.6.1.Electrochromic displays market forecasts 2012-2022
4.7.AC Electroluminescent
4.7.OLED TV from LG
4.7.Comparison between OLEDs and E-Ink of various parameters
4.7.1.Applications
4.7.2.Electroluminescent displays market forecasts 2012-2022
4.8.Other display technologies
4.8.Principle of operation of electrophoretic displays
4.8.Electrophoretic and Bi-stable displays market forecasts 2012-2022
4.8.1.Thermochromic
4.8.2.Electrochemical displays on paper
4.8.3.Flexible LCDs
4.8.4.Kent Displays
4.9.E-paper displays on a magazine sold in the US in October 2008
4.9.Electrochromic displays market forecasts 2012-2022
4.10.Electroluminescent displays market forecasts 2012-2022
4.10.Retail Shelf Edge Labels from UPM
4.11.Secondary display on a cell phone
4.12.Amazon Kindle 2, launched in the US in February 2009
4.13.Electrophoretic display on a commercially sold financial card
4.14.A Polymer Vision/Wistron display
4.15.Droplet contracting and relaxing from Liquavista
4.16.Droplet driven electrowetting displays from adt, Germany
4.17.Display on an EnOcean wireless switch
4.18.Transmissive electrowetting displays from Liquavista
4.19.Demonstrator from Liquavista
4.20.Flow chart of the manufacture process
4.21.Electrochromic display on a Valentine's card sold by Marks and Spencer in the UK in 2004 and electrochromic display with drive circuits in a laminate for smart cards
4.22.Boardroom lighting in Alcatel France that switches to various modes
4.23.Animated EL artwork in a two meter suspended ball for event lighting
4.24.Coyopa rum with four segment sequentially switched pictures
4.25.TV controller
4.26.Car instrument illumination by electroluminescent display
4.27.Duracell battery tester
4.28.Interactive game on a beer package by VTT Technologies in Finland
4.29.The dollhouse. When energy is added to the system the colour of the wallpaper changes and a picture appears on the wall
4.30.Two state electrolytic display on paper
4.31.Seven segment display printed with bi-stable inks
4.32.Color LCD by photo alignment
4.33.Photo alignment of LCD
4.34.The HKUST optical rewriting
4.35.Color printable flexible LCD
5.LIGHTING
5.1.Significance of lighting and challenges
5.1.Impact of the various forms of lighting, with the overlap showing degree of competition
5.1.Incandescent, fluorescent, inorganic LED and the potential performance of OLED lighting compared
5.2.Lighting forecasts 2012-2022
5.2.Value chain for manufacture of OLEDs for lighting and signage
5.2.Comparisons of lighting technologies
5.3.Lighting forecasts 2012-2022
5.3.The space saving of OLED lights and their exceptional colour tunability
5.4.Example of OLED Lighting
5.4.Value Chain and examples of OLED lighting
5.5.AC electroluminescent lighting
5.5.Motion lighting concept
5.6.LEDs
6.POWER: PHOTOVOLTAICS AND BATTERIES
6.1.Photovoltaics
6.1.Some of the overlapping requirements for photovoltaics
6.1.The leading photovoltaic technologies compared
6.1.1.Thin film photovoltaics
6.1.2.Comparison of technologies
6.1.3.Parameters for comparing photovoltaic technologies
6.2.Photovoltaics Forecasts
6.2.Progress of confirmed research-scale photovoltaic device efficiencies, under AM 1.5 simulated solar illumination, for a variety of technologies
6.2.Comparison of the typical power conversion technologies of different types of solar cell technologies
6.2.1.Forecast analysis
6.3.Batteries
6.3.Construction of a traditional bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic cell
6.3.Performance of various types of photovoltaic cell compared
6.3.1.Importance of laminar batteries
6.3.2.Button batteries vs laminar batteries
6.3.3.Choices of laminar battery
6.3.4.Applications of laminar batteries
6.4.Printed batteries forecasts 2012-2022
6.4.Module stack for photovoltaics
6.4.Photovoltaics forecasts 2012-2022
6.4.1.Laminar batteries - missing the big opportunity?
6.5.Fuel cells
6.5.Efficiency, lifetime and cost of laminar organic photovoltaics
6.5.Shapes of battery for small RFID tags advantages and disadvantages
6.6.The spectrum of choice of technologies for laminar batteries
6.6.Power PlasticTM Advantage - High Energy Yield
6.7.Estee Lauder smart skin patch which delivers cosmetics using the iontophoretic effect
6.7.Examples of potential sources of flexible thin film batteries
6.8.Some examples of marketing thrust for laminar batteries
6.9.Batteries forecasts 2012-2022
7.SENSORS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
7.1.General situation and examples
7.1.The main options for organic sensors
7.1.Examples of companies developing organic sensors and other components and their main emphasis
7.2.Sensor forecasts 2012-2022
7.2.Plastic film scanner with no moving parts
7.2.Photodetector arrays
7.2.1.Printed flexible scanners
7.3.Touch screens
7.4.Successes and failures
7.5.Sensor Forecasts 2012-2022
8.MARKET BY TERRITORY, COMPONENTS, MATERIALS, OPPORTUNITIES
8.1.Market by territory
8.1.Organisations involved in printed and potentially printed electronics across the world, by type of interest
8.1.The market for printed and potentially printed electronics by territory in $ billion 2012-2032
8.1.1.Number of active organisations globally in this field
8.1.2.Geographical split 2012-2022
8.1.3.Giant corporations of the world and their progress with printed electronics
8.2.The total market opportunity by component
8.2.Primary devices being developed
8.2.Examples of giant corporations intending to make the printed and potentially printed devices with the largest market potential, showing East Asia dominant.
8.3.Examples of giant corporations, making or intending to make materials for printed and potentially printed electronics
8.3.Market by Territory 2012-2032
8.3.Organic versus Inorganic
8.4.Printed versus non printed electronics
8.4.Number of printed electronics products by country
8.4.Most supported technology by number of organisations identified in North America, East Asia and Europe
8.5.Summary of the trends by territory
8.5.Number of organisations active in printed electronics by country in Europe
8.5.Flexible/conformal versus rigid electronics
8.6.Market forecasts for materials 2012-2022
8.6.Display project distribution in East Asia: OLED top left, electroluminescent top right, electrophoretic bottom
8.6.Market forecast by component type for 2012-2022 in US $ billions, for printed and potentially printed electronics including organic, inorganic and composites
8.7.Market forecasts for 2032 in US$ billion
8.7.Number of projects by device type in North America
8.7.Impact of printed electronics on conventional markets
8.7.1.Impact on end-use markets
8.7.2.Potential markets
8.8.Market forecast by component type for 2012-2022 in US $ billions, for printed and potentially printed electronics including organic, inorganic and composites
8.8.Spend on organic versus inorganic materials 2012-2022 US$ Billion
8.9.Split of material types by component
8.9.Market forecasts for 2032 in US$ billion
8.10.Spend on organic versus inorganic materials 2012-2022 US$ Billion
8.10.Market value $ billions of only printed electronics 2012-2022
8.11.Market value $ billions of only flexible/conformal electronics 2012-2022
8.11.Market value $ billions of only printed electronics 2012-2022
8.12.Market value $ billions of only flexible/conformal electronics 2012-2022
8.12.Materials market forecasts 2012-2022 US$ billion
8.13.End user markets relevant to printed and potentially printed electronics
8.13.Relative investments from the key areas of printed electronics development
8.14.Materials market forecast 2012-2022
8.14.Possible breakdown of the market for printed and potentially printed electronics in 2032 by numbers and value
8.15.Examples of organic and inorganic electronics and electrics potentially tackling different technologies and applications
8.16.The potential annual global sales of each type by 2022 in US$ billions
8.17.The potential annual global sales of each type by 2032 in US$ billions
8.18.Some of the potential markets
9.UNMET NEEDS, OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRESS
9.1.Statistics for materials running out
9.1.Indium price 2001-2006
9.1.Water vapour and oxygen transmission rates of various materials.
9.1.1.Indium
9.1.2.Rare Earths
9.1.3.Escape Routes
9.1.4.Selenium
9.1.5.Quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, common compounds
9.1.6.Material supply and sustainability of thin film CIGS and CdTe Photovoltaics
9.2.Low temperature processes/curing
9.2.Typical SEM images of CU flake C1 6000F. Copper flake
9.2.Requirements of barrier materials
9.2.1.New ink formulations
9.2.2.Breakthrough in metal ink cure from Novacentrix: room temperature on cheap substrates
9.2.3.New Copper ink
9.3.Backplane transistor arrays hold up AMOLED market penetration
9.3.Thermal requirements and capabilities of different materials
9.4.The NovaCentrix process
9.4.Need for better flexible, transparent, low cost barriers
9.5.Lack of standardised benchmarking
9.5.Pre and post sintering
9.6.SEM Image of the copper oxide ink as printed (left) followed by the same film (right) post-processing showing densification and conversion to copper with the PulseForge 3100
9.6.Urgent need for creative product design
9.7.Current options and challenges for backplane TFTs
9.8.Schematic diagrams for encapsulated structures a) conventional b) laminated c) deposited in situ
9.9.Scanning electron micrograph image of a barrier film cross section
9.10.Progress of confirmed research-scale photovoltaic device efficiencies, under AM 1.5 simulated solar illumination, for a variety of technologies
9.11.Innovative product designers/ sellers are in short supply
10.COMPANY PROFILES
10.1.Semiconductor development at Evonik
10.1.Other players in the value chain
10.1.1.ACREO
10.1.2.Agfa Orgacon
10.1.3.Asahi Kasei
10.1.4.Asahi Glass
10.1.5.BASF
10.1.6.Cambrios
10.1.7.DaiNippon Printing
10.1.8.E Ink
10.1.9.Evonik
10.1.10.Fujifilm Dimatix
10.1.11.G24i
10.1.12.Hereaus
10.1.13.Hewlett Packard
10.1.14.Holst Centre
10.1.15.InkTec
10.1.16.ITRI Taiwan
10.1.17.Konarka
10.1.18.Kovio Inc
10.1.19.Merck Chemicals
10.1.20.Optomec
10.1.21.Philips
10.1.22.Plastic Logic
10.1.23.Plextronics
10.1.24.PolyIC
10.1.25.Samsung
10.1.26.Soligie
10.1.27.Thinfilm
10.1.28.Toppan Forms
10.1.29.Toppan Printing
10.1.30.University of Tokyo
10.1.31.Waseda University
10.1.32.Other players in this value chain
10.2.Target range for mobility and processing temperature of semiconductors
10.3.Transfer characteristics of gen3 semiconductor system
10.4.Current efficiency of a Novaled PIN OLEDTM stack on an inkjet printed, transparent conductive ITO anode
10.5.G24i Solar bag
10.6.Solar camera bag powered by G24i - due to launch Q1 2010 with dedicated camera battery charger
10.7.Inks developed by InkTec
10.8.InkTec Printing methods
10.9.A prototype of the Plastic Logic E-reader
10.10.Printed Flexible Circuits from Soligie
10.11.Capabilities of Soligie
10.12.Printed electronics from Soligie
10.13.Printing presses used for printing electronics at Soligie
10.14.A flexible display sample
10.15.Printed electronics samples
10.16.New electronics targets physical space
10.17.Large-area electronics
10.18.32" pressure sensor matrix
10.19.Wireless power transmission sheet
10.20.Device structure
10.21.Organic transistors
10.22.Organic transistor 3D ICs
10.23.Scanner with no moving parts
10.24.Scanning a wine bottle label
10.25.Stretchable electronics
10.26.Flexible battery that charges in one minute
APPENDIX 1: MATRIX OF PRINTED ELECTRONICS SUPPLIERS AND ACTIVITIES
APPENDIX 2: IDTECHEX PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTANCY
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