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IDTechEx Releases Report on Printed, Organic, and Flexible Electronics
March 30, 2010 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
— "Printed, Organic & Flexible Electronics Forecasts, Players and Opportunities 2010-2020" provides detailed ten year forecasts by device type. The market is analyzed by territory, printed versus non-printed, rigid versus flexible, inorganic versus organic, cost of materials versus process cost, etc. It has more than 200 tables and figures. Activities of over 1000 leading companies are given. The report addresses the big picture for all thin film photovoltaics, relevant display technologies, and related fields. It covers electronics that are currently printed, organic and/or flexible, as well as those that will be in the future. 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 3000 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) are only becoming commercially available now. The benefits of these new electronics potentially include lower cost, improved performance, flexibility, transparency, reliability, better environmental credentials and more. Many of the applications will be newly created, and where existing electronic and electrical products are impacted, the extent will be varied. The report has a particular focus on applications and quantitative assessment of opportunities. IDTechEx find that the market for printed and thin film electronics will be $1.92 billion in 2010. 43% of that will be predominately organic electronics such as OLED display modules. Of the total market in 2010, 35% will be printed. Initially photovoltaics, OLED and e-paper displays grow rapidly, followed by thin film transistor circuits, sensors and batteries. By 2020 the market will be worth $55.1 billion, with 71% printed and 60% on flexible substrates. 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. 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. 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, and other sectors.
The report is authored by Raghu Das and Peter Harrop, Ph.D. Das has been closely involved with the development of printed electronics, photovoltaics and energy harvesting, carrying out consultancy around the world. He is the CEO of IDTechEx Ltd. R.Das@IDTechEx.com. Harrop is chairman of IDTechEx Ltd. He has previously managed and chaired public and private organizations. He founded IDTechEx and consults internationally on energy harvesting, printed electronics, electric vehicles, and RFID. P.Harrop@IDTechEx.com
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