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

Feb. 15, 2011 - PRLog -- Glen Allen, VA:  Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just issued a new report that addresses the business case for transparent conductor alternatives to indium tin oxide, (ITO).   NanoMarkets pegs the total transparent conductor market at slightly over $3 billion ($US) in revenues in 2011 and growing to over $10 billion in 2018.  The market for alternatives to ITO will be worth almost $1.9 billion at that same time.   NanoMarkets’ new report notes that while materials costs are obviously crucially important to commoditized markets such as photovoltaics and displays, simply reducing BOM costs will not be enough of an impetus for display and other manufacturers to switch from ITO to alternative transparent conductors.   
 
The report is the next in a series from the firm in its industry leading coverage of the transparent conductor space.  Other recent releases include analyses of transparent conductor market opportunities in photovoltaics, displays and OLEDs.   Additional details about the report are available at http://www.nanomarkets.net.
 
About the Report:
 
“The Business Case for Indium Tin Oxide and Alternative Transparent Conductors” is the latest report from NanoMarkets that addresses the market opportunities within transparent conductors, both ITO and alternatives.   In this report, NanoMarkets examines the business case for using alternative transparent conductors in key applications including displays, lighting and photovoltaics.  The materials considered are other TCOs, conductive polymers, nanosilver coatings, and nanocarbon coatings.
 
The report looks at the current and future performance factors of the major alternatives to ITO and compares them in quantitative terms to ITO then considers how these comparisons are likely to change over time, especially given the early technology stage at which transparent conducting nanomaterials find themselves.  The principal factors include transparency, conductivity, flexibility/resiliency and cost in addition to other factors.
 
In the second part of this report, we examine the business cases that have been made in all the applications areas in which transparent conductors are used and how these are likely to evolve over the next few years as materials and end user technologies change.  In particular, we look at how the arrival of next-generation displays, solid-state lighting and new types of solar panels are shifting the balance against ITO.  And we show how the relative advantages of the various transparent conductors being offered are translated into cost savings and money making opportunities in each of the applications areas being considered.

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NanoMarkets, a Virginia-based analyst firm offers market research and analysis coverage of advanced materials and emerging electronics and energy markets. Visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.