Opportunities in Carbon-Based Inks, Pastes, and Coatings for Electronics Applications: 2010

For decades, carbon inks, pastes and coatings have generated substantial revenues in the electronics industry from applications as diverse as membrane switch electrodes to EMI/RFI shielding. In recent years, however, this rather traditional part of the electronic materials market has seen new business opportunities emerge as carbon nanotubes have entered the market. In the not-too-distant future, graphene formulations also have the opportunity to revolutionize the market.

Some of the first high-volume applications of carbon nanotubes and graphene will be to boost the performance of conventional products for equally mature applications. But carbon nanotubes and graphene also enable some completely new applications--such as nanotube-based transparent conductors for the display industry and nanotube-enhanced supercapacitors for the coming 'smart' electricity grid.

This report contains NanoMarkets' in-depth analysis and forecasts for carbon inks, pastes, and coatings for electronics applications. While the replacement of silicon with carbon nanotubes and graphene lies far in the future, the use of these materials in conductive coatings and as an enhancement for currently-used carbon materials is very much a near-term opportunity. This report is essential reading for marketing executives and business development managers in the coatings, function inks and nanomaterials businesses, as well as those planning the future of electronic devices.

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

E.1 Introduction
E.2 Opportunities for Carbon Ink and Paste Firms
E.3 Opportunities for Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Producers
E.4 Opportunities for Other Materials Firms
E.5 Opportunities for Electronic Device Manufacturers
E.6 Key Firms to Watch
E.7 Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes, and Coatings Markets

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to this Report
  1.1.1 Conventional Carbon Materials
  1.1.2 Carbon Gets Interesting: Mixtures, Composites, and New Materials
  1.1.3 Carbon Nanotubes Come Into their Own
  1.1.4 Graphene: Finding Its Way
1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
1.3 Methodology of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report

CHAPTER TWO: CARBON INKS, PASTES, AND COATINGS-PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS

2.1 Introduction
2.2 Conventional Carbon Inks, Pastes, and Coatings
  2.2.1 The Carbon Component: Graphite vs. Amorphous Carbon/Carbon Black
  2.2.2 Major Conventional Carbon Ink/Paste/Coating Products and Suppliers
  2.2.3 Carbon and Silver Combination Products
  2.2.4 But What About Copper?
2.3 Carbon Nanotubes Commercialization
  2.3.1 Which Manufacturing Processes are Scalable?
  2.3.2 Separating Metallic from Semiconducting Nanotubes
  2.3.3 Considerations for Making Carbon Nanotube Inks
  2.3.4 Transparent Conductive Carbon Nanotube Films
2.4 Graphene Commercialization
2.5 Carbon Nanomaterials and Regulatory Policy
2.6 Key Points Made in this Chapter

CHAPTER THREE: MARKETS FOR CARBON INKS, PASTES, AND COATINGS

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Conventional Electronic Applications for Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings
  3.2.1 Membrane Switches and Keypads
  3.2.2 Printed Circuit Boards
  3.2.3 RFID Antennas
  3.2.4 EMI and RFI Shielding
  3.2.5 Antistatic Coatings
  3.2.6 Photovoltaics
  3.2.7 Supercapacitors
  3.2.8 Batteries
3.3 Applications Enabled or Enhanced by Nanocarbon Materials
  3.3.1 Displays: Flat Panels, Touch Screens, and Flexible Displays
  3.3.2 Other Transparent Conductive Applications for Carbon Nanotube Films: Photovoltaics and Lighting
  3.3.3 Heat Sinks and Thermal Interfaces
  3.3.4 Sensors
3.4 The Future: Carbon's Next Level
  3.4.1 Future Applications for Carbon Nanotubes
  3.4.2 Future Applications for Graphene
3.5 Key Points Made in this Chapter

CHAPTER FOUR: EIGHT-YEAR FORECASTS OF CARBON INKS, PASTES AND COATINGS FOR ELECTRONICS

4.1 Forecasting Methodology
  4.1.1 Data Sources
  4.1.2 Scope of Forecast
  4.1.3 Alternative Scenarios and Other Factors Taken into Consideration
4.2 Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings by Application
  4.2.1 Printed Circuit Boards, Membrane Switches and Keypads
  4.2.2 RFID Antennas
  4.2.3 EMI, RFI, and Antistatic Coatings
  4.2.4 Photovoltaics
  4.2.5 Displays and Solid-State Lighting
  4.2.6 Supercapacitors and Batteries
  4.2.7 Sensors
4.3 Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings by Material Type
  4.3.1 Conventional Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings
  4.3.2 Carbon Nanotube-Based Inks, Pastes and Coatings
  4.3.3 Graphene-Based Inks, Pastes and Coatings
  4.3.4 Fullerene-Based Inks, Pastes and coatings
4.4 Summary of Forecasts

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

LIST OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit E-1: Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes, and Coatings ($ Millions)
Exhibit 2-1: DuPont Microcircuit Materials: Carbon and Silver/Carbon Inks
Exhibit 2-2: Creative Materials: Carbon and Silver/Carbon Inks
Exhibit 2-3: Henkel's Acheson Brand: Carbon Inks
Exhibit 2-4: Small Manufacturers of Carbon Nanotubes
Exhibit 4-1: Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings in Traditional Thick-Film Electronics Applications
Exhibit 4-2: Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings in RFID Antennas
Exhibit 4-3: Eight-Year Forecast of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings in EMI/RFI and Antistatic Applications
Exhibit 4-4: Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings in Photovoltaic Applications
Exhibit 4-5: Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings in Display Applications
Exhibit 4-6: Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings in OLED Lighting
Exhibit 4-7: Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Coatings in Supercapacitors
Exhibit 4-8: Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Coatings in Lead Carbon Ultrabatteries
Exhibit 4-9: Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings in Thin-Film and Printable Batteries
Exhibit 4-10: Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings in Printed Sensor Applications
Exhibit 4-11: Eight-Year Forecasts of Conventional Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings by Application ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-12: Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Nanotube Inks, Pastes and Coatings by Application
Exhibit 4-13: Eight-Year Forecasts of Graphene Inks, Pastes and Coatings by Application
Exhibit 4-14: Eight-Year Forecasts of Fullerene Inks, Pastes and Coatings ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-15: Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings by Application ($ Millions)
Exhibit 4-16: Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts of Carbon Inks, Pastes and Coatings by Carbon Type ($ Millions) Skip to top