In-Depth Analysis Report of Glass for PV Market (2008~2015F)
The solar cell glass market showed 6.8% degrowth in 2012 over last year. While the entire PV module production increased by about 5GW, the selling price of glass for solar cells declined by about 20%, causing market shrinkage.
Although the solar cell glass price is expected to continuously show the downward trend in 2013, the rate of decrease will be as low as 4.4%. Thus, it is estimated that the solar cell glass market will enter a recovery phase this year, reaching KRW 2.2 trillion with a 10% increase over W102012. This upward trend will continue until 2015 with an about more than 10% growth rate.
This report provides a comprehensive examination of key theories, technologies, and processes of solar cell glass. Especially, it provides analysis of glass technologies and technological issues based on solar cell type such as c-Si, a-Si, CdTe, CIGS, DSSCs. Thus, it will be a guideline in selecting a right direction in research on solar cell glass. Besides, this report presents detailed information about capacity and production of 24 glass manufacturers worldwide, M/S by company and country, patent trends by glass type, and market status by country.
Section I : market analysis
Analysis of glass suppliers for major Chinese solar cell manufacturers
Forecast of global and major 8 markets (demand, market revenue)
Price and cost forecast by glass type (Flat, TCO, Pattern)
Section II : technology and research trend
New patents by product
Trend of major companies
Trend in class research by solar cell type
Section III : Basic theory
Low-iron glass, TCO, tempered glass, AR coating glass
Although the solar cell glass price is expected to continuously show the downward trend in 2013, the rate of decrease will be as low as 4.4%. Thus, it is estimated that the solar cell glass market will enter a recovery phase this year, reaching KRW 2.2 trillion with a 10% increase over W102012. This upward trend will continue until 2015 with an about more than 10% growth rate.
This report provides a comprehensive examination of key theories, technologies, and processes of solar cell glass. Especially, it provides analysis of glass technologies and technological issues based on solar cell type such as c-Si, a-Si, CdTe, CIGS, DSSCs. Thus, it will be a guideline in selecting a right direction in research on solar cell glass. Besides, this report presents detailed information about capacity and production of 24 glass manufacturers worldwide, M/S by company and country, patent trends by glass type, and market status by country.
Section I : market analysis
Analysis of glass suppliers for major Chinese solar cell manufacturers
Forecast of global and major 8 markets (demand, market revenue)
Price and cost forecast by glass type (Flat, TCO, Pattern)
Section II : technology and research trend
New patents by product
Trend of major companies
Trend in class research by solar cell type
Section III : Basic theory
Low-iron glass, TCO, tempered glass, AR coating glass
INDEX
SECTION I : GLASS FOR PV MARKET ANALYSIS
1. TOP 5 SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURERS ??GLASS SUPPLIER ANALYSIS
1.1. Suntech
1.1.1. Module Production & Glass Demand
1.1.2. Glass Supply Status
1.2. Yingli
1.2.1. Module Production & Glass Demand
1.2.2. Glass Supply Status
1.3. China Sunergy
1.3.1. Module Production & Glass Demand
1.3.2. Glass Supply Status
1.4. JA Solar
1.4.1. Module Production & Glass Demand
1.4.2. Glass Supply Status
1.5. Jinko Solar
1.5.1. Module Production & Glass Demand
1.5.2. Glass Supply Status
2. SOLAR CELL GLASS MARKET FORECAST (2008~2015F)
2.1. Glass Demand Forecast (2008~2015F)
2.2.1. Global Market Forecast (2008~2015F)
2.2.1.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.1.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.2. China Market Forecast
2.2.2.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.2.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.3. Taiwan Market Forecast
2.2.3.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.3.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.4. Germany Market Forecast
2.2.4.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.4.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.5. U.S.A. Market Forecast
2.2.5.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.5.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.6. Japan Market Forecast
2.2.6.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.6.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.7. Korea Market Forecast
2.2.7.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.7.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.3. Glass price and cost forecast (2008~2015F)
2.3.1. Low iron patterened glass
2.3.2. TCO glass & Mo coated glass
2.3.3. Low iron float glass
2.4. Forecast of pattern Glass manufacutring capacity and production of 22 global ccompanies (2008~2015F)
2.4.1. Forecast of Pattern Glass Manufacturing Capacity by Company
2.4.2. Forecast of Pattern Glass Production by Company
2.4.3. Forecast of Pattern Glass Manufacturing capacity by Country
2.4.4. Forecast of Pattern Glass Produciton by Country
2.5. Forecast of TCO Glass Manufactruing Capacity and Production of Global 17 Companies (2008~2015F)
2.5.1. Forecast of TCO glass manufacturing capacity by company
2.5.2. Forecast of TCO glass production by company
2.5.3. Forecast of TCO glass manufacturing capacity by country
2.5.4. Forecast of TCO glass production by country
2.6. Global solar cell glass M/S (2012)
2.6.1. Pattern Glass M/S
2.6.2. TCO Glass M/S
SECTION II : RESEARCH AND BUSINESS TREND
1. GLASS BY SOLAR CELL TYPE
1.1. Glass for a-Si solar cells
1.1.1. Requirement for substrates
1.1.2. TCO technology
1.1.3. Issues
1.2. Glass for CdTe
1.2.1. Requirement for substrates
1.2.2. TCO technology
1.2.3. Issues
1.3. Glass for CIGS
1.3.1. Requirement for substrates
1.3.2. TCO technology
1.3.3. Issues
1.4. Glass for DSSC
1.4.1. Requirement for substrates
1.4.1.1. substrate glass
1.4.1.2. TCO coating glass
1.4.2. Issue
2. KEY PARENT TREND
2.1. Solar cell glass
2.2. AR coating glass
2.3. TCO coating glass
3. SOLAR CELL GLASS BUSINESS TREND
3.1. Asahi glass
3.2. Nippon sheet glass
3.3. Saint-Gobain solar
3.4. Guardian Industries
3.5. Centro solar glas
3.6. F solar
3.7. Flat Solar Glass
3.8. Xinyi glass
3.9. China glass holdings
3.10. CSG Holding
3.11. Qingdao Jinjing
3.12. Korean glass industry
3.13. Other Korean companies
SECTION III : BASIC THEORY
1. GLASS SUBSTRATE TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
1.1. Overview of solar cell glass
1.2. Requirement for solar cell glass
1.2.1. High performance glass substrate
1.3. Module certificate issue
2. SOALR CELL GLASS 205
2.1. Overview of cover glass
2.2. Low-iron glass
2.2.1. Overview of low-iron glass
2.2.2. Type of low-igon glass
2.2.2.1. Float glass
2.2.2.2. Pattern Glass
2.2.3. Low-iron glass manufacturing technology
2.2.3.1. Float method
2.2.3.2. Roll-out method
2.3. Tempered glass
2.3.1 Overview of tempered glass
2.3.2 Process
2.4. AR coating glass
2.4.1. Overview of AR coating glass
2.4.2. Single-layer thin-fiom AR process
2.4.2.1. Spray method
2.4.2.2. Dip method
2.4.2.3. Sputtering
2.4.2.4. Wet-type etching
2.4.2.5. Issues of single-layer thin-fiom
2.4.3. Multi-layer thin-film AR process
2.4.4. Issues
2.5. TCO substrate
2.5.1. Overview of TCO substrate
2.5.2. TCO substrate type
2.5.2.1. ITO
2.5.2.2. SnO2
2.5.2.3. ZnO
2.5.2.4. AZO
2.5.2.5. BZO
2.5.3. Deposition
2.5.4. Requirement for TCO substrate
2.5.4.1. Low-temperature process
2.5.4.2. Develpoment of eco-friendly, low cost mateirals
2.4.4.3. High resistivity in mobile environments
2.5.5. Issue
INDEX
FIGURE
TABLE
SECTION I : GLASS FOR PV MARKET ANALYSIS
1. TOP 5 SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURERS ??GLASS SUPPLIER ANALYSIS
1.1. Suntech
1.1.1. Module Production & Glass Demand
1.1.2. Glass Supply Status
1.2. Yingli
1.2.1. Module Production & Glass Demand
1.2.2. Glass Supply Status
1.3. China Sunergy
1.3.1. Module Production & Glass Demand
1.3.2. Glass Supply Status
1.4. JA Solar
1.4.1. Module Production & Glass Demand
1.4.2. Glass Supply Status
1.5. Jinko Solar
1.5.1. Module Production & Glass Demand
1.5.2. Glass Supply Status
2. SOLAR CELL GLASS MARKET FORECAST (2008~2015F)
2.1. Glass Demand Forecast (2008~2015F)
2.2.1. Global Market Forecast (2008~2015F)
2.2.1.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.1.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.2. China Market Forecast
2.2.2.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.2.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.3. Taiwan Market Forecast
2.2.3.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.3.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.4. Germany Market Forecast
2.2.4.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.4.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.5. U.S.A. Market Forecast
2.2.5.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.5.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.6. Japan Market Forecast
2.2.6.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.6.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.2.7. Korea Market Forecast
2.2.7.1 Glass Demand Forecast (based on SQM & TON)
2.2.7.2 Glass Demand Forecast (Market revenue)
2.3. Glass price and cost forecast (2008~2015F)
2.3.1. Low iron patterened glass
2.3.2. TCO glass & Mo coated glass
2.3.3. Low iron float glass
2.4. Forecast of pattern Glass manufacutring capacity and production of 22 global ccompanies (2008~2015F)
2.4.1. Forecast of Pattern Glass Manufacturing Capacity by Company
2.4.2. Forecast of Pattern Glass Production by Company
2.4.3. Forecast of Pattern Glass Manufacturing capacity by Country
2.4.4. Forecast of Pattern Glass Produciton by Country
2.5. Forecast of TCO Glass Manufactruing Capacity and Production of Global 17 Companies (2008~2015F)
2.5.1. Forecast of TCO glass manufacturing capacity by company
2.5.2. Forecast of TCO glass production by company
2.5.3. Forecast of TCO glass manufacturing capacity by country
2.5.4. Forecast of TCO glass production by country
2.6. Global solar cell glass M/S (2012)
2.6.1. Pattern Glass M/S
2.6.2. TCO Glass M/S
SECTION II : RESEARCH AND BUSINESS TREND
1. GLASS BY SOLAR CELL TYPE
1.1. Glass for a-Si solar cells
1.1.1. Requirement for substrates
1.1.2. TCO technology
1.1.3. Issues
1.2. Glass for CdTe
1.2.1. Requirement for substrates
1.2.2. TCO technology
1.2.3. Issues
1.3. Glass for CIGS
1.3.1. Requirement for substrates
1.3.2. TCO technology
1.3.3. Issues
1.4. Glass for DSSC
1.4.1. Requirement for substrates
1.4.1.1. substrate glass
1.4.1.2. TCO coating glass
1.4.2. Issue
2. KEY PARENT TREND
2.1. Solar cell glass
2.2. AR coating glass
2.3. TCO coating glass
3. SOLAR CELL GLASS BUSINESS TREND
3.1. Asahi glass
3.2. Nippon sheet glass
3.3. Saint-Gobain solar
3.4. Guardian Industries
3.5. Centro solar glas
3.6. F solar
3.7. Flat Solar Glass
3.8. Xinyi glass
3.9. China glass holdings
3.10. CSG Holding
3.11. Qingdao Jinjing
3.12. Korean glass industry
3.13. Other Korean companies
SECTION III : BASIC THEORY
1. GLASS SUBSTRATE TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
1.1. Overview of solar cell glass
1.2. Requirement for solar cell glass
1.2.1. High performance glass substrate
1.3. Module certificate issue
2. SOALR CELL GLASS 205
2.1. Overview of cover glass
2.2. Low-iron glass
2.2.1. Overview of low-iron glass
2.2.2. Type of low-igon glass
2.2.2.1. Float glass
2.2.2.2. Pattern Glass
2.2.3. Low-iron glass manufacturing technology
2.2.3.1. Float method
2.2.3.2. Roll-out method
2.3. Tempered glass
2.3.1 Overview of tempered glass
2.3.2 Process
2.4. AR coating glass
2.4.1. Overview of AR coating glass
2.4.2. Single-layer thin-fiom AR process
2.4.2.1. Spray method
2.4.2.2. Dip method
2.4.2.3. Sputtering
2.4.2.4. Wet-type etching
2.4.2.5. Issues of single-layer thin-fiom
2.4.3. Multi-layer thin-film AR process
2.4.4. Issues
2.5. TCO substrate
2.5.1. Overview of TCO substrate
2.5.2. TCO substrate type
2.5.2.1. ITO
2.5.2.2. SnO2
2.5.2.3. ZnO
2.5.2.4. AZO
2.5.2.5. BZO
2.5.3. Deposition
2.5.4. Requirement for TCO substrate
2.5.4.1. Low-temperature process
2.5.4.2. Develpoment of eco-friendly, low cost mateirals
2.4.4.3. High resistivity in mobile environments
2.5.5. Issue
INDEX
FIGURE
TABLE
