The Business Case for Indium Tin Oxide and Alternative Transparent Conductors

02 Mar 2011 • by Natalie Aster

Glen Allen, VA – The new report “The Business Case for Indium Tin Oxide and Alternative Transparent Conductors” by NanoMarkets LC 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 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.

Report Details:

The Business Case for Indium Tin Oxide and Alternative Transparent Conductors
Published: February 2011
Price: US$ 2,495.00

About the Report:

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 the report, NanoMarkets LC examines 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, NanoMarkets LC looks at how the arrival of next-generation displays, solid-state lighting and new types of solar panels are shifting the balance against ITO. And NanoMarkets LC shows 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.

More information can be found in the report “The Business Case for Indium Tin Oxide and Alternative Transparent Conductors” by NanoMarkets LC.

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