The Global Market for Conductive Inks 2021-2031

December 2021 | 333 pages | ID: GC5BCDD43BE1EN
Future Markets, Inc.

Abstracts

Conductive inks are mainly used in the printed electronics industry to produce printed circuits, organic light-emitting diodes, electrochemical sensors, energy storage devices, solar cells, radio-frequency identification tags, and battery test stripes.

The global market for conductive inks is estimated at >$3 billion in annual revenues, and will continue to grow as applications proliferate in sensors, wearables, smart packaging, flexible electronics, OLEDs, thin film transistors, photovoltaics, smart textiles, automotive and more.

Not only will demand across all current markets grow, but the development of new materials and processes is leading to the creation of new market opportunities for conductive ink producers and suppliers in flexible, customized and 3D printed electronics. Opportunities explored in this report include:

• Flexible and stretchable electronics.
• Printed electronics for smartphones (printed antennas, touch screens).
• Printed circuit boards.
• 3D printing.
• Smart packaging.
• Photovoltaics.
• Flexible lighting.
• Flexible displays.
• Wearables and IoT.
• Healthcare wearable monitoting.
• Smart textiles.

A large variety of conductive inks have been developed such as metal nanoparticle inks, metal precursor inks, carbon nanotube inks, graphene inks, conductive polymer inks etc. Copper and silver inks will continue to dominate the market for the next few years but growth in flexible electronics necessitates the development of new materials.

Report contents include:

• Conductive inks market forecasts to 2031.
• In depth assessment of conductive ink types including properties, advantages, disadvantages, prospects, applications and revenues.
• Opportunity assessment by application and market including photovoltaics, touch screens, flexible displays, automotive, 3D printing, sensors, printed circuit boards, electronic textiles and wearables, RFID, printed memory and transistors, printed heaters, conductive pens etc.
• 142 company profiles. Companies profiled include Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Asahi Kasei, Bando Chemical Industries, BotFactory, Daicel Corporation, DuPont Advanced Materials, Electroninks, Fujikura Kasei Co Ltd., Genes 'Ink, Henkel, Hitachi Chemical, Kishu Giken Kogyo Co.,Ltd., Liquid X Printed Metals, Inc., Sun Chemical, T-Ink, Toyobo etc.

Contents

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 Printed electronics
1.2 Role of conductive inks
1.3 Markets and applications
1.4 Market drivers
1.5 The evolution of electronics
  1.5.1 The wearables revolution
  1.5.2 Printed and flexible electronics
  1.5.3 New conductive materials
  1.5.4 Conductive inks
1.6 Global market for conductive inks 2015-2031

2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3 CONDUCTIVE INKS

3.1 Categorization
3.2 Conductive materials
3.3 Composition
  3.3.1 Aqueous-Based Ink
  3.3.2 Solvent-Based Ink
  3.3.3 Oil-Based Ink
  3.3.4 Hot-Melt Ink
  3.3.5 UV-Curable Ink
3.4 Metal-based conductive inks
  3.4.1 Nanoparticle ink
  3.4.2 Silver inks
    3.4.2.1 Silver flake
    3.4.2.2 Silver nanoparticle ink
      3.4.2.2.1 Formulation
      3.4.2.2.2 Conductivity
    3.4.2.3 Particle-Free silver conductive ink
    3.4.2.4 Prices
      3.4.2.4.1 Cost for printed area
  3.4.3 Copper inks
    3.4.3.1 Properties
    3.4.3.2 Silver-coated copper
    3.4.3.3 Prices
  3.4.4 Gold (Au) ink
    3.4.4.1 Properties
3.5 Carbon-based conductive inks
  3.5.1 Carbon nanotubes
    3.5.1.1 Properties
    3.5.1.2 Single-walled carbon nanotubes
    3.5.1.3 Prices
    3.5.1.4 Companies
  3.5.2 Graphene
    3.5.2.1 Properties
    3.5.2.2 Prices
    3.5.2.3 Companies
3.6 Polymer conductive inks
  3.6.1 Types
  3.6.2 Polyaniline (PANI)
  3.6.3 Polypyrrole (PPy)
  3.6.4 PDMS
  3.6.5 PEDOT: PSS
    3.6.5.1 Transparency
3.7 Liquid metals
  3.7.1 Properties
3.8 Nanocellulose
  3.8.1 Properties
  3.8.2 Applications
    3.8.2.1 Cellulose nanofibers in conductive inks
3.9 Siloxane inks
    3.9.1.1 Properties
3.10 Bio-based conductive inks

4 PRINTING ELECTRONICS

4.1 What are printed electronics?
4.2 Substrates
4.3 Analog printing processes for conductive inks
4.4 Digital printing processes for conductive inks.
4.5 Advantages and disadvantages of printing techniques for the fabrication of flexible electronics
4.6 Contact printing technology
  4.6.1 Screen printing
  4.6.2 Gravure
  4.6.3 Flexography
  4.6.4 Soft lithography
4.7 Non-contact printing technology
  4.7.1 Laser direct-writing
  4.7.2 Aerosol printing
  4.7.3 Inkjet-printing
4.8 Drawn-on-skin electronics
4.9 Sintering methods
  4.9.1 Thermal sintering
  4.9.2 Photonic sintering
  4.9.3 Electrical sintering
  4.9.4 Plasma sintering
  4.9.5 Microwave

5 MARKETS FOR CONDUCTIVE INKS

5.1 WEARABLE ELECTRONICS
  5.1.1 Market drivers and trends
  5.1.2 Recent developments
  5.1.3 Wearables
    5.1.3.1 Conductive Ink for Wearable Applications
  5.1.4 Smartwatches
    5.1.4.1 Recent innovations
    5.1.4.2 Health monitoring
    5.1.4.3 Main smart watch producers and products
  5.1.5 Sports and fitness trackers
    5.1.5.1 Wearable devices
    5.1.5.2 Skin patches
    5.1.5.3 Products
  5.1.6 Sleep trackers and wearable monitors
    5.1.6.1 Built in function in smart watches and fitness trackers
    5.1.6.2 Smart rings
    5.1.6.3 Headbands
    5.1.6.4 Patches
    5.1.6.5 Masks
  5.1.7 Smart glasses and head-mounted displays (VR, AR, MR, vision loss and eye trackers)
    5.1.7.1 Products
    5.1.7.2 Virtual Reality (VR) devices
    5.1.7.3 Augmented (AR) headsets and smart glasses
    5.1.7.4 Mixed Reality (MR) smart glasses
  5.1.8 Military wearable electronics
  5.1.9 Industrial and workplace monitoring
    5.1.9.1 Products
  5.1.10 Touch screen panels
  5.1.11 Global market size
    5.1.11.1 By product type, 2015-2031, billions USD
    5.1.11.2 Global market for hearables to 2031, by product type, billions USD
    5.1.11.3 Market share by product type
  5.1.12 Market challenges
5.2 MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE SENSORS & WEARABLES
  5.2.1 Market drivers
  5.2.2 Current state of the art
  5.2.3 Wearable medical device products
  5.2.4 Wearable health monitoring and rehabilitation
    5.2.4.1 Companies and products
  5.2.5 Electronic skin (E-skin) patches
    5.2.5.1 Applications
    5.2.5.2 Nanomaterials-based devices
    5.2.5.3 Materials
  5.2.6 Wearable health alert and monitoring
    5.2.6.1 Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)
      5.2.6.1.1 Minimally-invasive CGM sensors
      5.2.6.1.2 Non-invasive CGM sensors
      5.2.6.1.3 Minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring companies and products
    5.2.6.2 Cardiovascular
      5.2.6.2.1 ECG sensors
      5.2.6.2.2 Companies and products
    5.2.6.3 PPG sensors
      5.2.6.3.1 Companies and products
    5.2.6.4 Pregnancy and newborn monitoring
      5.2.6.4.1 Companies and products
    5.2.6.5 Wearable temperature monitoring
      5.2.6.5.1 Companies and products
    5.2.6.6 Hydration sensors
      5.2.6.6.1 Companies and products
    5.2.6.7 Wearable sweat sensors (medical and sports)
      5.2.6.7.1 Companies and products
  5.2.7 Smart footwear
    5.2.7.1 Companies and products
  5.2.8 Smart wound care
    5.2.8.1 Companies and products
  5.2.9 Global market size
    5.2.9.1 By product type, 2015-2031, billions USD
    5.2.9.2 Market share, by product type
  5.2.10 Market challenges
5.3 ELECTRONIC TEXTILES (E-TEXTILES)
  5.3.1 Materials and components
    5.3.1.1 Conductive and stretchable yarns
    5.3.1.2 Conductive polymers
      5.3.1.2.1 PDMS
      5.3.1.2.2 PEDOT: PSS
    5.3.1.3 Conductive coatings
    5.3.1.4 Stretchable conductive inks in e-textiles
    5.3.1.5 Nanomaterials
      5.3.1.5.1 Graphene
      5.3.1.5.2 Carbon nanotubes
  5.3.2 Applications, markets and products
    5.3.2.1 Smart clothing products
    5.3.2.2 Temperature monitoring and regulation
      5.3.2.2.1 Heated clothing
    5.3.2.3 Stretchable E-fabrics
    5.3.2.4 Therapeutic products
    5.3.2.5 Sport & fitness
    5.3.2.6 Flexible and wearable display advertising
    5.3.2.7 Smart diapers
    5.3.2.8 Automotive interiors
  5.3.3 Global market size
  5.3.4 Market challenges
5.4 OTHER MARKETS
  5.4.1 Seat heaters
  5.4.2 Conductive pens
  5.4.3 Smart packaging
    5.4.3.1 RFID antennas

6 CONDUCTIVE INK COMPANY PROFILES 211 (142 PROFILES)

7 REFERENCES

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Market drivers for conductive inks.
Table 2. Types of wearable devices and applications.
Table 3. Advanced materials for Electronic textiles-Advantages and disadvantages.
Table 4. Sheet resistance (RS) and transparency (T) values for transparent conductive oxides and alternative materials for transparent conductive electrodes (TCE).
Table 5: Applications in conductive inks by type and benefits thereof.
Table 6. Global market for conductive inks 2017-2027, revenues (million $), by ink types, conservative estimate.
Table 7. Typical conductive ink formulation.
Table 8. Comparative properties of conductive inks.
Table 9. Comparison of pros and cons of various types of conductive ink compositions.
Table 10: Properties of CNTs and comparable materials.
Table 11. Applications of carbon nanotubes in conductive ink.
Table 12. Carbon nanotubes pricing (MWCNTS, SWCNT etc.) by producer.
Table 13: Carbon nanotube conductive ink producers.
Table 14. Properties of graphene.
Table 15. Electrical conductivity of different types of graphene.
Table 16. Market and applications for graphene in conductive inks.
Table 17. Graphene ink pricing by producer.
Table 18. Graphene conductive ink producers.
Table 19. Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications.
Table 20. Comparison of the electrical conductivities of liquid metal with typical conductive inks.
Table 21. Nanocellulose properties.
Table 22. Properties and applications of nanocellulose
Table 23. Properties of flexible electronics?cellulose nanofiber film (nanopaper).
Table 24. Specifications of various substrates employed in printed electronics (PE).
Table 25. Characteristics of analog printing processes for conductive inks.
Table 26. Characteristics of digital printing processes for conductive inks.
Table 27. Advantages and disadvantages of printing techniques for the fabrication of flexible electronics.
Table 28. Comparison of pros and cons of various types of conductive ink compositions.
Table 29. Types of photonic sintering.
Table 30. Market drivers and trends in wearable electronics.
Table 31. Wearable health monitors.
Table 32. Main smart watch producers and products.
Table 33. Wearable sensors for sports performance.
Table 34. Wearable sensor products for monitoring sport performance.
Table 35. Example wearable sleep tracker products and prices.
Table 36. Smart ring products.
Table 37. Sleep headband products.
Table 38. Smart sleep mask products.
Table 39. Smart glasses companies and products.
Table 40. VR headset products.
Table 41. Augmented reality (AR) smart glass products.
Table 42. Mixed Reality (MR) smart glass products.
Table 43. Wearable electronics applications in the military.
Table 44. Wearable workplace products.
Table 45. Global market for wearable electronics, 2015-2031, by product type, billions $.
Table 46. Market challenges in wearable electronics.
Table 47. Market drivers for printed, flexible and stretchable medical and healthcare sensors and wearables.
Table 48. Examples of wearable medical device products.
Table 49. Medical wearable companies applying products to body temperature monitoring and analysis.
Table 50. Applications in flexible and stretchable health monitors, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof.
Table 51. Wearable bio-signal monitoring devices.
Table 52. Technologies for minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose detection-advantages and disadvantages.
Table 53. Commercial devices for non-invasive glucose monitoring not released or withdrawn from market.
Table 54. Minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring products.
Table 55. Companies developing wearable swear sensors.
Table 56. Companies and products in smart footwear.
Table 57. Companies and products in smart wound care.
Table 58. Global medical and healthcare wearables market, 2017-2031, billions $, by product.
Table 59. Market challenges in medical and healthcare sensors and wearables.
Table 60. Types of smart textiles.
Table 61. Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications.
Table 62. Applications in textiles, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof.
Table 63. Applications and benefits of graphene in textiles and apparel.
Table 64. Properties of CNTs and comparable materials.
Table 65. Applications and markets for e-textiles.
Table 66. Commercially available smart clothing products.
Table 67. Electronic textiles products.
Table 68. Heated jacket and clothing products.
Table 69. Examples of materials used in flexible heaters and applications.
Table 70. Companies developing smart diaper products.
Table 71. Global electronic textiles and smart clothing market 2017-2031, revenues (billions USD).
Table 72. Market and technical challenges in E-textiles and smart clothing.

List Of Figures

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Evolution of electronics.
Figure 2. Wove Band.
Figure 3. Wearable graphene medical sensor.
Figure 4. Conductive yarns.
Figure 5. Global market for conductive inks 2017-2027, revenues (million $), by ink types, conservative estimate.
Figure 6. Schematic of inkjet-printed processes.
Figure 7. Demand for silver in the printed & flexible electronics market.
Figure 8: Silver nanocomposite ink after sintering and resin bonding of discrete electronic components.
Figure 9. Schematic summary of the formulation of silver conductive inks.
Figure 10. Copper based inks on flexible substrate.
Figure 11: Schematic of single-walled carbon nanotube.
Figure 12. Stretchable SWNT memory and logic devices for wearable electronics.
Figure 13. Nanotube inks
Figure 14. Graphene layer structure schematic.
Figure 15. BGT Materials graphene ink product.
Figure 16. Applications of graphene in conductive inks.
Figure 17. BGT Materials graphene ink product.
Figure 18. Printed graphene conductive ink.
Figure 19. Textiles covered in conductive graphene ink.
Figure 20. Cellulose nanofiber films.
Figure 21. Nanocellulose photoluminescent paper.
Figure 22. LEDs shining on circuitry imprinted on a 5x5cm sheet of CNF.
Figure 23. Printing technologies for flexible electronic devices.
Figure 24. Schematic of screen-printing process.
Figure 25. Schematic of gravure printing process.
Figure 26. Components of flexography printing techniques.
Figure 27. Major steps in soft lithography technologies.
Figure 28. Non-contact printing schematics.
Figure 29. Schematic of inkjet printing: (a) continuous inkjet system and (b) on-demand inkjet system.
Figure 30. Electrical sintering schematic.
Figure 31. Applications of wearable flexible sensors worn on various body parts.
Figure 32. Wearable bio-fluid monitoring system for monitoring of hydration.
Figure 33. Beddr SleepTuner.
Figure 34. Vuzix Blade.
Figure 35. NReal Light MR smart glasses.
Figure 36. Global market for wearables, 2015-2031, by product type, billions US$.
Figure 37. Global market for hearables, 2017-2031, by product type, billions US$.
Figure 38. Global market for wearables, 2020-2031, by market share of product type
Figure 39. Companies and products in wearable health monitoring and rehabilitation devices and products.
Figure 40. Smart e-skin system comprising health-monitoring sensors, displays, and ultra flexible PLEDs.
Figure 41. Examples of E-skin.
Figure 42. Graphene medical patch.
Figure 43. Graphene-based E-skin patch.
Figure 44. Technologies for minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose detection.
Figure 45. Schematic of non-invasive CGM sensor.
Figure 46. Adhesive wearable CGM sensor.
Figure 47. VitalPatch.
Figure 48. Wearable ECG-textile.
Figure 49. Wearable ECG recorder.
Figure 50. Nexkin™.
Figure 51. Bloomlife.
Figure 52. Enfucell wearable temperature tag.
Figure 53. TempTraQ wearable wireless thermometer.
Figure 54. Nanowire skin hydration patch.
Figure 55. NIX sensors.
Figure 56. Wearable sweat sensor.
Figure 57. Wearable sweat sensor.
Figure 58. Gatorade's GX Sweat Patch.
Figure 59. Sweat sensor incorporated into face mask.
Figure 60. Lab-on-Skin™.
Figure 61. Digitsole Smartshoe.
Figure 62. Schematic of smart wound dressing.
Figure 63. REPAIR electronic patch concept. Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Figure 64. Global medical and healthcare wearables market, 2017-2031, billions $, by product.
Figure 65. Global market for medical and healthcare sensors and wearables, 2020-2031, by market share of product type.
Figure 66. Conductive yarns.
Figure 67. SEM image of cotton fibers with PEDOT:PSS coating.
Figure 68. EXO2 Stormwalker 2 Heated Jacket.
Figure 69. Flexible polymer-based heated glove, sock and slipper.
Figure 70. ThermaCell Rechargeable Heated Insoles.
Figure 71. Myant sleeve tracks biochemical indicators in sweat.
Figure 72. Flexible polymer-based therapeutic products.
Figure 73. iStimUweaR .
Figure 74. Basketball referee Royole fully flexible display.
Figure 75. ABENA Nova smart diaper.
Figure 76. Textile-based car seat heaters.
Figure 77. Global electronic textiles and smart clothing market 2017-2031, revenues (billions USD).
Figure 78. Textile-based car seat heaters.
Figure 79. Smart packaging for detecting bacteria growth in milk containers.
Figure 80. RFID functions and applications of silver nanoparticle inks.
Figure 81. Printed graphene biosensors.
Figure 82. Fuji carbon nanotube products.
Figure 83. CNT film.
Figure 84. Touchcode technology.
Figure 85. Talcoat graphene mixed with paint.