The Global Market for Conductive Inks to 2033

November 2022 | | ID: G104B0A6273EN
Future Markets, Inc.

Abstracts

The Global Market for Conductive Inks to 2033 is an in-depth analysis of a key technology for markets including solar photovoltaics and printed electronics. The current global market for conductive inks is valued at >$2.5 billion annually and will grow to around $5 billion by 2033, driven by growth in printed, flexible, stretchable & wearable electronics markets, and sub-sectors thereof.

Conductive inks are infused with conductive materials which enable printing of electrically conductive surfaces. They are highly important for the fabrication of all forms of stretchable, flexible, and wearable electronic applications due to their role in connecting the various components of the devices. Conductive inks facilitate the production of

• Flexible, stretchable and self-healing electrical circuits.
• Wearable electrodes.
• TCFs in touch screen panels.
• In-mold electronics (IME).
• 3D electronics.
• Electronic skin patches.
• Printed heaters for textiles, automotive and buildings.
• Range of printed sensors (bio, pressure, capacitive, strain).
• RFID antennas and smart packaging.
• EMI shielding.
• Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE).
• Solar photovoltaics.

Report contents include:

• Analysis of conductive ink types including:
  • Silver flake.
  • Silver nanoparticles.
  • Silver nanowires.
  • Particle-free conductive ink.
  • Copper ink.
  • Gold ink.
  • Carbon nanomaterial ink including carbon nanotubes and graphene.
  • Stretchable/thermoformable inks.
  • Conductive polymer inks.
  • Liquid metals.
  • Siloxane.
  • Novel bio-based inks.
• Key markets and opportunities in conductive inks.
• Market trends and key challenges.
• Analysis of key players in conductive inks.
• Comparative analysis of conductive inks.
• Roadmaps and current commercial status for conductive inks, by type.
• End users market analysis including all applications and revenues.
• Pricing for conductive inks, by type.
• Global revenues by conductive ink types and end markets. Historical data and forecast to 2033.
• Profiles for companies, including company analysis, products and target markets. Companies profiled include C3Nano, Cambrios Advanced Materials, Copprint, Electroninks, Liquid X, SoFab Inks, LLC, UES, and Voltera.

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 Development of electronic devices with flexible, thin, and large-area form factors
  1.5.3 Advanced conductive materials
  1.5.4 The evolution of conductive inks
1.6 Global market for conductive inks 2015-2033, revenues
  1.6.1 By conductive ink type
  1.6.2 By conductive ink market
1.7 Future outlook and market opportunities
1.8 Market challenges

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
3.5 Nanoparticle inks
3.6 Silver inks
  3.6.1 Silver flake
    3.6.1.1 Properties
      3.6.1.1.1 Improving properties
  3.6.2 Silver nanoparticle ink
    3.6.2.1 Formulation
    3.6.2.2 Conductivity
  3.6.3 Prices for silver-based inks
    3.6.3.1 Cost for printed area
  3.6.4 Silver-based conductive ink producers
3.7 Silver nanowires
  3.7.1 Technology description
  3.7.2 Properties
  3.7.3 Silver nanowire Transparent Conductive Films (TCFs)
  3.7.4 Transparent heaters
  3.7.5 Silver nanowires producers
3.8 Particle-Free conductive ink
  3.8.1 Conductivity
  3.8.2 Properties
  3.8.3 Applications
  3.8.4 Particle-Free conductive ink producers
3.9 Copper inks
  3.9.1 Properties
    3.9.1.1 Copper flake
  3.9.2 Silver-coated copper
  3.9.3 Prices
  3.9.4 Copper ink producers
3.10 Gold (Au) ink
  3.10.1 Properties
3.11 Carbon-based conductive inks
3.12 Carbon nanotubes
  3.12.1 Properties
  3.12.2 Single-walled carbon nanotubes
  3.12.3 Prices
  3.12.4 Producers
3.13 Graphene
  3.13.1 Properties
  3.13.2 Prices
  3.13.3 Companies
3.14 Stretchable/thermoformable inks
  3.14.1 Technology description
  3.14.2 Properties
  3.14.3 Stretchable/thermoformable ink producers
3.15 Conductive polymer inks
  3.15.1 Types
  3.15.2 Polythiophene conductive films
  3.15.3 Polyaniline (PANI)
  3.15.4 Polypyrrole (PPy)
  3.15.5 PDMS
  3.15.6 PEDOT: PSS
    3.15.6.1 Transparency
  3.15.7 Applications
3.16 Liquid metals
  3.16.1 Properties
3.17 Siloxane inks
  3.17.1 Properties
3.18 Bio-based conductive inks

4 TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL) FOR CONDUCTIVE INKS

5 PRINTING ELECTRONICS

5.1 What are printed electronics?
5.2 Substrates
5.3 Analog printing processes for conductive inks
5.4 Digital printing processes for conductive inks.
5.5 Post-printing techniques
5.6 Flexible electronics components
  5.6.1 Flexible substrates
5.7 Stretchable electronics
5.8 Advantages and disadvantages of printing techniques for the fabrication of flexible electronics
5.9 Contact printing technology
  5.9.1 Screen printing
  5.9.2 Gravure
  5.9.3 Flexography
  5.9.4 Soft lithography
5.10 Non-contact printing technology
  5.10.1 Laser direct-writing
  5.10.2 Aerosol printing
  5.10.3 Inkjet-printing
5.11 Drawn-on-skin electronics
5.12 Sintering methods
  5.12.1 Thermal sintering
  5.12.2 Photonic sintering
  5.12.3 Electrical sintering
  5.12.4 Plasma sintering
  5.12.5 Microwave

6 MARKETS FOR CONDUCTIVE INKS

6.1 ELECTRONICS
  6.1.1 Market drivers and trends
  6.1.2 Recent developments
  6.1.3 Wearables
    6.1.3.1 Conductive Ink for Wearable Applications
  6.1.4 Wearable electrodes
  6.1.5 Smartwatches
    6.1.5.1 Recent innovations
    6.1.5.2 Health monitoring
    6.1.5.3 Main smart watch producers and products
  6.1.6 Sports and fitness trackers
    6.1.6.1 Wearable devices
    6.1.6.2 Skin patches
    6.1.6.3 Products
  6.1.7 Sleep trackers and wearable monitors
    6.1.7.1 Built in function in smart watches and fitness trackers
    6.1.7.2 Smart rings
    6.1.7.3 Headbands
    6.1.7.4 Patches
    6.1.7.5 Masks
  6.1.8 Smart glasses and head-mounted displays (VR, AR, MR, vision loss and eye trackers)
    6.1.8.1 Products
    6.1.8.2 Virtual Reality (VR) devices
    6.1.8.3 Augmented (AR) headsets and smart glasses
    6.1.8.4 Mixed Reality (MR) smart glasses
  6.1.9 Military wearable electronics
  6.1.10 Industrial and workplace monitoring
    6.1.10.1 Products
  6.1.11 Touch screen panels
  6.1.12 Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE)
  6.1.13 In-mold electronics (IME)
  6.1.14 3D electronics
  6.1.15 Circuit prototyping
  6.1.16 Global market revenues
  6.1.17 Market challenges
6.2 MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE SENSORS & WEARABLES
  6.2.1 Market drivers
  6.2.2 Current state of the art
  6.2.3 Wearable medical device products
  6.2.4 Printed and flexible sensors
  6.2.5 Medical biosensors
  6.2.6 Wearable health monitoring and rehabilitation
    6.2.6.1 Companies and products
  6.2.7 Electronic skin (E-skin) patches
    6.2.7.1 Applications
    6.2.7.2 Nanomaterials-based devices
    6.2.7.3 Materials
  6.2.8 Wearable health alert and monitoring
    6.2.8.1 Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)
      6.2.8.1.1 Minimally-invasive CGM sensors
      6.2.8.1.2 Non-invasive CGM sensors
      6.2.8.1.3 Minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring companies and products
    6.2.8.2 Cardiovascular
      6.2.8.2.1 ECG sensors
      6.2.8.2.2 Companies and products
    6.2.8.3 PPG sensors
      6.2.8.3.1 Companies and products
    6.2.8.4 Pregnancy and newborn monitoring
      6.2.8.4.1 Companies and products
    6.2.8.5 Wearable temperature monitoring
      6.2.8.5.1 Companies and products
    6.2.8.6 Hydration sensors
      6.2.8.6.1 Companies and products
    6.2.8.7 Wearable sweat sensors (medical and sports)
      6.2.8.7.1 Companies and products
  6.2.9 Smart footwear
    6.2.9.1 Companies and products
  6.2.10 Smart wound care
    6.2.10.1 Companies and products
  6.2.11 Global market revenues
  6.2.12 Market challenges
6.3 E-TEXTILES
  6.3.1 Materials and components
    6.3.1.1 Conductive and stretchable yarns
    6.3.1.2 Conductive polymers
      6.3.1.2.1 PDMS
      6.3.1.2.2 PEDOT: PSS
    6.3.1.3 Conductive coatings
    6.3.1.4 Stretchable conductive inks in e-textiles
    6.3.1.5 Nanomaterials
      6.3.1.5.1 Graphene
      6.3.1.5.2 Carbon nanotubes
  6.3.2 Applications, markets and products
    6.3.2.1 Smart clothing products
    6.3.2.2 Temperature monitoring and regulation
      6.3.2.2.1 Heated clothing
    6.3.2.3 Stretchable E-fabrics
    6.3.2.4 Therapeutic products
    6.3.2.5 Sport & fitness
    6.3.2.6 Flexible and wearable display advertising
    6.3.2.7 Smart diapers
    6.3.2.8 Automotive interiors
  6.3.3 Global market revenues
  6.3.4 Market challenges
6.4 SENSORS
  6.4.1 Printed sensors
  6.4.2 Capacitive sensors
  6.4.3 Pressure sensors
  6.4.4 Biosensors
  6.4.5 Strain sensors
  6.4.6 Global market revenues
6.5 RFID
  6.5.1 Printed RFID antennas
  6.5.2 Smart packaging
  6.5.3 Global market revenues
6.6 OTHER MARKETS
  6.6.1 Photovoltaics
  6.6.2 Printed heaters
  6.6.3 EMI shielding
  6.6.4 Conductive pens
  6.6.5 Other Printed antennas
  6.6.6 Global market revenues

7 CONDUCTIVE INK COMPANY PROFILES 301 (164 COMPANY PROFILES)

8 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 2017-2033, revenues (million $), by ink types.
Table 7. Global market for conductive inks 2017-2033, revenues (million $), by market.
Table 8. Market challenges in conductive ink.
Table 9. Typical conductive ink formulation.
Table 10. Comparative properties of conductive inks.
Table 11. Comparison of pros and cons of various types of conductive ink compositions.
Table 12. Advantages and disadvantages of nanomaterials for conductive inks.
Table 13. Silver-based conductive ink producers.
Table 14. Silver nanowires producers.
Table 15. Comparison of properties of particle-free silver inks.
Table 16. Particle-Free conductive ink producers.
Table 17. Copper ink producers.
Table 18: Properties of CNTs and comparable materials.
Table 19. Applications of carbon nanotubes in conductive ink.
Table 20. Carbon nanotubes pricing (MWCNTS, SWCNT etc.) by producer.
Table 21: Carbon nanotube conductive ink producers.
Table 22. Properties of graphene.
Table 23. Chemical properties, advantages and issues of common solvents for graphene conductive inks.
Table 24. Market and applications for graphene in conductive inks.
Table 25. Graphene ink pricing by producer.
Table 26. Graphene conductive ink producers.
Table 27. Stretchable/thermoformable ink producers.
Table 28. Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications.
Table 29. Comparison of the electrical conductivities of liquid metal with typical conductive inks.
Table 30. Specifications of various substrates employed in printed electronics (PE).
Table 31. Characteristics of analog printing processes for conductive inks.
Table 32. Characteristics of digital printing processes for conductive inks.
Table 33. Post printing techniques-advantages and limitations.
Table 34. Advantages and disadvantages of printing techniques for the fabrication of flexible electronics.
Table 35. Comparison of pros and cons of various types of conductive ink compositions.
Table 36. Types of photonic sintering.
Table 37. Market drivers and trends in wearable electronics.
Table 38. Wearable health monitors.
Table 39. Main smart watch producers and products.
Table 40. Wearable sensors for sports performance.
Table 41. Wearable sensor products for monitoring sport performance.
Table 42. Example wearable sleep tracker products and prices.
Table 43. Smart ring products.
Table 44. Sleep headband products.
Table 45. Smart sleep mask products.
Table 46. Smart glasses companies and products.
Table 47. VR headset products.
Table 48. Augmented reality (AR) smart glass products.
Table 49. Mixed Reality (MR) smart glass products.
Table 50. Wearable electronics applications in the military.
Table 51. Wearable workplace products.
Table 52. Market challenges for conductive inks in electronics.
Table 53. Market drivers for printed, flexible and stretchable medical and healthcare sensors and wearables.
Table 54. Examples of wearable medical device products.
Table 55. Medical wearable companies applying products to body temperature monitoring and analysis.
Table 56. Applications in flexible and stretchable health monitors, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof.
Table 57. Wearable bio-signal monitoring devices.
Table 58. Technologies for minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose detection-advantages and disadvantages.
Table 59. Commercial devices for non-invasive glucose monitoring not released or withdrawn from market.
Table 60. Minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring products.
Table 61. Companies developing wearable swear sensors.
Table 62. Companies and products in smart footwear.
Table 63. Companies and products in smart wound care.
Table 64. Market challenges in conductive inks in medical and healthcare sensors and wearables.
Table 65. Types of smart textiles.
Table 66. Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications.
Table 67. Applications in textiles, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof.
Table 68. Applications and benefits of graphene in textiles and apparel.
Table 69. Properties of CNTs and comparable materials.
Table 70. Applications and markets for e-textiles.
Table 71. Commercially available smart clothing products.
Table 72. Electronic textiles products.
Table 73. Heated jacket and clothing products.
Table 74. Examples of materials used in flexible heaters and applications.
Table 75. Companies developing smart diaper products.
Table 76. 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 2017-2023, revenues (million $), by ink types, conservative estimate.
Figure 6. Global market for conductive inks 2017-2033, revenues (million $), by market.
Figure 7. Types of conductive inks and applications.
Figure 8. Schematic of inkjet-printed processes.
Figure 9. Demand for silver in the printed & flexible electronics market.
Figure 10: Silver nanocomposite ink after sintering and resin bonding of discrete electronic components.
Figure 11. Schematic summary of the formulation of silver conductive inks.
Figure 12. Copper based inks on flexible substrate.
Figure 13: Schematic of single-walled carbon nanotube.
Figure 14. Stretchable SWNT memory and logic devices for wearable electronics.
Figure 15. Nanotube inks
Figure 16. Graphene layer structure schematic.
Figure 17. BGT Materials graphene ink product.
Figure 18. Applications of graphene in conductive inks.
Figure 19. BGT Materials graphene ink product.
Figure 20. Printed graphene conductive ink.
Figure 21. Textiles covered in conductive graphene ink.
Figure 22. Technology readiness level (TRL) for conductive ink applications.
Figure 23. Printed electronic devices for flexible, stretchable and wearable electronic applications.
Figure 24. Printing technologies for flexible electronic devices.
Figure 25. Flexible electronics R2R system.
Figure 26. Schematic of screen-printing process.
Figure 27. Schematic of gravure printing process.
Figure 28. Components of flexography printing techniques.
Figure 29. Major steps in soft lithography technologies.
Figure 30. Non-contact printing schematics.
Figure 31. Schematic of inkjet printing: (a) continuous inkjet system and (b) on-demand inkjet system.
Figure 32. Electrical sintering schematic.
Figure 33. Applications of wearable flexible sensors worn on various body parts.
Figure 34. Wearable bio-fluid monitoring system for monitoring of hydration.
Figure 35. Beddr SleepTuner.
Figure 36. Vuzix Blade.
Figure 37. NReal Light MR smart glasses.
Figure 38. Market for conductive inks in electronics, by applications.
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. Market for conductive inks in medical and healthcare sensors & wearables.
Figure 65. Conductive yarns.
Figure 66. SEM image of cotton fibers with PEDOT:PSS coating.
Figure 67. EXO2 Stormwalker 2 Heated Jacket.
Figure 68. Flexible polymer-based heated glove, sock and slipper.
Figure 69. ThermaCell Rechargeable Heated Insoles.
Figure 70. Myant sleeve tracks biochemical indicators in sweat.
Figure 71. Flexible polymer-based therapeutic products.
Figure 72. iStimUweaR .
Figure 73. Basketball referee Royole fully flexible display.
Figure 74. ABENA Nova smart diaper.
Figure 75. Textile-based car seat heaters.
Figure 76. Market for conductive inks in E-textiles, by applications.
Figure 77. Market for conductive inks in sensors, by applications.
Figure 78. Smart packaging for detecting bacteria growth in milk containers.
Figure 79. RFID functions and applications of silver nanoparticle inks.
Figure 80. OHMEGA Conductive Ink + Touchcode box.
Figure 81. Market for conductive inks in RFID, by applications.
Figure 82. Textile-based car seat heaters.
Figure 83. Market for conductive inks in other markets, by applications.
Figure 84. Printed graphene biosensors.
Figure 85. Fuji carbon nanotube products.
Figure 86. CNT film.
Figure 87. Touchcode technology.
Figure 88. Talcoat graphene mixed with paint.