The Global Market for Printable, Flexible and Stretchable Sensors and Electronics, Edition 2

August 2017 | 291 pages | ID: G7914E6AD92EN
Future Markets, Inc.

Abstracts

Based on a new generation of advanced materials, printed, flexible and stretchable sensors and electronics will enable new possibilities in a diverse range of industries from healthcare to automotive to buildings.

The recent growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearables has created the need for electronics and sensor systems that are small, lightweight, mechanically flexible and low-power. These systems must also be able to conform to the shape of and survive the environment in which they must operate. They are typically fabricated on flexible plastic substrates or are printed/woven into fabrics. Applications covered in this report include:

Electronic components and displays

• Multilayer printing of circuitry.
• Large-area electronic-based sensors for Internet of Things (IoT)
• Organic-semiconductor based circuits.
• Highly stretchable large-area sensors.
• Large-area flexible electronic devices.
• Inkjet-printed stretchable electrodes.
• Stretchable, biocompatible and biodegradable substrates.
• Wireless sensors and networks.
• Structural monitoring.

Energy harvesting and storage

• RF, piezo and thermal harvesting.
• Flexible PV cells.
• Printed PV cells.
• Printed flexible energy harvesting devices.
• OLED lighting.
• Novel interconnects.
• Printable batteries and supercapacitors.
• Flexible thermoelectric devices.

Smart wearables

• Smarter and lighter wearable consumer electronics.
• Stretchable/ultra-flexible electronics.
• Fitness monitoring.
• Biosensors for sports.

Automotive

• Integrated dashboards.
• Flexible OLEDs.

Healthcare and medical

• Health monitoring devices, including intelligent patches and bandages for medical treatments.
• Flexible X-ray imaging.
• On-body ECG monitoring.
• Biosensors and electronics to interface biological tissue.
• Artificial skins.
• Printed and Flexible Sensors for Vital Signs Monitoring.

Development areas covered include:

• New organic semiconducting materials for organic electronics.
• Conductive inks for 2D and 3D printed devices.
• Flexible IGZO backplanes.
• Stretchable thermoformed inks.
• OTFTs (organic thin-film transistors).
• Solution processed polymer semiconductors for thin-film transistors.
• Transparent conducting films (TCF) for touch sensors.
• Organic thin film transistors (OTFT).
• Organic photodetectors (OPD).
• Nanomaterials based printed, flexible and stretchable electronics and applications.
• Graphene for flexible electronics.
• Flexible transparent conductive electrodes for Organic Devices.
• Hybrid transparent conductors for deformable displays.

Report contents include:

• Current and future printable, flexible and stretchable products.
• Advanced materials used in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics and sensors.
• Stage of commercialization for applications, from basic research to market entry. Markets covered include conductive inks, wearables and IoT, medical & healthcare sensors, electronic clothing & smart apparel, energy harvesting & storage, electronics components and flexible displays.
• Market drivers and trends.
• Market figures for conductive inks, by materials type and revenues
• Market figures for inkjetable conductive inks
• Global market revenues for wearable electronics.
• Global transparent conductive electrodes market forecast by materials type.
• Addressable market for smart textiles and wearables in medical and healthcare.
• Market for thin film, flexible and printed batteries.
• Global smart clothing and apparel market revenues.
• Global market for flexible OLED displays.
• Over 200 in-depth company profiles.

Contents

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 The evolution of electronics
  1.1.1 The wearables revolution
  1.1.2 Flexible, thin, and large-area form factors
1.2 What are flexible and stretchable electronics?
  1.2.1 From rigid to flexible and stretchable
  1.2.2 Organic and printed electronics
  1.2.3 New conductive materials
1.3 Growth in flexible and stetchable electronics market
  1.3.1 Recent growth in printable, flexible and stretchable products
  1.3.2 Future growth
  1.3.3 Nanotechnology as a market driver
  1.3.4 Growth in remote health monitoring and diagnostics

2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3 PRINTABLE, FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND COMPOSITES

3.1 CARBON NANOTUBES
  3.1.1 Properties
  3.1.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
    3.1.2.1 Single-walled carbon nanotubes
  3.1.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.2 CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS (CP)
  3.2.1 Properties
    3.2.1.1 PDMS
    3.2.1.2 PEDOT: PSS
  3.2.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.2.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.3 GRAPHENE
  3.3.1 Properties
  3.3.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.3.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.4 METAL MESH
  3.4.1 Properties
  3.4.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.4.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.5 METAL NANOWIRES
  3.5.1 Properties
  3.5.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.5.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.6 NANOCELLULOSE
  3.6.1 Properties
  3.6.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.6.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
    3.6.3.1 Nanopaper
    3.6.3.2 Paper memory
3.7 NANOFIBERS
  3.7.1 Properties
  3.7.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.7.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.8 QUANTUM DOTS
  3.8.1 Properties
  3.8.2 Properties utilized in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.8.3 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.9 GRAPHENE AND CARBON QUANTUM DOTS
  3.9.1 Properties
  3.9.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
3.10 OTHER 2-D MATERIALS
  3.10.1 Black phosphorus/Phosphorene
    3.10.1.1 Properties
    3.10.1.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.2 C2N
    3.10.2.1 Properties
    3.10.2.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.3 Germanene
    3.10.3.1 Properties
    3.10.3.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.4 Graphdiyne
    3.10.4.1 Properties
    3.10.4.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.5 Graphane
    3.10.5.1 Properties
    3.10.5.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.6 Boron nitride
    3.10.6.1 Properties
    3.10.6.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.7 Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)
    3.10.7.1 Properties
    3.10.7.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.8 Rhenium disulfide (ReS2) and diselenide (ReSe2)
    3.10.8.1 Properties
    3.10.8.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.9 Silicene
    3.10.9.1 Properties
    3.10.9.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.10 Stanene/tinene
    3.10.10.1 Properties
    3.10.10.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
  3.10.11 Tungsten diselenide
    3.10.11.1 Properties
    3.10.11.2 Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics

4 PRINTABLE, FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE CONDUCTIVE INKS

4.1 MARKET DRIVERS
4.2 APPLICATIONS
  4.2.1 Current products
  4.2.2 Advanced materials solutions
  4.2.3 RFID
  4.2.4 Smart labels
  4.2.5 Printable sensors
  4.2.6 Printed batteries
  4.2.7 Printable antennas
  4.2.8 In-mold electronics
  4.2.9 Printed transistors
  4.2.10 Membrane switches
4.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
4.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 118-152 (83 company profiles)

5 PRINTABLE, FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE SENSORS FOR WEARABLE ELECTRONICS AND IOT

5.1 MARKET DRIVERS
5.2 APPLICATIONS
  5.2.1 Current state of the art
  5.2.2 Advanced materials solutions
  5.2.3 Transparent conductive films
    5.2.3.1 Carbon nanotubes (SWNT)
    5.2.3.2 Double-walled carbon nanotubes
    5.2.3.3 Graphene
    5.2.3.4 Silver nanowires
    5.2.3.5 Nanocellulose
    5.2.3.6 Copper nanowires
    5.2.3.7 Nanofibers
  5.2.4 Wearable sensors
    5.2.4.1 Current stage of the art
    5.2.4.2 Advanced materials solutions
    5.2.4.3 Wearable gas sensors
    5.2.4.4 Wearable strain sensors
    5.2.4.5 Wearable tactile sensors
5.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
  5.3.1 Transparent conductive electrodes
5.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 188-206 (45 company profiles)

6 PRINTABLE, FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE SENSORS AND WEARABLES

6.1 MARKET DRIVERS
6.2 APPLICATIONS
  6.2.1 Current state of the art
  6.2.2 Advanced materials solutions
    6.2.2.1 Skin sensors
    6.2.2.2 Nanomaterials-based devices
  6.2.3 Printable, flexible and stretchable health monitors
    6.2.3.1 Patch-type skin sensors
    6.2.3.2 Skin temperature monitoring
    6.2.3.3 Hydration sensors
    6.2.3.4 Wearable sweat sensors
    6.2.3.5 UV patches
    6.2.3.6 Smart footwear
6.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
6.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 230-236 (15 company profiles)

7 PRINTABLE, FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE ELECTRONIC CLOTHING AND APPAREL

7.1 MARKET DRIVERS
7.2 APPLICATIONS
  7.2.1 Current state of the art
  7.2.2 Advanced materials solutions
  7.2.3 Conductive yarns
  7.2.4 Conductive coatings
7.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
7.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 255-264 (22 company profiles)

8 PRINTABLE, FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION

8.1 MARKET DRIVERS
8.2 APPLICATIONS
  8.2.1 Current state of the art
  8.2.2 Advanced materials solutions
    8.2.2.1 Flexible and stretchable batteries
    8.2.2.2 Flexible and stretchable supercapacitors
    8.2.2.3 Fiber-shaped Lithium-Ion batteries
    8.2.2.4 Flexible OLED lighting
    8.2.2.5 Quantum dot lighting
    8.2.2.6 Solar energy harvesting textiles
    8.2.2.7 Stretchable piezoelectric energy harvesting
    8.2.2.8 Stretchable triboelectric energy harvesting
8.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
8.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 284-289 (12 company profiles)

9 PRINTABLE, FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE DISPLAYS AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

9.1 MARKET DRIVERS
9.2 APPLICATIONS
  9.2.1 Printable, flexible and stretchable circuit boards and interconnects
  9.2.2 Printable, flexible and stretchable transistors
  9.2.3 Flexible displays
    9.2.3.1 Flexible LCDs
    9.2.3.2 Flexible OLEDs (FOLED)
    9.2.3.3 Flexible AMOLED
    9.2.3.4 Flexible electrophoretic displays
9.3 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE
9.4 COMPANY PROFILES............................................................................................................... 299-304 (14 company profiles)

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Evolution of wearable devices, 2011-2017
Table 2: Advanced materials for printable, flexible and stretchable sensors and Electronics-Advantages and disadvantages
Table 3: Sheet resistance (RS) and transparency (T) values for transparent conductive oxides and alternative materials for transparent conductive electrodes (TCE)
Table 4: Markets for wearable devices and applications
Table 5: Properties of CNTs and comparable materials
Table 6: Companies developing carbon nanotubes for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 7: Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications
Table 8: Properties of graphene
Table 9: Companies developing graphene for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 10: Advantages and disadvantages of fabrication techniques to produce metal mesh structures
Table 11: Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications
Table 12: Companies developing metal mesh for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 13: Companies developing silver nanowires for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 14: Nanocellulose properties
Table 15: Properties and applications of nanocellulose
Table 16: Properties of flexible electronics‐cellulose nanofiber film (nanopaper)
Table 17: Properties of flexible electronics cellulose nanofiber films
Table 18: Companies developing nanocellulose for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 19: Companies developing quantum dots for applications in printable, flexible and stretchable electronics
Table 20: Schematic of (a) CQDs and (c) GQDs. HRTEM images of (b) C-dots and (d) GQDs showing combination of zigzag and armchair edges (positions marked as 1–4
Table 21: Properties of graphene quantum dots
Table 22: Electronic and mechanical properties of monolayer phosphorene, graphene and MoS2.
Table 23: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable conductive inks
Table 24: Printable electronics products
Table 25: Comparative properties of conductive inks
Table 26: Applications in conductive inks by type and benefits thereof
Table 27: Opportunities for advanced materials in printed electronics
Table 28: Applications in flexible and stretchable batteries, by nanomaterials type and benefits thereof
Table 29: Main markets for conductive inks, applications and revenues
Table 30: Conductive inks in the flexible and stretchable electronics market 2017-2027 revenue forecast (million $), by ink types
Table 31: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable sensors for wearables and IoT
Table 32: Wearable electronics devices and stage of development
Table 33: Comparison of ITO replacements
Table 34: Applications in printable, flexible and stretchable sensors, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 35: Graphene properties relevant to application in sensors
Table 36: Global market for wearable electronics, 2015-2020, by application, billions $
Table 37: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable medical healthcare sensors and wearables
Table 38: Wearable medical device products and stage of development
Table 39: Applications in flexible and stretchable health monitors, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 40: Applications in patch-type skin sensors, by materials type and benefits thereof
Table 41: Potential addressable market for smart textiles and wearables in medical and healthcare
Table 42: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable electronic clothing and apparel
Table 43: Types of smart textiles
Table 44: Examples of smart textile products
Table 45: Currently available technologies for smart textiles
Table 46: Smart clothing and apparel and stage of development
Table 47: Applications in textiles, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 48: Nanocoatings applied in the textiles industry-type of coating, nanomaterials utilized, benefits and applications
Table 49: Applications and benefits of graphene in textiles and apparel
Table 50: Global market for smart clothing and apparel, 2014-2021, units and revenues (US$).
Table 51: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable electronic energy storage and converison
Table 52: Wearable energy and energy harvesting devices and stage of development
Table 53: Applications in flexible and stretchable batteries, by materials type and benefits thereof
Table 54: Applications in flexible and stretchable supercapacitors, by nanomaterials type and benefits thereof
Table 55: Applications in energy harvesting textiles, by nanomaterials type and benefits thereof.
Table 56: Potential addressable market for thin film, flexible and printed batteries
Table 57: Market drivers for printable, flexible and stretchable displays and electronic components
Table 58: Applications in flexible and stretchable circuit boards, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 59: Price comparison of thin-film transistor (TFT) electronics technology

List Of Figures

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Evolution of electronics
Figure 2: Wove Band
Figure 3: Wearable graphene medical sensor
Figure 4: Applications timeline for organic and printed electronics
Figure 5: Wearable health monitor incorporating graphene photodetectors
Figure 6: Schematic of single-walled carbon nanotube
Figure 7: Stretchable SWNT memory and logic devices for wearable electronics
Figure 8: Graphene layer structure schematic
Figure 9: Flexible graphene touch screen
Figure 10: Foldable graphene E-paper
Figure 11: Large-area metal mesh touch panel
Figure 12: Flexible silver nanowire wearable mesh
Figure 13: Cellulose nanofiber films
Figure 14: Nanocellulose photoluminescent paper
Figure 15: LEDs shining on circuitry imprinted on a 5x5cm sheet of CNF
Figure 16: Foldable nanopaper
Figure 17: Foldable nanopaper antenna
Figure 18: Paper memory (ReRAM)
Figure 19: Quantum dot
Figure 20: The light-blue curve represents a typical spectrum from a conventional white-LED LCD TV. With quantum dots, the spectrum is tunable to any colours of red, green, and blue, and each Color is limited to a narrow band
Figure 21: Black phosphorus structure
Figure 22: Structural difference between graphene and C2N-h2D crystal: (a) graphene; (b) C2N-h2D crystal
Figure 23: Schematic of germanene
Figure 24: Graphdiyne structure
Figure 25: Schematic of Graphane crystal
Figure 26: Structure of hexagonal boron nitride
Figure 27: Structure of 2D molybdenum disulfide
Figure 28: Atomic force microscopy image of a representative MoS2 thin-film transistor
Figure 29: Schematic of the molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) thin-film sensor with the deposited molecules that create additional charge
Figure 30: Schematic of a monolayer of rhenium disulphide
Figure 31: Silicene structure
Figure 32: Monolayer silicene on a silver (111) substrate
Figure 33: Silicene transistor
Figure 34: Crystal structure for stanene
Figure 35: Atomic structure model for the 2D stanene on Bi2Te3(111)
Figure 36: Schematic of tungsten diselenide
Figure 37: BGT Materials graphene ink product
Figure 38: Flexible RFID tag
Figure 39: Enfucell Printed Battery
Figure 40: Graphene printed antenna
Figure 41: Stretchable material for formed an in-molded electronics
Figure 42: Wearable patch with a skin-compatible, pressure-sensitive adhesive
Figure 43: Conductive inks in the flexible and stretchable electronics market 2017-2027 revenue forecast (million $), by ink types
Figure 44: Covestro wearables
Figure 45: Royole flexible display
Figure 46: Panasonic CNT stretchable Resin Film
Figure 47: Bending durability of Ag nanowires
Figure 48: NFC computer chip
Figure 49: NFC translucent diffuser schematic
Figure 50: Softceptor sensor
Figure 51: BeBop Media Arm Controller
Figure 52: LG Innotek flexible textile pressure sensor
Figure 53: hitoe nanofiber conductive shirt original design(top) and current design (bottom)
Figure 54: Garment-based printable electrodes
Figure 55: Wearable gas sensor
Figure 56: BeBop Sensors Marcel Modular Data Gloves
Figure 57: Global market for wearable electronics, 2015-2020, by application, billions $
Figure 58: Global transparent conductive electrodes market forecast by materials type, 2012-2025, millions $
Figure 59: Connected human body
Figure 60: Flexible, lightweight temperature sensor
Figure 61: Prototype ECG sensor patch
Figure 62: Graphene-based E-skin patch
Figure 63: Wearable bio-fluid monitoring system for monitoring of hydration
Figure 64: Smart mouth guard
Figure 65: Smart e-skin system comprising health-monitoring sensors, displays, and ultra flexible PLEDs
Figure 66: Graphene medical patch
Figure 67: TempTraQ wearable wireless thermometer
Figure 68: Nanowire skin hydration patch
Figure 69: Wearable sweat sensor
Figure 70: GraphWear wearable sweat sensor
Figure 71: My UV Patch
Figure 72: Overview layers of L'Oreal skin patch
Figure 73: Omniphobic-coated fabric
Figure 74: Work out shirt incorporating ECG sensors, flexible lights and heating elements
Figure 75: Global smart clothing and apparel market 2014-2021 revenue forecast (million $)
Figure 76: Energy harvesting textile
Figure 77: StretchSense Energy Harvesting Kit
Figure 78: LG Chem Heaxagonal battery
Figure 79: Printed 1.5V battery
Figure 80: Energy densities and specific energy of rechargeable batteries
Figure 81: Stretchable graphene supercapacitor
Figure 82: LG OLED flexible lighting panel
Figure 83: Flexible OLED incorporated into automotive headlight
Figure 84: Flexible & stretchable LEDs based on quantum dots
Figure 85: Schematic illustration of the fabrication concept for textile-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made by sewing textile electrodes onto cloth or paper
Figure 86: Demand for thin film, flexible and printed batteries 2015, by market
Figure 87: Demand for thin film, flexible and printed batteries 2027, by market
Figure 88: Thin film transistor incorporating CNTs
Figure 89: Printed antennas for aircraft
Figure 90: Flexible LCD
Figure 91: Full ActiveTM Flex"