NEW YORK, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Thin-Film and Printed Battery Markets – 2012
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SUMMARY
The thin-film/printed battery sector has sent out mixed messages in the past year. Several of longstanding firms in this space have established entirely plausible business models that could lead to profitability in a year or so. Yet, at the same time, a few notable thin-film/printed battery firms have quit altogether.With these changes in mind, it seems that the thin-film/printed battery space is in need of re-examination and this is the goal of this report. Building on NanoMarkets six years of covering the thin-film/battery, space, this report analyzes in detail the current strategies of the firms that now dominate this space and develops an extensive forecast of thin-film/printed batteries over the next eight years. The report also examines where firms in this business are likely to get funding in the near-term future.The report begins with an examination of the latest trends in manufacturing and technology for thin-film and printed batteries and the main drivers for these trends. This discussion includes considerations of role of latest generation of functional printing technology, how manufacturing infrastructure is being shaped by supply chain considerations, as well as product design and performance trends.Finally, the report identifies and quantifies the major applications that NanoMarkets believes can create a viable market for thin-film and printed batteries. We take a look, in particular, at the current state of smartcards and RFID as applications for the kinds of batteries that are covered in this report, since these have been touted in the past as "killer apps." We also examine how value can be created by thin-film/printed battery firms by building their strategies around evolving product/market ecosystems supporting low-cost electronics applications.As with all NanoMarkets reports, this report contains detailed forecasts with breakouts by type of application and type of manufacturing. Both volume and value forecasts are included. We also include detailed profiles of the key firms to watch in this space.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
E.1 Important Changes in the Thin-Film/Printed Battery Market Since Last Year's Report
E.1.1 Thin-Film and Printable Batteries: The Current State of the Industry
E.1.2 New Products and Technologies
E.2 Firms to Watch
E.2.1 Blue Spark
E.2.2 Cymbet
E.2.3 Enfucell
E.2.4 Infinite Power Solutions (IPS)
E.2.5 Planar Energy Devices
E.2.6 Rocket Electric
E.2.7 Solicore
E.2.8 Ultralife
E.3 The State of Funding for the Thin-Film and Printable Battery Businesses
E.4 Summary of Eight-Year Market Forecasts for Thin-Film and Printed Batteries
Chapter One: Introduction1.1 Background to this Report
1.2 Objective and Scope of this Report
1.3 Methodology of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report
Chapter Two: Important Recent Developments and Improvements in Printed and Thin-Film Batteries Technology and Manufacturing2.1 Critical Manufacturing Trends
2.2 Electrolytes
2.2.1 Prospects for Printed Electrolytes
2.3 Electrode Materials
2.3.1 Prospects for Novel Electrode Materials
2.3.2 Prospects for Printed Electrodes
2.4 Evolving Designs and Technology for Printed and Thin-Film Batteries
2.4.1 Form Factor: Size and Shape
2.4.2 Flexibility
2.4.3 Environmental and Safety Trends
2.4.4 Temperature Stability
2.4.5 Energy/Power Density and the Role of Supercapacitors
2.4.6 Lifetimes
2.5 Key Points in this Chapter
Chapter Three: Applications and Eight-Year Market Forecasts for Printed and Thin-Film BatteriesFilm Batteries
3.1 Forecasting Methodology
3.1.1 Pricing Assumptions and Strategies
3.1.2 Sources of information
3.1.3 Product "Ecosystems" as Drivers
3.1.4 Alternative scenarios
3.2 Are Powered Smart Cards Still A Killer App For Printed and Thin-Film Batteries?
3.2.3 Thin-film vs. Printed Batteries in the Powered Smartcard Market
3.2.4 Eight-Year Forecast of Printed and Thin-Film Batteries in the Powered Smartcard Market
3.3 RFID and Smart Packaging as Future Markets for Thin-Film and Printable Batteries
3.3.1 RFID and Batteries: Is the Future of RFID Still Printing?
3.3.2 Smart Packaging and Batteries
3.3.3 Eight-Year Forecast of Printed and Thin-Film Batteries in the RFID and Smart Packaging Sectors
3.4 Sensors and Energy Harvesting as Future Markets for Thin-Film and Printable Batteries
3.4.1 Battery Requirements for Energy Harvesting
3.4.2 Opportunities for "Thin" Batteries in Large-Area Sensors and Sensor Networks
3.4.3 Eight-Year Forecast of Printed and Thin-Film Batteries in Sensors and Sensor Networks
3.5 Medical Applications for Printed and Thin-Film Batteries
3.5.1 Patches and Smart Bandages: Eight-Year Forecasts for Battery Requirements
3.5.2 Implants: Eight-Year Forecasts for Battery Requirements
3.5.3 Diagnostic Products and Other Medical Applications for "Thin" Batteries
3.6 Thin-Film and Printable Batteries in the Semiconductor and Computer Industry
3.6.1 Eight-Year Forecasts by Application
3.7 Disposable Electronics and Other Applications
3.7.1 Eight-Year Forecasts by Application
3.8 Eight-Year Forecast Summaries
3.8.1 Summary by Application
3.8.2 Summary by Manufacturing Type and Battery Chemistry
3.8.3 Eight-Year Forecast of Products Using Thin-Film and Printed Batteries
3.9 Key Points in this Chapter
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