Reportlinker Adds Graphene: Technologies, Applications, and Markets
NEW YORK, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Graphene: Technologies, Applications, and Markets
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BCC expects the first commercially significant sales of graphene products to develop before 2015 when the market is projected to be as large as $67 million. The graphene market should start to take off after 2015, reaching nearly $675 million by 2020, reflecting a 58.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2015 and 2020.
Graphene structural materials accounted for virtually all of the commercial market for graphene technologies in 2009-2010. By 2015, structural materials will account for 26.1% of the market and have a value of $17.5 million. This sector is expected to increase at a 39% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to reach $91 million by 2020.
Capacitors should account for more than half of the market for graphene technologies by 2020. This sector is estimated to be worth $26 million in 2015 and to increase at a 67% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to reach $340 million in 2020.
INTRODUCTION
In October 2010, two University of Manchester (U.K.) scientists, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novolselov, were awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics for their research on graphene. Graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon whose strength, flexibility, and electrical conductivity have opened up new horizons for high-energy particle physics research and electronic, optical, and energy applications.
Potential electronics applications of graphene include ultra-small transistors, super-dense data storage, touch screens, and wearable electronics. In the energy field, potential applications include ultracapacitors to store and transit electrical power and highly efficient solar cells.
Some researchers argue that graphene's greatest potential lies in its ability to conduct light as well as electricity. They believe that graphene can improve the efficiency of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and aid in the production of next-generation devices like flexible touch screens, photodetectors, and ultrafast lasers.
STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Graphene offers seemingly endless possibilities. However, intuition alone tells us that not all of these possibilities are likely to become reality. The goal of this report is to survey emerging graphene technologies and applications, identify those that are most likely to achieve significant commercial sales in the next 5 years to 10 years, and develop quantitative estimates of potential sales.
The report's specific objectives support this broad goal. These objectives include identifying the graphene technologies and applications with the greatest commercial potential in the 2010 to 2020 time frame, identifying market drivers and evaluating obstacles to their successful commercialization, and projecting their future sales.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
This report is intended especially for marketing executives, entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists, and other readers with a need to know where the emerging graphene market is headed over the next 5 years to 10 years. Although the report is organized around specific technologies, it is largely nontechnical in nature and coverage. That is, it is concerned less with theory and jargon than with what works, how much of the latter the market is likely to purchase, and at what price.
The report has not been written specifically for scientists and technologists. However, the report's findings concerning the market for their work, including the availability of government and corporate research funding for different technologies and applications, should interest them as well.
SCOPE OF REPORT
The report addresses emerging global markets for graphene, including the applications listed below:
Computing/data processing
Data storage
Displays
Antennas
Solar cells
Sensing and imaging
Capacitors
Research
The study format includes the following major elements:
Executive summary
Definitions
General properties of graphene
Historical milestones in the development of graphene
Emerging and developmental graphene technologies and applications that have the greatest commercial potential through 2020
Detailed market estimates and projections for each application and material during the period 2010 to 2015
General assessment of expected market trends in the longer term (2016 to 2020)
Companies that are producing or developing commercial graphene applications Patent analysis
INFORMATION SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY
Projecting the market for emerging technologies, whose commercial potential has not yet been proven, is a challenging task. This is nowhere more true than the graphene field, which may help to explain why many analysts focus on supply-side technology assessments.
However, BCC's objective in this report is to provide not just a technology assessment but also an initial commercial assessment of the potential commercial market for graphene. To accomplish this objective, BCC used a multiphase approach to identify the graphene applications with the greatest commercial potential and quantify the related markets
In the first phase of the analysis, BCC identified a long list of potential graphene applications, including those that are still under development. In the second phase, BCC eliminated those applications that appear to have little likelihood of making it into commercial use in the next 5 years to 10 years, through a literature review and interviews with industry sources. The result of phase two was a short list of graphene applications with the greatest commercial potential over the time period covered by this report.
The third phase focused on quantifying the potential market for each short-listed application and identifying the main prerequisites for commercial success. Phase three actually had two phases: 1) development of near to mid-term (2010 to 2015) projections and 2) development of longer-term (2016 to 2020) projections. The development of such long-term projections is a departure from the usual BCC report format, necessitated by the long time frame for commercialization of many of the technologies analyzed in this report. Obviously, the projections for the out-years beyond 2015 are more tentative than the projections for 2010 to 2015.
The specific assumptions and approach BCC used to develop the projections (both near/mid-term and long term) for each graphene application are documented in detail under the various applications addressed. This way, readers can see how the market estimates were developed and, if they so desire, test the impact on the final numbers of changing the underlying assumptions.
One of the approaches used by BCC deserves special mention here. Particularly in the case of graphene applications that are still under development, BCC used the sales performance of nongraphene applications that shares some of the same functions or shares other characteristics with the graphene application as a benchmark for assessing the latter's sales potential.
ANALYST CREDENTIALS
Andrew McWilliams, the author of this report, is a partner in the Boston-based international technology and marketing consulting firm, 43rd Parallel, LLC. He is the author of a number of other BCC Research market opportunity reports on advanced materials technologies, including AVM067A Metamaterials: Technologies and Global Markets; AVM066B Superconductors: Technologies and Global Markets; AVM038C Advanced Structural Carbon Products: Fibers, Foams & Composites; NAN017F Nanostructured Materials: Electronic/Magnetic/ Optoelectronic; AVM050B Smart and Interactive Textiles; AVM015E High-performance Ceramic Coatings: Markets and Technologies; AVM025G Diamond, Diamond-Like, and CBN Films and Coating Products; NAN015E Advanced Ceramics and Nano Ceramic Powders; and NAN036A Nanotechnology for Photonics.
Chapter- 1: INTRODUCTION
STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1
INTENDED AUDIENCE 1
SCOPE OF REPORT 2
INFORMATION SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY 3
ANALYST CREDENTIALS 4
RELATED BCC RESEARCH REPORTS 4
BCC ONLINE SERVICES 4
DISCLAIMER 5
Chapter-2: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE-BASED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 6
SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE-BASED PRODUCTS, 2009-2020 ($ MILLIONS) 7
Chapter-3: OVERVIEW
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF GRAPHENE 8
DEFINITION 8
HISTORY 8
OCCURRENCE AND PRODUCTION 9
Established Technologies 9
Scotch Tape Method 10
Epitaxial Method 10
Graphite Oxide Reduction Method 11
Experimental Approaches 12
Metal-Carbon Melt Method 12
Pyrolysis of Sodium Ethoxide Method 12
Production of Graphene from Carbon Nanotubes 12
Production of Graphene from Table Sugar 13
Dissolving Graphite in Chlorosulphonic Acid 13
"Molecular Wedge" Method 13
Radio Frequency Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition 14
PROPERTIES 14
TABLE 1 GRAPHENE PROPERTIES 14
Electronic Properties 15
Chemical Properties 15
Thermal Properties 16
Mechanical Properties 16
Optical Properties 16
RELATED SUBSTANCES 17
Graphite 17
Graphene Oxide 17
Carbon Nanotubes 18
Fullerenes 18
GRAPHENE APPLICATIONS AND END USES 19
TABLE 2 POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS AND END USES OF GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES 19
TABLE 2 (CONTINUED) 20
High-performance Computing 20
Data Storage 20
Communications 21
Thermal Management 21
Photovoltaic Cells 21
Sensors 21
Imaging Equipment 22
Displays 22
Capacitors 22
Structural Materials 22
Other Applications 22
MARKET SIZE AND SEGMENTATION 23
Market Size and Growth Trends 23
FIGURE 1 TRENDS IN GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE 2009-2020 ($ MILLIONS) 24
Applications 24
TABLE 3 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 25
FIGURE 2 GRAPHENE APPLICATION SEGMENTS (% OF TOTAL MARKET) 26
Chapter-4: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
SUMMARY 27
TECHNOLOGIES 27
TRANSISTORS 27
Graphene Switches 27
Quantum Confinement in Graphene Nanoribbons 28
Field-induced Modification of Graphene Structure 28
Ballistic Transistors 29
Graphene Nanomesh 29
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS 30
Graphene Interconnections 30
All-graphene Integrated Circuits 30
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 31
APPLICATIONS AND END USES 31
COMMERCIAL STATUS 31
MARKET 32
TABLE 4 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE INTERCONNECTS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 32
Chapter-5: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DATA STORAGE APPLICATIONS
SUMMARY 33
TECHNOLOGIES 33
GRAPHENE SPIN VALVE 34
GRAPHENE NANOCABLE MEMORY DEVICE 34
GRAPHENE NANORIBBON MEMORY 34
GRAPHENE-OXIDE-BASED MEMORY 35
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 35
HIGH DATA DENSITY 35
Large On-Off Power Ratio 36
Wide Temperature Range 36
Radiation Resistance 36
COMMERCIAL STATUS 36
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 37
MARKETS 37
TABLE 5 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE MEMORY APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 38
Chapter-6: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS
SUMMARY 39
TECHNOLOGIES 39
HIGH-SPEED PHOTODETECTORS 39
AMPLIFIERS 39
FREQUENCY MULTIPLIERS 40
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES 40
APPLICATIONS AND END USES 41
COMMERCIAL STATUS 41
MARKET 41
TABLE 6 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 41
Chapter-7: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
SUMMARY 42
FIGURE 3 GLOBAL SALES OF GRAPHENE THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS, 2009–2020 ($ MILLIONS) 42
FIGURE 3 (CONTINUED) 43
TECHNOLOGIES 43
GRAPHENE NANOPLATELET THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS 43
MULTILAYER GRAPHENE HEAT SPREADERS AND HEAT SINKS 44
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 45
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 45
COMMERCIAL STATUS 45
MARKETS 45
TABLE 7 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 46
Chapter-8: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS
SUMMARY 47
FIGURE 4 GLOBAL SALES OF GRAPHENE PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS, 2009–2020 ($ MILLIONS) 47
TECHNOLOGIES 48
FLEXIBLE ORGANIC PHOTOVOTAIC CELLS 48
POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS BASED ON SOLUTION—PROCESSABLE GRAPHENE AND P3HT 49
DYE-DOPED GRAPHITE/GRAPHENE SOLAR CELLS 49
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 50
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 50
COMMERCIAL STATUS 51
MARKETS 51
TABLE 8 GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 52
Chapter-9: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR SENSOR APPLICATIONS
SUMMARY 53
FIGURE 5 GLOBAL SALES OF GRAPHENE-BASED SENSORS, 2009–2020 ($ MILLIONS) 53
TECHNOLOGIES 54
CHEMICAL AND GAS SENSORS 54
Electrochemical Sensors 54
Mass Sensors 54
Nanopore Sensors 55
RADIATION SENSORS 56
BIOSENSORS 56
DNA-sensitized Graphene Vapor Sensors 56
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES 57
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 57
COMMERCIAL STATUS 57
MARKETS 58
TABLE 9 GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR SENSING APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 58
Chapter-10: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMAGING APPLICATIONS
SUMMARY 59
TECHNOLOGIES 59
GRAPHENE FREQUENCY MULTIPLIERS 59
GRAPHENE-BASED PLASMON AMPLIFIERS 60
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 60
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 61
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 61
COMMERCIAL STATUS 62
MARKET 62
TABLE 10 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE-BASED THZ IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 63
Chapter-11: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES DISPLAY APPLICATIONS
SUMMARY 64
TECHNOLOGIES 64
ROLL-TO-ROLL PRODUCTION 64
SPRAY COATING 65
TRANSFER PRINTING 65
ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION 65
HYBRID GRAPHENE-CARBON NANOTUBE FILM 66
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 66
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 66
COMMERCIAL STATUS 67
MARKET 67
TABLE 11 GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISPLAY APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 68
Chapter-12: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR CAPACITIVE APPLICATIONS
SUMMARY 69
FIGURE 6 GLOBAL SALES OF GRAPHENE CAPACITIVE APPLICATIONS, 2009-2020 ($ MILLIONS) 69
TECHNOLOGIES 70
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 71
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 72
COMMERCIAL STATUS 72
MARKETS 73
TABLE 12 GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR CAPACITIVE APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 73
Chapter-13: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR STRUCTURAL MATERIAL APPLICATIONS
SUMMARY 74
FIGURE 7 GLOBAL SALES OF GRAPHENE POLYMER COMPOSITES, 2009–2020 ($ MILLIONS) 74
TECHNOLOGIES 75
GRAPHENE-FILLED POLYMER COMPOSITES 75
Graphene-polystyrene Composites 75
Other Graphene-polymer Composites 76
TABLE 13 TYPES OF CARBON NANOTUBE AND FULLERENE COMPOSITES AND THEIR PROPERTIES 76
GRAPHENE MATRIX COMPOSITES 76
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 77
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 78
COMMERCIAL STATUS 78
MARKETS 79
TABLE 14 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE POLYMER COMPOSITES, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 79
Chapter-14: GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS AND MARKETS
SUMMARY 80
TABLE 15 GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 80
HYDROGEN STORAGE 80
TECHNOLOGIES 81
Oxidized Graphene Sheets 81
Other Developments 82
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 82
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 83
COMMERCIAL STATUS 83
MARKET 83
TABLE 16 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE-BASED HYDROGEN STORAGE TANKS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 84
ANTIBACTERIALS 84
TECHNOLOGIES 84
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 85
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 85
COMMERCIAL STATUS 86
MARKETS 86
TABLE 17 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE-BASED ANTIBACTERIAL APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 86
RFID TAGS 87
TECHNOLOGIES 87
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 87
END USES AND APPLICATIONS 88
COMMERCIAL STATUS 88
MARKET 88
TABLE 18 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE-BASED RFID ANTENNAS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 89
CATALYST SUPPORTS 89
TECHNOLOGIES 89
Reduced Graphene Oxide-Supported Platinum Catalyst 89
Nitrogen-doped Graphene Nanoplatelet—Supported Catalyst 90
PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES VS. ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS 90
APPLICATIONS AND END USES 91
COMMERCIAL STATUS 91
MARKET 91
TABLE 19 GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF PLATINUM CATALYST MATERIALS AND NANOSTRUCTURED SUPPORT MATERIALS USED IN FUEL CELLS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 92
TABLE 20 GLOBAL MARKET FOR GRAPHENE CATALYST SUPPORT MATERIALS, THROUGH 2020 ($ MILLIONS) 92
Chapter-15: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
NUMBER AND SIZE OF COMPANIES 93
FIGURE 8 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF COMPANIES WITH PRODUCTION OR ACTIVE R&D ACTIVITES IN GRAPHENE (%) 93
COMPANY PROFILES 94
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 94
ALLOTROPICA TECHNOLOGIES 94
ANGEWANDTE MIKRO- UND OPTOELEKTRONIK GMBH 95
ANGSTRON MATERIALS, INC. 95
BASF SE 95
CVD EQUIPMENT CORP. 96
DURHAM GRAPHENE SCIENCE 96
GENERAL MOTORS CO. 96
GLOBAL FOUNDRIES, INC. 97
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 97
GRAPHENE DEVICES, LTD. 97
GRAPHENE ENERGY, INC. 98
GRAPHENE FRONTIERS 98
GRAPHENE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 98
GRAPHENE SOLUTIONS, LLC 99
GRAPHENE SUPERMARKET 99
GRAPHENE WORKS, INC. 99
GRAPHENEA 100
HARBIN MULAN FOREIGN ECONOMIC AND TRADE CO. 100
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 100
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. 101
NANOTEK INSTRUMENTS, INC. 101
NUPGA 102
QUANTUM MATERIALS CORP. 102
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 102
SANDISK CORP. 103
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 103
UNIDYM 103
VORBECK MATERIALS 104
XG SCIENCES, INC. 104
ZS GENETICS, INC. 105
Chapter-16: APPENDIX: PATENTS
PATENT ANALYSIS 106
TRENDS OVER TIME 106
FIGURE 9 TREND IN NUMBER OF U.S. GRAPHENE PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY, 2003-2010 106
FIGURE 9 (CONTINUED) 107
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS 107
FIGURE 10 U.S. PATENTS FOR AND PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR GRAPHENE BASIC AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES VS. TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATIONS (%) 107
FIGURE 10 (CONTINUED) 108
FIGURE 11 U.S. PATENTS FOR GRAPHENE APPLICATIONS BY TYPE OF APPLICATION (%) 109
FIGURE 11 (CONTINUED) 110
IP PORTFOLIOS 110
FIGURE 12 MAJOR GRAPHENE IP PORTFOLIOS (NUMBER OF U.S. PATENTS/PATENT APPLICATIONS) 111
FIGURE 12 (CONTINUED) 112
TYPES OF ENTITIES 112
FIGURE 13 U.S. GRAPHENE PATENT HOLDERS/ASSIGNEES BY TYPE OF ENTITY (%) 113
NATIONALITIES 114
FIGURE 14 U.S. GRAPHENE PATENT AND PATENT APPLICATION HOLDERS BY NATIONALITY (%) 114
FIGURE 14 (CONTINUED) 115
SUMMARY OF RELEVANT PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS 116
ISSUED PATENTS 116
TABLE 21 U.S. PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH DEC. 31, 2010 FOR GRAPHENE-RELATED INVENTIONS 116
TABLE 21 (CONTINUED) 117
TABLE 21 (CONTINUED) 118
TABLE 21 (CONTINUED) 119
TABLE 21 (CONTINUED) 120
TABLE 21 (CONTINUED) 121
TABLE 21 (CONTINUED) 122
PATENT APPLICATIONS 122
TABLE 22 U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS PENDING AS OF DEC. 31, 2010, FOR GRAPHENE-RELATED INVENTIONS 122
TABLE 22 (CONTINUED) 123
TABLE 22 (CONTINUED) 124
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