Transparent Conductive Coatings : Technologies and Global Markets

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Mar 10, 2015, 04:18 ET

NEW YORK, March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- This BCC Research report on transparent conductive coatings is the first of its kind. The transparent conductive coatings industry has experienced major changes in recent years due to emerging applications and materials. This report analyzes the global perspective in terms of transparent conductive materials and their applications. Market projections cover the global market as per technology or material type. Data from 2012 and 2013, estimates for 2018, and five-year CAGR projections are also included.

Use this report to:
- Learn about the current size and future growth of transparent conductive coatings for applications including touch screens, displays, lighting, thin film solar cells, consumer
electronic protection and smart windows.
- Learn about transparent conductive coatings materials performance and cost issues.
- Receive information about the major suppliers and their respective market shares.
- Analyze new materials based on the type of industry they are to be used in, and compare advantages and disadvantages of alternatives over conventional indium tin oxide (ITO).

Highlights
- The global market for transparent conductive coatings is expected to grow to nearly $7.1 billion by 2018 from $4.8 billion in 2013, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.0% between 2013 and 2018.
- The global market for transparent conductive coatings used in the display industry is projected to increase from nearly $3.7 billion in 2013 to nearly $4.4 billion by 2018, with a CAGR of 3.6% for the period of 2013 to 2018.
- The thin film solar cell segment is expected to grow from $333.4 million in 2013 to nearly $1.1 billion in 2018, registering a CAGR of 26.0% for the period of 2013-2018.

INTRODUCTION
For more than 20 years, BCC Research has been tracking developments in the advanced materials market. This report on transparent conductive coatings is the first
of its kind. The transparent conductive coatings industry has experienced major changes in recent years due to emerging applications and materials. In view of these
changes, BCC Research decided that there is a need to cover this market and examine and quantify the role that technology is playing in market growth.

STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
This report is intended to:
- Provide an industry overview of the technologies using transparent conductive coatings for the touch screen, display, lighting, thin film solar cells, consumer
electronic protection and smart windows.
- Determine the current size and future growth of transparent conductive coatings for these various applications.
- Provide a material overview including manufacturing processes, properties and specificity of transparent conductive coatings per type of industry.
- Analyze new materials market, per type of industry. Compare advantages and disadvantages of alternatives over conventional ITO.
- Identify relevant recent developments from patent and scientific literature analysis.
- Profile material suppliers and companies involved at different levels of the supply chain, including coating intermediates, touch screen controllers and module
manufacturers, and device developers and manufacturers.

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
Transparent conductive coatings used to be limited to transparent conductive oxides applied by vacuum deposition techniques. New families of materials with roll–to–roll
compatible manufacturing processes and diverse chemical properties are challenging the supremacy of indium tin oxide. The transparent conductive coatings market is shifting from being dedicated to supply thin films to the liquid crystals display industry to a wider range of industries such as the highly dynamic touch screen and the emerging organic electronics markets. The emerging markets also fall in the low power consumption devices, energy generators and energy management products category.
The diversification in transparent conductive coating materials takes its source from the several issues related to indium tin oxide: limited indium supply on earth and ore
located in geopolitical sensitive regions of the world, high cost of the thin film deposition process, tedious patterning process for the touch screen and display
industries, failing performances for applications demanding low surface resistivity, film flexibility and high transmission as well as toxicity of material.

SCOPE OF REPORT
This BCC Research study has been conducted with a global perspective in terms of transparent conductive materials and their applications. Market projections have been
conducted to cover the global market per technology or material type. The majority of market table values are expressed in million square feet.
The report provides:
- A presentation of technologies using transparent conductive coatings.
- A presentation of transparent conductive coating materials with their deposition process and physicochemical properties.
- A discussion of transparent conductive coatings materials performances and cost.
- An overview of recent relevant developments based on scientific and patent literature analysis.
- Profile of current industry players.

INTENDED AUDIENCE
This market research should be of interest to transparent conductive material suppliers and end users, especially the startup and small sized companies entering this market,
as well as film converters equipped in roll–to–roll printers and coaters that are willing to diversify their services. Concurrently, device developer engineers, electronics OEMs and other related companies could be in a better position to evaluate cost and performance advantages of various transparent conductive coatings for their products.
Furthermore, global companies involved in the supply or purchase of transparent conductive coating products could benefit from a report on materials and global
technology serving this rapidly evolving market.
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