Transparent Electronics: Technologies and Global Markets

Report Highlights

• BCC predicts that the market size for transparent electronics components will grow at a steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10% over the next 5 years. The market is valued at $76.4 billion in 2010 and is expected to reach $123 billion in 2015.
• BCC forecasts an extremely promising future for the usage of organic material in transparent electronics and that its market share will increase from about 3% in 2010 to more than 16% in 2015. This sector is valued at $2.1 billion in 2010 and is expected to increase at a nearly 60% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to $20.3 billion in 2015.
• The inorganic material sector is worth an estimated $74 billion in 2010 and is expected to grow to $103 billion in 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 6.7%.

INTRODUCTION

• Transparency to light
• Conductance of electricity

• Forecasting the market size for overall transparent electronics components based on inorganic material in value and volume terms.
• Forecasting the market size for overall transparent electronics components based on organic material in value and volume terms. 
• Breaking down the overall transparent electronics components based on the inorganic material market, on the basis of indium tin oxide (ITO) and other inorganic material.
• Breaking down the overall transparent electronics components based on the organic material market, on the basis of conducting polymers and carbon nanotubes (CNT) and other nanomaterial.
• Breaking down the overall transparent electronics components based on the organic and inorganic material market, on the basis of usage scenarios such solar and photovoltaic (PV) cells, touch surfaces, mainstream displays and unconventional substrates.
• Breaking down the overall transparent electronics components based on the organic and inorganic material market, on the basis of end user device categories such as personal computing (PC), consumer electronics (CE), telecommunications, automotive, as well as scientific, industrial and other applications.
• Breaking down the overall transparent electronics components based on the organic and inorganic material market, on the basis of geographical regions such as the Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia–Pacific (APAC).
• Breaking down the overall transparent electronics components market based on usage scenarios, on the basis of end user device categories such as personal computing (PC), consumer electronics (CE), telecommunications, automotive, as well as scientific, industrial and other applications.
• Breaking down the overall transparent electronics components market based on usage scenarios, on the basis of geographical regions such as Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia–Pacific (APAC).
• Analyzing the applications, drivers and prospects for the overall transparent electronics components market with respect to different organic and inorganic material.
• Analyzing the applications, drivers and prospects for the overall transparent electronics components market with respect to different usage scenarios.
• Analyzing the stakeholder value chain in the transparent electronics market.
• Analyzing the patenting activity involving transparent conductors.

• Material and component suppliers of ITO
• Semiconductor companies that need to keep tabs on, not just the market size for different materials and usage scenarios, but also on the latest in process and material innovation
• Material and process innovators for market size assessments of the components embedding their materials and the primary users of their products
• Device original equipment manufacturers for analyses of the technology and business strengths and weaknesses of components banking on a diverse material base
• Universities and research institutes that wish to keep abreast of the activities of varied innovators in this domain
• Foundries, fabless companies, engineering manufacturing service providers and other stakeholders in the mainstream electronics industry who wish to involve themselves in the transparent electronics network.

• Inorganic material–based transparent electronics components. The material categories include ITO and other inorganic material.
• Organic material–based transparent electronics components. The material categories include conducting polymer and CNT and other nanomaterial.
• The definition of component differs according to usage scenario. The usage scenarios include solar/PV cells, touch surfaces, mainstream displays, and unconventional substrates.

• Value in millions of dollars
• Volume in millions of units
• Market by end–application categories such as telecommunications, PC, CE, automotive, as well as scientific, industrial and others
• Market by geographical regions such as the Americas, EMEA and APAC

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