Executive Summary
E.1 Key Trends in Thin-Film and Organic Photovoltaics Manufacturing
E.1.1 Opportunity #1: Ramping Up TFPV Manufacturing Capacity
E.2 Implications and Opportunities for Manufacturing Equipment Firms
E.2.1 Opportunity #2: Selling Machinery for R2R and Flexibility
E.2.2 Opportunity #3: Improving Printed PV
E.2.3 Opportunity #4: Improved Classical Deposition Techniques
E.2.4 Opportunity #5: Beyond Proprietariness—"Off-the-Shelf" Equipment?
E.3 Implications and Opportunities for Materials Firms
E.3.1 Opportunity #6: New Processes Need New Materials
E.4 Manufacturing-Related Opportunities for Solar Panel Makers
E.5 Key Innovators in Organic and Thin-Film Photovoltaics Manufacturing
E.6 Summary of Manufacturing Capacity Forecasts and Equipment Shipments
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 Perspective #1: Manufacturing and PV Conversion Efficiencies
1.1.2 Perspective #2: Manufacturing and Cost Reduction
1.1.3 Perspective #3: Manufacturing and Intellectual Property
1.1.4 Perspective #4: Integrated Approaches to Manufacturing
1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
1.3 Methodology and Scope of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report
Chapter Two: Key Manufacturing Trends in Organic and Thin-Film Photovoltaics
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 TFPV/OPV Patterning Trends and Laser Scribing
2.2 Batch Processing and the Evolution to R2R Fabrication and Flexible Substrates
2.2.1 Flexibility, Substrates and TFPV
2.2.2 R2R Everywhere
2.3 Potential of Novel Fabrication Techniques in Thin-Film/Organic PV Manufacturing
2.3.1 The Future of Sputtering
2.3.2 PECVD and its Variations
2.3.3 Other Vapor Deposition Approaches
2.3.4 Printing and Solution Processing
2.3.5 Proprietary Techniques and Development of Proprietary Equipment
2.4 Impact of New Materials on Manufacturing
2.4.1 New PV Materials
2.4.2 Contact Materials
2.4.3 Encapsulants
2.5 Health, Safety and Environmental Concerns in the PV Factory
2.5.1 Health and Safety Issues
2.5.2 Environmental Issues
2.5.3 Issues Related to Nanomaterials
2.6 Summary and Analysis of Current Manufacturing Performance
2.6.1 Yields
2.6.2 Throughput and Economies of Scale
2.6.3 Energy Conversion Efficiency Achievements
2.7 Key Points Made in this Chapter
Chapter Three: Profiles and Analysis of Existing Thin-Film and Organic Photovoltaics Facilities
3.1 Approaches to a-Si and Nanosilicon Cell Manufacturing
3.1.1 A Note on Silicon Nanomaterials
3.1.2 Note on HIT Cells
3.1.3 Manufacturing Profile A: EPV Solar
3.1.4 Manufacturing Profile B: Flexcell
3.1.5 Manufacturing Profile C: Innovalight
3.1.6 Manufacturing Profile D: PowerFilm
3.1.7 Manufacturing Profile E: Sharp
3.1.8 Manufacturing Profile F: Uni-Solar
3.2 Approaches to CIGS Cell Manufacturing
3.2.1 Printing, Vacuum Deposition and CIGS
3.2.2 CIGS: Cell Structures, Materials and Manufacturing
3.2.3 Manufacturing Profile G: DayStar Technologies
3.2.4 Manufacturing Profile H: Global Solar
3.2.5 Manufacturing Profile I: HelioVolt
3.2.6 Manufacturing Profile J: Miasolé
3.2.7 Manufacturing Profile K: Nanosolar
3.3 Approaches to CdTe Cell Manufacturing
3.3.1 Manufacturing Profile L: First Solar
3.4 Approaches to OPV Cell Manufacturing
3.4.1 Manufacturing Profile M: Konarka Technologies
3.4.2 Manufacturing Profile N: G24 Innovations
3.5 Key Points Made in this Chapter
Chapter Four: Organic and Thin-Film PV Capacity Forecasts
4.1 Introduction and Forecasting Methodology
4.1.1 Forecasting Capacity
4.1.2 Forecasting Equipment
4.1.3 Changes from Previous NanoMarkets Reports
4.1.4 Data Sources
4.2 Eight-year Capacity Forecasts by Type of Material Processed
4.2.1 Amorphous Silicon
4.2.2 CIS/CIGS
4.2.3 CdTe
4.2.4 OPV
4.2.5 Summary of Capacity Forecasts
4.3 Eight-year Capacity Forecasts by Type of Manufacturing Equipment Used
4.3.1 Assessment of Total Capital Expenditure by the TFPV and OPV Sectors
4.3.2 a-Si Equipment
4.3.3 CIS/CIGS Equipment
4.3.4 CdTe Equipment
4.3.5 OPV Equipment
4.4 Summary of OPV/TFPV Equipment Forecasts by Material and Equipment Type
4.5 Geographical Forecasts of TFPV/OPV Capacity
Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in this Report
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