Executive Summary
E.1 Evolution of OPV and DSC Technologies
E.1.1 Organic Photovoltaics (OPV)
E.1.2 Dye Sensitized Cells (DSCs)
E.2 Evolution of OPV and DSC Markets
E.2.1 Current Applications Development Efforts
E.2.2 Analysis of Market Opportunities for OPV and DSC Technologies
E.3 DSC and OPV Firms to Watch
E.3.1 DSC Suppliers
E.3.2 OPV Suppliers
E.4 Investment Trends in OPV
E.4.1 VC and Other Private Investment
E.4.2 Government Investment
E.5 Summary of Market Projections
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 The Rise of New PV Materials
1.1.2 Enter OPV
1.1.3 New Materials for OPV
1.1.4 Markets for OPV and DSC
1.2 Objectives and Scope of this Report
1.3 Methodology of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report
Chapter Two: Technologies and Materials for Organic Photovoltaics
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Benefits of OPV
2.2.1 Cost
2.2.2 Flexibility and Weight
2.3 Areas for Improvement in OPV Technology
2.3.1 Conversion Efficiencies
2.3.2 Environmental and Long-term Stability
2.3.3 Other
2.4 Materials for OPV
2.4.1 Polymers
2.4.2 Small Molecules
2.4.3 Dye Sensitized Cells (DSCs)
2.4.4 Use of Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes and Nanocrystals
2.4.5 Encapsulation, Barrier Coatings and Substrates
2.4.6 Other Materials
2.5 Device Architectures
2.5.1 Bulk Heterojunctions (BHJs)
2.5.2 Tandem Cells
2.6 Manufacturing Approaches
2.6.1 Printing and Solution Processing
2.6.2 Vacuum Deposition
2.6.3 Alternative Deposition Methods
2.7 Key Points in this Chapter
Chapter Three: Applications for OPV
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Traditional Solar Panels
3.3 Integrated Building Systems
3.3.1 Roofing
3.3.2 Smart Windows and Walls
3.4 Consumer Electronics
3.4.1 Onboard Battery Chargers for Handheld Devices
3.4.2 Standalone Battery Chargers
3.4.3 Calculators
3.4.4 Watches
3.5 Smart Fabrics
3.5.1 Military Uniforms
3.5.2 Smart Curtains
3.6 Signage
3.7 Progress Toward On-Grid Power Generation
3.7.1 Markets in the U.S
3.7.2 Markets in Europe
3.8 Packaging Applications
3.9 Key Points in this Chapter
Chapter Four: Profiles of OPV Technology and Materials Developers
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Dyesol Limited
4.3 Global Photonic Energy Corporation (GPEC)
4.4 G24 Innovations (G24i)
4.4.1 BASF
4.4.2 Cardiff University
4.5 Heliatek
4.5.1 Heliatek and the Bosch/BASF Alliance
4.6 Konarka Technologies
4.6.1 Materials Partners
4.6.2 Scale-up partners
4.6.3 Application Partners
4.7 Merck/EMD
4.7.1 BASF, Bosch, Merck and Schott Alliance
4.8 Peccell Technologies
4.9 Plextronics
4.10 Solarmer (AMREL)
4.11 Others
4.11.1 Botest Systems
4.11.2 Eikos
4.11.3 Isovolta Group
4.11.4 Matsushita
4.11.5 Mitsubishi
4.11.6 Orionsolar
4.11.7 Seiki / Toyota
4.11.8 Solaris Nanosciences Corporation
4.11.9 Solaronix SA
4.11.10 Vitex Systems
4.12 Research Institutions
4.12.1 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)Michael Gratzel
4.12.2 Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) Andreas Gombert and Michael Niggemann
4.12.3 Johannes Kepler Univeristy's Linzer Institut für Organische Solarzellen (LIOS) - Serdar Sariciftci
4.12.4 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
4.12.5 OE-A/VDMA
4.12.6 PETEC
Chapter Five: Eight-Year Forecasts of Organic and Dye Sensitized Cell Photovoltaics
5.1 Forecasting Methodology
5.1.1 Data Sources
5.1.2 Scope of Forecast
5.2 Assessment of Emerging Capacity for DSC and OPV Production
5.2.1 DSC
5.2.2 OPV
5.3 Forecast of DSC and OPV Capacity Utilization and Production
5.4 Forecast by Application
5.4.1 DSC
5.4.2 OPV
5.4.3 Summary of Forecasts by Materials and Differences from Previous NanoMarkets Forecasts
5.5 Forecast of Manufacturing Technology
5.6 How Much Confidence Should You Have in These Forecasts?
Appendix 1 - Methodology for Reporting Cell Efficiencies
Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in This Report
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