NanoMarkets, the
leading provider of industry analysis and market and technology research services
for companies competing for or interested in thin film, organic and printable
electronics related markets, has announced that it is continuing its coverage
of markets for nanocrystalline silicon and printed silicon devices with a new
report, "Opportunities for Nanosilicon: 2009 to 2016." This report
provides an eight-year forecast of nanocrystalline silicon devices and subsystems
used for photovoltaics, memories, display backplanes, and RFID devices, as well
as other smaller applications. According to the report, revenues from nanocrystalline
silicon products will reach around $2.1 billion in 2016.
Further details about the report are available at www.nanomarkets.net. Executive
summaries for registered press are available upon request.
Key findings:
Photovoltaics will be the largest segment of the nanosilicon market with revenues
from this segment reaching $1.5 billion in 2016. The report notes that although
nanosilicon PV technology is in its infancy, it could solve some of the toughest
problems currently facing the thin-film/flexible PV business. Nanosilicon PV
requires far less complex and expensive encapsulation than CIGS or organic PV,
while at the same time promising higher conversion efficiencies than amorphous
silicon PV.
The nonvolatile memory industry is seeking options to allow continued scaling
of memory arrays beyond what is possible with conventional floating-gate memory
technology. One solution is to use silicon nanocrystals as the floating gates
making charge retention more robust and reducing the thickness of gate oxide
required to prevent leakage. Device-level revenues generated by nanocrystalline
silicon floating gate memories are likely to reach well over $300 million by
2016.
Nanosilicon thin-film transistors (TFTs) have many advantages, some of which
are similar to those of organic TFTs (OTFTs); they can be created with low-cost
materials and deposition methods, for example. However, nanosilicon TFTs can
offer much higher performance than OTFTs, as well as a greater tolerance to
moisture and air exposure. NanoMarkets believes that nanosilicon TFTs for RFID
in particular will quickly become cost competitive with the current conventional
silicon solutions for RFID. By 2016, the value of nanosilicon TFT backplanes
and RFID tags combined with reach about $315 million.
About the Report:
This new report from NanoMarkets analyzes and quantifies the nanosilicon market
in 2009 and beyond, showing how it is doing in the current difficult economic
situation and pointing to where the use of silicon nanomaterials and structures
can still produce profits. This report covers the complete range of nanosilicon
applications that are likely to yield significant market opportunities in the
next eight years. Companies mentioned in this report include Atmel, Cima NanoTech,
Dow Corning, First Solar, Freescale, Infineon, Innovalight, Intel, Kenmos Photovoltaic,
Kovio, NanoGram, NanoPV, Nanosys, OTB Solar, Roth & Rau, Samsung, Sanyo,
Solasta, Solexant, Solexel, STMicroeelctronics, SunFlake and Toshiba.