Dublin, Oct. 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cl2pbd/recent_opv)
has announced the addition of the "Recent
OPV Technology and Market Forecast (2009-2020)" report to their
offering.
As cost reduction issues are coming to the fore in the PV industry,
there is growing attention for thin-film solar cells due to the
lower price than that of silicon solar cells, boosting aggressive
R&D. Although thin-film solar cells are still in infancy, they
are expected to come into competition with silicon solar cell in
the near future, considering their advantages such as low energy
consumption, high economic feasibility with a short payback period,
and the manufacturing process allowing large-area products.
Especially, OPVs (organic
photovoltaics) have recently made rapid progress for recent
years, and they are definitely one of the most promising
technologies in the field of next-generation photovoltaics.
Although the OPV market is forming a small part in the entire PV
market now, it is gradually growing thorough small mobile
applications and BIPVs.
Many technological improvements, such as more than 11% effciency
achieved from unit cells using new photoactive layer materials,
suggest that commercialization is just around the corner.
Mitsubishi, which is playing a leading role in the field of OPVs,
is spurring R&D, aiming at entering the commercialization stage
by 2014-2015. Although OPVs show relative low efficiency in
large-area modules employing flexible substrates, there is rapid
progress in efficiency of large-area flexible modules with the
development of continuous printing process technologies, which
increases market expectations for commercialization.
OPVs are expected to enter the full-scale mass-production stage in
2014 with production of 28MW, and continue to grow rapidly,
reaching 94MW in 2015 and more than 1GW in 2020.
This report provides comprehensive analysis of the global OPV
technology and market trend, focusing on
Key Topics Covered:
1. Introduction of OPVs
Part 1. OPV patent/R&D trend and market forecast
2. OPV patent trend analysis
3. OPV R&D trend
4. OPV market analysis and forecast (2009-2020)
Part 2. OPV technology development trend by element
5. OPV technology development trend 1
6. OPV material development trend
7. OPV device and modularization technologies
8. OPV printing process techniques and development trend
9. Conclusion
10. Index
Companies Mentioned
- CDT (Cambridge Display Technology, (UK)
- CPOS (Center for Polymer and Organic Solid, UC Santa Barbara, USA)
- Fraunhofer ISE (Germany)
- GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
- Global Photonic Energy Corporation (GPEC, USA)
- Heliatek (Germany)
- KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
- KIMM (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
- KNP Energy
- KOLON
- KRICT (Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
- Konarka (USA)
- Konkuk University - Fraunhofer Institute
- LG Chem
- LOIS (Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells, Austria)
- Mitsubishi Chemicals (Japan)
- OCM (Optoelectronic Components and Materials Group, USA)
- Plextronics (USA)
- Risoe National Lab (Denmark)
- Solarmer Energy (USA)
- Sumitomo Chemicals (Japan)
- Teijin DuPont Fim (Japan)
- Toray (Japan)
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