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Thin Film Report
NanoMarkets releases new report on thin film solar materials market
Glen Allen, Virginia: Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has just published a new report titled, "Thin-Film Photovoltaics Materials Markets, 2011 and Beyond." The report is part of NanoMarkets ongoing coverage of thin-film and organic photovoltaics markets and includes its latest projections on materials sales for thin-film silicon (TF Si), cadmium telluride (CdTe) and CIGS PV. The report states that despite the end of the silicon shortage and ongoing economic woes, the TFPV materials markets will generate $5.9 billion ($US) in 2016 compared to $2.1 billion in 2011.
This report provides the latest in NanoMarkets' ongoing coverage of the markets for materials for the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) space. NanoMarkets is unique in its coverage of the materials used in TFPV and we have been providing insightful analysis in this space for more than four years.
In this report NanoMarkets:
• Offers a clear assessment and quantification as to where the money will be spent on the major materials that go into TFPV in the next eight years.
• Identifies the materials strategies of the key cell and module players in TFPV, as well as the product/market strategies of the key materials firms supplying into this segment.
• Includes eight-year forecasts of volumes and revenues for the materials used by the three main thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) technologies; CIGS, thin-film silicon, and CdTe.
• Provides market analysis of both the absorber and electrode materials, as well the latest materials-related PV developments such as the use of nanocrystalline silicon, PV inks, flexible substrates and advanced antireflection materials and barrier films.
This report analyzes and quantifies the opportunities for materials in the TFPV space. In addition to providing eight-year forecasts of the core absorber materials, it also forecasts electrode, substrates and encapsulant markets.
The report also provides detailed profiles of the major firms influencing this space including: 5N Plus, Air Liquide, American Elements, Apollo Solar Energy, Applied Materials, Dow Corning, DuPont, Evonik, Indium Corporation, Linde, Oerlikon, Praxair, Redlen, Sputtering Materials, Ulvac, Umicore and Voltaix.
