Transparent conducting films market ready to grow with touch enabled device

7 Jul
2014

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Transparent conducting films are electrically conductive and optically transparent in thin layers. For photovoltaic applications, they are fabricated from inorganic and organic materials.

Its numerous uses have been discovered. Allied Market Research conducted a brief study on the Transparent conducting films market. The study conducted helped to figure out its future growth rate and opportunities. The report in its study has found out that the market would reach an astounding figure of $5.86 billion by 2020. This is sure to give a positive wave throughout the market.

Market Drivers:-

Rise in demand for touch UI
Technological advancements
Low power consumption
Minimal reflection
Thinness and flexibility & robustness of TCF

Market Restraints:-

Lack of one-size-fits-all solution
Multiplicity of options for a specific application

Major technology utilized to manufacture TCF are TO on glass, non-ITO oxides, silver nanowire, ITO on PET, carbon nanotubes, graphene, micro fine wire, PEDOT, and metal mesh. With 90% revenue share, ITO technology leads the market. ITO on glass had around 76.6% of the revenue share in 2013.

The end user segments of the market are Smartphone, notebooks, tablets and tablet PCs, all-in-one PCs, OLED lighting, monitors & TV displays, OPV & DSSC. Rising demand for touch devices is primarily driving the market growth. Similarly, increasing use of Tablets and Smartphone’s are contributing towards the market growth. All-in-one PCs has a little market share, yet it has great potential to grow during the analyzed period.

Asia Pacific leads the global market as major electronic manufacturing companies are based there. North America holds the second highest share in the overall market.

Some of the key firms identified in the report are:

3M Company
Oike & Co., Ltd.
Nitto Denko Corporation
Toyobo Corporation
Dupont Teijin Films
Eastman Kodak
Fujifilm Holdings Corporation
Canatu Oy
DONTECH Inc.
Cambrios Technologies Corporation
Rolith

Akhilesh Prabhugaonkar

Author's Bio- Akhilesh Prabhugaonkar holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from the reputed Vishwakarma Institute of Technology. He has a special interest in the fields of forensics, world history, international relations and foreign policy, sports, agriculture, astronomy, security, and oceanography. An ardent bibliophile and melophile, Akhilesh loves to write on topics of his interest and various other societal issues. This love for writing made him enter the professional world of content writing and pursue his career in this direction.

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