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Thin-film PV technologies, both inorganic and organic, offer end users low-cost power source opportunities and suppliers new material sets beyond bulk silicon.
This e-book addresses second- and third-generation thin-film PV technologies, cell and module efficiencies, manufacturing, end-use market segments and future opportunities for chemical and material suppliers.
Executive summary
Introduction and methodology
- Report scope
- Report objective
- Methodology
- List of definitions
Technology developments
- Inorganic thin films
- Manufacturing thin films
- Silicon
- Silicon on glass
- Silicon-germanium
- Cadmium telluride
- CIGS and CIS
- Organic solar cells
- Bulk heterojunctions
- Tandem cells
- Dye-sensitised solar cells
- Printed OPV
- OPV with silicon
Drivers and challenges
- Incentives and subsidies
- Pricing
- Efficiency
- Materials
- Market acceptance
Market trends
- Market by cell type
- Market growth
- Amorphous silicon
- Cadmium telluride
- CIGS
- OPV
End-use markets
- Stationary power
- Rooftop
- Ground-mounted
- BIPV
- Portable power
- Consumer electronics
- Microelectronics
Future trends
- Material and chemical developments
- Substrates
- Active layers
- Contact and conductive layers
- Encapsulant and barrier coatings