Inorganic Printed Electronics – The Great Opportunity

Strong market growth
In 2007 IDTechEx find that the amount spent on inorganic electronic components and inorganic materials for composite components will be $482.7 million. Much of this is in fairly mature markets – metal flake ink used for conductors in heated windscreens, membrane keyboards and circuit boards and disposable sensors for the 2.2 billion glucose sensor labels sold yearly. However, also making an impact in 2007 in this figure are electrophoretic, electroluminescent and electrochromic displays, laminar batteries and thin film photovoltaics. In 2007 inorganic semiconductors are being developed but not yet sold, but by 2012 IDTechEx see that inorganic semiconductors will be 30 percent of the thin film semiconductor market versus 70 percent for organic semiconductors.