Printed Electronics Gets More Ambitious

Of the developers of new PV, about half are academic, but many of these are spinning off start-ups. The largest number of developers is in Europe, but the USA is investing as much as any territory. In Japan, a large number of major corporations is involved, including Honda setting up reel to reel CIGS production in the last year. This new industry is addressing the needs of two billion people that lack access to electricity and the two billion mobile phone owners who want to avoid flat batteries and much more besides. No one will need convincing that this is a huge new industry in the making.