Organic Electronics
Technology Map Detailed Contents
April 2021
Importance of the Technology
The Technology in Brief
- Small-Molecule Organic Electronic Materials
- OLED Materials
- Semiconductors
- Polymeric Electronic Materials
- Light-Emitting Polymers
- Semiconductive and Conductive Polymers
- Properties of Organic Electronic Materials
- Light Emission
- Charge-Carrier Mobility
- Electrical Conductivity
- Electroactivity
- Electrochromaticity
- Organic Electronics Processing
- Vapor-Phase Processing
- Printing Processes
- Rapid Curing
- Integration
- Electronic Building Blocks
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
- Organic Photovoltaic Cells
- Organic Thin-Film Transistors
- Capacitors
- Transparent Electrodes
- Coatings, Additives, and Compounds
- Static-Dissipative Coatings, Additives, and Thermoplastic Compounds
- Chemicals for Printed-Circuit-Board Fabrication
Commercial Development Parameters
- Demand Factors
- Consumer Interest in Thin, Lightweight Electronic Devices
- Use of Static-Control Materials in Manufacturing
- General Constraints
- Optimized Manufacturing Processes
- Improved Materials
- Synergistic Technologies
- Nanomaterials
- Ferroelectric Polymers
- Amorphous-Silicon and Polysilicon TFTs
- Thin-Film Deposition and Printing Technologies
- Competing Technologies
- Alternative Electrical and Electronic Materials
- Rival Display-, PV-, Lighting-, and Printed-Electronic Technologies
- Required Resources
- Regulatory Factors
- WEEE, RoHS, and Other Environmental Legislation
- Renewable-Energy Use
- Energy-Conservation Initiatives
Areas to Monitor
- OLED Televisions
- Flexible Displays
- The Internet of Things
- Organic Solar-Cell Efficiency
- Nanomaterial-Enabled Systems
- Performance of White OLEDs
- Lifetimes of Blue Emitters
- Charge-Carrier Mobility
- Electrical Conductivity
- Solution Processability
Implications of Commercialization
Opportunities
- Capacitors
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Electrochromic Mirrors and Windows
- Electrochromic Mirrors
- Electrochromic Windows
- Electroluminescent Lamps
- Transparent Conducting Films
- OLED Displays
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Flexible Displays
- Low-Resolution Electrochromic and PLED Displays
- High-Resolution OLED Displays
- Lighting
- OLED Commercialization
- Technical Challenges
- Performance Standards
- Prospects for OLED Lighting
- Memory
- Key Players in Rewritable Organic Memory
- Thinfilm Ferroelectric Polymer Memory
- Developers of Nonrewritable Organic Memory (ROM and WORM)
- Photovoltaic (Solar) Cells
- Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
- Polymer and Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells
- Printed-Circuit-Board Fabrication
- Copper Through-Hole Plating
- Solderable Surface Finishes
- Printed Electronics
- Commercial Products
- Developmental Products
- Sensors
- Static-Control Products
- Static-Dissipative Coatings
- Static-Dissipative Thermoplastics
- Medical Electronics
- Smart Textiles
Updates
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