Organic Electronics

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July 2008

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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
• Electronic Building Blocks
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
  • Organic Photovoltaic Cells
  • Small-Molecule Photovoltaic Cells
  • Organic Thin-Film Transistors
  • Capacitors
  • Transparent Electrodes
• Coatings, Additives, and Compounds
  • Static-Dissipative Coatings, Additives, and Thermoplastic Compounds
  • Corrosion-Control Coatings
  • 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
  • Electrophoretic Front Planes
  • 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
  • RFID Implementation

Areas to Monitor

• OLED Televisions
• Flexible Displays
• Adoption of RFID Technology
• Organic Solar-Cell Efficiency
• Nanoparticle-Enabled Systems
• Performance of White OLEDs
• Lifetimes of Blue Emitters
• Charge-Carrier Mobility
• Electrical Conductivity
• Solution Processability

Implications of Commercialization

• Lightweight, Innovative Consumer-Electronic Devices
• Supply-Chain Management
• Energy-Efficient Products
• Ubiquitous Use of Organic Electronic Materials

Opportunities

• Capacitors
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Corrosion-Control Coatings
• Electroluminescent Lamps
• Electromechanical Actuators
• Flexible Displays
  • High-Resolution E-Paper Displays
  • High-Resolution OLED Displays
  • Low-Resolution Electrochromic and PLED Displays
• Lighting
  • Recent Advances in OLED Lighting
  • Government Initiatives
• Memory
• OLED Displays
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Photovoltaic (Solar) Cells
  • Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
  • Polymer and Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells
  • Materials for Organic Solar Cells
• Printed-Circuit-Board Fabrication
  • Copper Through-Hole Plating
  • Solderable Surface Finishes
• Printed Electronics
• Sensors
• Static-Control Products
  • Static-Dissipative Coatings
  • Static-Dissipative Thermoplastics
• Touch Screens

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