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Research and Markets: Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for Electronics Applications 2011-2021

Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), graphene and their compounds exhibit extraordinary electrical properties for organic materials, and have a huge potential in electrical and electronic applications such as photovoltaics, sensors, semiconductor devices, displays, conductors, smart textiles and energy conversion devices (e.g., fuel cells, harvesters and batteries). This updated report brings all of this together, covering the latest work from 100 organizations around the world to details of the latest progress applying the technologies. New developments, challenges and opportunities regarding material production and applications are given. Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for electronics applications Depending on their chemical structure, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be used as an alternative to organic or inorganic semiconductors as well as conductors, but the cost is currently the greatest restraint. However, that has the ability to rapidly fall as new, cheaper mass production processes are established, which we cover in this report. In electronics, other than electromagnetic shielding, one of the first large applications for CNTs will be conductors. In addition to their high conductance, they can be transparent, flexible and even stretchable. Here, applications are for displays, replacing ITO; touch screens, photovoltaics and display bus bars and beyond. In addition, interest is high as CNTs have demonstrated mobilities which are magnitudes higher than silicon, meaning that fast switching transistors can be fabricated. In addition, CNTs can be solution processed, i.e. printed. In other words, CNTs will be able to provide high performing devices which can ultimately be made in low cost manufacturing processes such as printing, over large areas. They have application to supercapacitors, which bridge the gap between batteries and capacitors, leveraging the energy density of batteries with the power density of capacitors and transistors. For those involved in making or using carbon nanotubes, or those developing displays, photovoltaics, transistors, energy storage devices and conductors and want to learn about how they can benefit from this technology, this is a must-read report.

Key Topics Covered:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Carbon Nanotubes 1.2. Graphene

2. PROPERTIES 2.1. Properties of CNTs 2.2. Metallic/semiconducting CNT separation 2.3. CNTs as conductors 2.4. Comparison to other conductors 2.5. Comparison to other semiconductors 2.6. Properties of graphene 2.7. Creating a band gap in graphene

3. MANUFACTURE 3.1. Manufacture of CNTs 3.2. Manufacture of Graphene

4. APPLICATIONS 4.1. Printing Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene 4.2. Conductors 4.3. Transistors 4.5. Lighting 4.6. Energy storage devices 4.7. Photovoltaics 4.8. NRAM data storage device 4.9. Sensors and smart textiles 4.10. Thin film speakers

5. COMPANY PROFILES 5.1. Aneeve Nanotechnologies LLC, USA 5.2. Angstron Materials LLC., USA 5.3. Applied Nanotech, USA 5.4. Arry International Group, Hong Kong 5.5. BASF, Germany 5.6. Bayer MaterialScience, Germany 5.7. Brewer Science, USA 5.8. Canatu Ltd., Finland 5.9. Carben Semicon Ltd, Russia 5.10. Carbon Solutions, Inc., USA 5.11. CarboLex, Inc., USA 5.12. Cap-XX Australia 5.13. Case Western Reserve University, USA 5.14. Catalyx Nanotech Inc. (CNI), USA 5.15. CheapTubes, USA 5.16. Chengdu Organic Chemicals Co. Ltd. (Timesnano), China 5.17. CNano Technology Ltd, USA 5.18. Cornell University, USA 5.19. CSIRO, Australia 5.20. And Many More

6. NETWORK PROFILES 6.1. CONTACT 6.2. Inno.CNT 6.3. National Technology Research Association (NTRA) 6.4. TRAMS - Tera-scale reliable Adaptive Memory Systems

7. FORECASTS AND COSTS 7.1. Market Opportunity and roadmap for Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene 7.2. Costs of SWCNTs 7.3. New Focus for Printed Electronics - the importance of flexible electronics 7.4. Focus on invisible electronics 7.5. Shakeout in organics 7.6. Market pull

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