Feb 24 2011
Reportlinker.com has announced a new addition to their catalogue, a market research report titled, ‘Organic and Dye-Sensitized Cell Photovoltaics: Materials, Applications and Opportunities 2010.
It is a well known fact that Organic PV (OPV) would not be easily able to equal the conversion efficiencies demonstrated by the inorganic thin film PV technologies or even that shown by silicon PV. However, it scores cost wise and is thus expected to compete with its other superior rivals. But now even this cost factor assumption is being challenged as the cost of OPV has not decreased rapidly as it should have, while other competing technologies have made more rapid reductions in cost. Thus OPV cannot claim to be the cheapest PV technology anymore.
The new NanoMarkets report then goes on to show that this need not be the end for OPV, and analyzes comprehensively its prospects and what applications would safeguard the OPV market and help it grow. OPV’s unique features such as ease of manufacturing and tremendous flexible properties would prove to be an asset when compared to inorganic TFPVs and permit its entrance into markets where other PV technologies cannot penetrate. The report also discusses the situations and the methods, which could be used where these distinguishing features could be changed into opportunities for growth. They also evaluate the places where dye sensitized cells (DSCs) and other hybrid organic and inorganic PVs are successful, mainly in constructing the integrated PV. The latest forecasts and analysis for the opportunities available for the DSC and the OPV are also given in the report. According to the report, the growth prospects for the DSC/OPV market are very different now when compared to what was predicted a year ago. Hence this report is a must for any company, which tries to generate new business opportunities in the industry.