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Sunny opportunities TCOs (AZO and FTO) as much as ITO.
Thin film photovoltaics (TFPV) stands out as the ITO is not heavily used in the cost conscious
only application in which ITO does not lead. TFPV sector. This area is attracting considerable
Only organic photovoltaics (OPV) and closely attention from makers of ITO substitutes
related dye-sensitized cell (DSC) PV, the lowest for a number of reasons such as the PV industry
volume technologies and the furthest from has continued to experience growth. Another
commercialisation, use mainly ITO for their relates to flexibility. The TFPV industry is
transparent conductors. heading toward flexibility in higher end
The most recent entries onto the TFPV products.
commercial landscape, CdTe PV and CIGS PV, As such, NanoMarkets expects non-ITO
mainly use alternative TCOs (fluorine-doped tin TCOs to remain dominant in the TFPV segment
oxide for CdTe and aluminum-doped zinc oxide throughout the forecast period. ITO is not
for CIGS). And the long-established amorphous expected to make any increase to its fairly low
silicon (a-Si) PV industry, although it used mainly market share; instead, the more flexible
ITO prior to about 2000, now uses alternative alternatives will make inroads into this market.
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