Published January 19th 2016 | 200 pages
Since their synthesis over 30 years ago, Quantum Dots (QDs) have featured in a range of optoelectronic devices, including light-emitting devices (LEDs), solar cells, photodiodes, thermoelectrics, photoconductors and field-effect transistors, while QD solutions have been used in a number of in vivo and in vitro imaging, sensing and labelling techniques.
The global market for quantum dots (QD) has witnessed significant growth in the past 12 months and its growth potential is considerable in the next decade. There are now more than 50 companies developing QD materials and applications and QD producer QD Vision recently closed a $22 million funding round on the back of growing demand for wide colour gamut technologies.
A number of quantum dot producers have developed scalable solution production processes and are partnering with multi-national OEMs to use QDs in displays for tablets and high-end TVs. They have collaborated with companies such as Sony, 3M, Amazon, Hisense and ASUS to bring QD-enabled display devices to market in the past 18 months. According to numerous producers, at the the QD material and component level there is a potential $5-$10 billion revenue opportunity in lighting and displays. Penetration in sector such as solar, security, thermoelectrics and magnetics could double these revenues.
This 200 page analysis report on the quantum dots market including market size, technical status, technologies, applications, prospects, products and companies includes:
- Materials, properties and production methods.
- Revenue estimates for quantum dots market to 2025.
- Prices.
- Market assessment in displays, including market drivers, commercialization, manufacturing and product development.
- Market assessment in energy, including market drivers, commercialization, manufacturing and product development.
- Market assessment in biomedicine, including market drivers, commercialization, manufacturing and product development.
- Market assessment in security, including market drivers, commercialization, manufacturing and product development.
- Market assessment in sensors, including market drivers, commercialization, manufacturing and product development.
- Quantum dot global regulations and toxicity.
- 47 company profiles.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY……………………………………………………………………… 17
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………………… 18
Quantum dot displays………………………………………………………………………… 23
Market drivers……………………………………………………………………………………… 25
Growth of the displays market in consumer electronics…………………….. 25
Cheaper than OLED………………………………………………………………………… 26
Growth in the renewable and low-power consumption energy market 26
Need for improved, easy to use medical diagnostics and imaging……. 27
Growth in anti-counterfeiting market……………………………………………….. 27
Need for improved sensors……………………………………………………………….. 28
Market challenges………………………………………………………………………………. 28
Restrictions on cadmium………………………………………………………………….. 28
Cost………………………………………………………………………………………………… 29
Scalability……………………………………………………………………………………….. 29
Competition from OLED in displays…………………………………………………… 29
Dispersion and solubility…………………………………………………………………… 30
NANOMATERIALS…………………………………………………………………………………….. 31
Properties……………………………………………………………………………………………. 31
Categorization……………………………………………………………………………………. 32
QUANTUM DOTS……………………………………………………………………………………… 35
Properties……………………………………………………………………………………………. 35
Synthesis…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 37
Fabrication…………………………………………………………………………………………. 40
Types………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 40
Cadmium Selenide, Cadmium Sulfide and other materials……………….. 40
Cadmium free quantum dots…………………………………………………………… 41
Graphene quantum dots………………………………………………………………… 41
Properties……………………………………………………………………………………… 41
Synthesis………………………………………………………………………………………. 42
Applications…………………………………………………………………………………. 44
Producers……………………………………………………………………………………… 44
Carbon quantum dots (CQds)…………………………………………………………. 45
Properties……………………………………………………………………………………… 45
Applications…………………………………………………………………………………. 45
Quantum rods…………………………………………………………………………………. 46
Properties……………………………………………………………………………………… 46
Applications…………………………………………………………………………………. 47
Producers……………………………………………………………………………………… 47
TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL)……………………………………………………….. 48
QUANTUM DOTS MARKET STRUCTURE………………………………………………………… 49
QUANTUM DOTS REGULATIONS………………………………………………………………… 52
Europe……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 53
Cadmium exemption in TVs and lighting………………………………………….. 54
United States………………………………………………………………………………………. 55
Low Volume Exemption (LVE)…………………………………………………………… 57
New Chemicals Program………………………………………………………………….. 57
Asia……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 58
MARKET SEGMENT ANALYSIS, BY END USER MARKET…………………………………… 59
Revenues and forecasts 2013-2025……………………………………………………… 59
Production and prices………………………………………………………………………… 63
DISPLAYS………………………………………………………………………………………………… 65
Market drivers and trends……………………………………………………………………. 65
Improved performance with less power……………………………………………. 66
Lower cost compared to OLED…………………………………………………………. 67
Benefits of using quantum dots……………………………………………………………. 68
LCDS vs. OLEDs vs. QD-LCDs………………………………………………………………. 68
QD-LCD TVs……………………………………………………………………………………… 71
Synthesis and manufacturing……………………………………………………………… 73
Integration into LCDs………………………………………………………………………… 73
On-edge (edge optic)…………………………………………………………………….. 77
On-surface (film)………………………………………………………………………………. 78
On-chip…………………………………………………………………………………………… 79
QLED-TVs…………………………………………………………………………………………. 79
Quantum rods…………………………………………………………………………………. 79
Quantum converters with red phosphors………………………………………….. 80
QD-LCD products………………………………………………………………………………… 81
Industry and research developments 2013-2016………………………………….. 83
Market size and opportunity……………………………………………………………….. 85
Companies…………………………………………………………………………………………. 88
PHOTOVOLTAICS……………………………………………………………………………………. 89
Market drivers and trends……………………………………………………………………. 89
Rising demand for solar power…………………………………………………………. 89
Need to reduce cost of solar technology………………………………………….. 90
Need for new materials to overcome conventional silicon solar cell shortcomings 90
Benefits of using quantum dotS…………………………………………………………… 91
Metal—semiconductor/ Schottky QD junction solar cell……………………. 92
Silicon/QD Film Hydrid Solar Cells……………………………………………………… 93
Silicon/Graphene QD Film Hydrid Solar Cells…………………………………….. 94
Depleted-heterojunction QD solar cell……………………………………………… 94
QD-sensitized solar cells (QDSSC)………………………………………………………. 95
Challenges………………………………………………………………………………………. 97
Industry and research developments 2013-2016………………………………….. 98
Market size and opportunity……………………………………………………………….. 99
Companies……………………………………………………………………………………….. 102
LED LIGHTING……………………………………………………………………………………….. 104
Market drivers and trends………………………………………………………………….. 104
Need to develop low-cost lighting………………………………………………….. 104
Environmental……………………………………………………………………………….. 105
Limited efficiency of phosphors in LEDs……………………………………………. 105
Shortcomings with LED lighting technologies…………………………………… 106
Benefits of using quantum dots………………………………………………………….. 106
Horticultural lighting……………………………………………………………………….. 111
Industry and research developments 2013-2016………………………………… 111
Market size and opportunity……………………………………………………………… 112
Companies……………………………………………………………………………………….. 115
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE………………………………………………………….. 117
Market drivers and trends………………………………………………………………….. 118
Growth in point-of-care diagnostics market……………………………………. 118
Need to improved medical imaging………………………………………………. 119
Need for improved drug delivery……………………………………………………. 119
Shortcomings of chemotherapies……………………………………………………. 121
Benefits of using quantum dots………………………………………………………….. 121
Diagnostics…………………………………………………………………………………….. 122
Biomarkers………………………………………………………………………………….. 123
Photodynamic therapy………………………………………………………………. 123
Point-of-care………………………………………………………………………………. 124
Drug delivery…………………………………………………………………………………. 124
Challenges……………………………………………………………………………………….. 125
Industry and research developments 2013-2016………………………………… 126
Market size and opportunity……………………………………………………………… 126
Companies……………………………………………………………………………………….. 128
SECURITY AND ANTI-COUNTERFEITING…………………………………………………….. 131
Market drivers and trends………………………………………………………………….. 131
Growth in counterfeiting and need for improved security……………….. 131
Combating counterfeiting in 3D Printing…………………………………………. 132
Benefits of using quantum dots………………………………………………………….. 132
Market size and opportunity……………………………………………………………… 133
Companies……………………………………………………………………………………….. 136
SENSORS………………………………………………………………………………………………. 138
Market drivers and trends………………………………………………………………….. 138
Increased power and performance with reduced cost…………………… 138
Enhanced sensitivity………………………………………………………………………. 138
Growth in the home diagnostics and point of care market……………… 139
Benefits of using quantum dots………………………………………………………….. 140
Food sensors…………………………………………………………………………………… 140
Chemical and gas sensors……………………………………………………………… 140
Biosensors………………………………………………………………………………………. 141
Image sensors………………………………………………………………………………… 141
Market size and opportunity……………………………………………………………… 143
Companies……………………………………………………………………………………….. 146
OTHER MARKETS AND APPLICATIONS………………………………………………………. 147
Batteries……………………………………………………………………………………………. 147
Properties………………………………………………………………………………………. 147
Companies……………………………………………………………………………………. 147
Thermoelectrics…………………………………………………………………………………. 149
Properties………………………………………………………………………………………. 149
Companies……………………………………………………………………………………. 150
Lasers………………………………………………………………………………………………… 150
Companies……………………………………………………………………………………. 151
Photocatalysts………………………………………………………………………………….. 152
Spectrometers…………………………………………………………………………………… 152
Quantum computing………………………………………………………………………… 153
COMPANY PROFILES……………………………………………………………………………… 155-201
Industry collaborations and partnerships……………………………………………. 155
Producers, types of QDs produced and target markets…………………….. 156
TABLES
Table 1: Total QD revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates. 20
Table 2: Commercially available quantum dot display products……………. 24
Table 3: Categorization of nanomaterials……………………………………………….. 33
Table 4: Chemical synthesis of quantum dots…………………………………………. 37
Table 5: Comparison of graphene QDs and semiconductor QDs……………… 42
Table 6: Synthesis of CQDs and GQDS…………………………………………………….. 44
Table 7: Graphene quantum dot producers…………………………………………… 44
Table 8: Applications of carbon quantum dots………………………………………. 45
Table 9: Quantum rod producers……………………………………………………………. 47
Table 10: Potential niche markets for QD products………………………………….. 49
Table 11: Quantum dots market structure……………………………………………….. 50
Table 12: Total QD revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates. 59
Table 13: Production of quantum dots……………………………………………………. 63
Table 14: Example prices of quantum dots……………………………………………… 63
Table 15: Advantages and disadvantages of LCDs, OLEDs and QDs………… 69
Table 16: Approaches for integrating QDs into displays…………………………… 74
Table 17: Commercially available quantum dot display products………….. 82
Table 18: Commercial development and research highlights in quantum dots in LCDs and OLEDs 2013-2016………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 83
Table 19: Total QD display component revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 86
Table 20: Quantum dots product and application developers in displays. 88
Table 21: Schottky QD Junction solar cells………………………………………………. 93
Table 22: Comparison of third generation solar cells………………………………… 97
Table 23: Commercial development and research highlights in quantum dots in photovoltaics, 2013-2016………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 98
Table 24: Total QD photovoltaic component revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates…………………………………………………………………………………………. 100
Table 25: Quantum dots product and application developers in photovoltaics. 102
Table 26: QD-LEDs and External quantum efficiencies (EQE)………………….. 109
Table 27: Commercial development and research highlights in quantum dots in LED lighting 2013-2016………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 111
Table 28: Total QD LED lighting component revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates…………………………………………………………………………………………. 113
Table 29: Quantum dots product and application developers in solid-state lighting. 115
Table 30: Commercial development and research highlights in quantum dots in biotechnology and medicine 2013-2016………………………………………………………………………… 126
Table 31: Total QD revenues in biotechnology and medicine 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates………………………………………………………………………….. 127
Table 32: Quantum dots product and application developers in biomedicine. 128
Table 33: Total QD revenues in anti-counterfeiting and security 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates………………………………………………………………………….. 134
Table 34: Quantum dots product and application developers in security. 136
Table 35: Quantum dot sensors and applications…………………………………. 142
Table 36: Total QD revenues in sensors 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates. 144
Table 37: Quantum dots product and application developers in sensors. 146
Table 38: Quantum dots product and application developers in batteries. 148
Table 39: Quantum dots product and application developers in thermoelectrics. 150
Table 40: Quantum dots product and application developers in lasers…. 151
Table 41: Quantum dots collaborations and partnerships……………………… 155
Table 42: Quantum dot producers-Types of dots produced, target markets and estimated revenues………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 156
FIGURES
Figure 1: Total QD revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates. 21
Figure 2: Projected QD industry sales 2025 based on conservative estimates, %. 22
Figure 3: Projected QD industry sales 2025 based on optimistic estimates, %. 23
Figure 3: Quantum dot…………………………………………………………………………… 35
Figure 4: Schematic of (a) CQDs and (c) GQDs……………………………………….. 43
Figure 5: Technology Readiness Level (TRL) for quantum dots…………………… 48
Figure 7: Total QD revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates. 60
Figure 8: Projected QD industry sales 2025 based on conservative estimates, %. 61
Figure 9: Projected QD industry sales 2025 based on optimistic estimates, %. 62
Figure 7: Samsung QD-LCD TVs……………………………………………………………….. 66
Figure 8: The light-blue curve represents a typical spectrum from a conventional white-LED LCD TV. With quantum dots, the spectrum is tunable to any colours of red, green, and blue, and each Color is limited to a narrow band…………………………………………………………………… 72
Figure 9: Methods for integrating QDs into LCD System. (a) On-chip (b) On-edge. (c) On-surface. 76
Figure 10: On-edge configuration…………………………………………………………… 77
Figure 11: QD-film integration into a standard LCD display………………………. 78
Figure 12: Quantum phosphor schematic in LED TV backlight…………………. 80
Figure 13: Total QD display component revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates…………………………………………………………………………………………… 87
Figure 14: (a) Schematic of Schottky barrier quantum dots based solar cell. 92
Figure 15: (a) Schematic diagram of Depleted-heterojunction Colloidal Quantum Dots Solar Cells. (b) energy band diagram………………………………………………………………………. 95
Figure 16: Schematic of QD Solar Cell…………………………………………………….. 96
Figure 17: Doped quantum dot LSC……………………………………………………….. 97
Figure 18: Total QD photovoltaics component revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates…………………………………………………………………………………………. 101
Figure 19: Fourth generation QD-LEDs……………………………………………………. 108
Figure 20: Total QD LED lighting component revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates…………………………………………………………………………………………. 114
Figure 21: Total QD revenues in biotechnology and medicine revenues 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates………………………………………………………………….. 128
Figure 22: Total QD revenues in in anti-counterfeiting and security 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates………………………………………………………………………….. 136
Figure 23: InVisage QuantumFilm schematic…………………………………………. 142
Figure 24: Total QD revenues in in sensors 2013-2025 ($M), conservative and optimistic estimates. 145
Figure 25: StoreDot battery charger………………………………………………………. 148
Figure 26: Schematic of QD laser device……………………………………………….. 151
Figure 27: Quantum dot spectrometer………………………………………………….. 153
