Printed Electronics - Overcoming Barriers to Commercialization

In the early stages of this industry, technologists have reported that life, performance and cost are variously delaying progress. However, lack of imagination is also holding things up. The most important challenges vary between the different types of component being developed and some are summarized below. They include Thin Film Transistor Circuits (TFTCs) combined with antennas to form RFID labels and the various forms of thin film photovoltaics, being launched in 2007/8.