Structural Electronics: Global Technology Assessment, Market Analysis and Future Growth Trends

Structural electronics (SE) is one of the most significant technological developments in the recent years. SE involves electronic and electrical components and circuits that act as load-bearing, protective structures, replacing structures such as vehicle bodies or conformally placed upon them.

A key competence of structural electronics is to decrease the weight of a product. This feature is of huge interest to the aerospace industry which is usually the first adopter, the automotive industry and in civil engineering. Also, SE offers flexibility of components, that enables space optimization and connectivity of white goods and consumer electronic products.

Some applications of structural electronics include altering aircraft using shape memory alloys, car with printed organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting on inside and outside of roof and printed photovoltaics on the exterior to generate electricity using supercapacitor skin. This can replace the traction batteries in electric vehicles.

Factors like longer range and more value for the money in electric vehicles and early warning of problems including corrosion of reinforced concrete in civil engineering, are among the key market drivers for structural electronics. In addition, the advancements in material science to develop stretchable conductive materials, government funding, and application diversity play a vital role in driving advancements in the structural electronics industry.

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