Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares, Strategies, And Forecasts, 2009-2015
Micro fuel cells provide a hybrid storage technology that supports long term reliable portable electronics power. Renewable energy is base source for charging batteries, but micro fuel cell alternative charging is needed to provide power continuity. Batteries are a chemical process, but current devices do not last long enough. Fuel cells are one of several evolving technologies that promise to provide more reliable, longer portable power.
Micro fuel cell component expenditure continue to be an issue. Micro fuel cells are expected to be an pricey alternative to thin film batteries, providing hybrid technology that is needed for power continuity, but not basic power sources in most cases throughout the forecast period.
Economies of scale do not entirely solve the inherent high expenditure of high grade hard catalysts used in micro fuel cells. More catalyst price reductions are needed to make micro fuel cells competitive with thin film batteries. Micro fuel cells are useful in many particular situations.
The direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) portable power market for notebook computers, mobile phones, and other portable electronic devices is expected to grow significantly. Leading electronics manufacturers and innovative start]up companies are introducing products. Micro fuel cells are anticipated to work in combination with thin film batteries, making hybrid power systems. Hybrid markets are expected to achieve market growth as the batteries are less pricey than the micro fuel cells. The micro fuel cells are useful for charging thin film batteries.
Micro fuel cell markets are at $75 million at the end of 2008. By 2015, micro fuel cell markets reach $5.59 billion. Another correlated segment, portable fuel cells used in bicycles and similar large portable devices represent a similar market opportunity. The micro fuel cells represent power for devices that contain a range of PC, handset, PDA, and digital device segments in a variety of industry, military, and health care segments.
Table of Contents :
MICRO FUEL CELL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces
Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares
Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts
1. MICRO FUEL CELL MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS
1.1 Fuel Cell Description
1.1.1 Fuel Cell Efficiency
1.1.2 Fuel Cell Electrochemical Converter — Clean Energy
1.1.3 DMFC Fuel Cells
1.1.4 Micro Fuel Cell Hours Of Operation And Power Degradation
1.1.5 Cathode Catalysts
1.1.6 Micro Fuel Cell Description
1.2 United States Has Approved The Use Of Some Micro Fuel Cells In Airplanes
1.2.1 Market Opportunity for Micro Fuel Cell Products
1.3 Micro Fuel Cell Target Markets
1.3.1 Military As A Micro Fuel Cell Target Market
1.3.2 Micro Fuel Cell Portable Medical Equipment
1.3.3 Micro Fuel Cell Laptop Computer Market
1.3.4 Micro Fuel Cell Consumer Electronics Portable Power Source
1.3.5 Micro Fuel Cell Laptop Computer Power Source
1.3.6 Mobile Life Fuel Cell Power
1.3.7 Persistent Computing Requires Extended Power
1.3.8 First Responders
1.3.9 Instant Recharge for Continuous Computing
1.3.10 RV Recreational Micro Fuel Cell Markets
1.4 Fuel Cell Fuel Distribution and Infrastructure
1.5 Approvals From The United Nations And Correlated Dictatorial Organizations
1.5.1 Fuel Cells Compared to Rechargeable Batteries
2. MICRO FUEL CELL MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS
2.1 Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces
2.1.1 Driving Forces of Micro Fuel Cell Products
2.2 Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares
2.2.1 Toshiba Direct Methanol Micro Fuel Cell
2.2.2 Toshiba Standards Chief
2.2.3 Toshiba Fuel Cell Reference Model
2.2.4 Mechanical Technology Inc (MTI) MTI Fourth Quarter And Year End Results
2.2.5 Smart Fuel Cell Products and Markets
2.2.6 PolyFuel DMFC Membrane
2.2.7 PolyFuel Engineered Membranes
2.2.8 Poly Fuel Prototype Notebook Computer Fuel Cell Power Supply
2.2.9 Medis
2.2.10 Medis Targets End Users
2.2.11 Medis 24/7 Power Pack
2.3 Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts
2.3.1 Hybrid Technologies
2.3.2 Sample Quotes on Market Size:
2.4 Mobile Handset Subscribers
2.4.1 Enterprise Wireless Handset Markets
2.5 Micro Fuel Cell Prices
2.5.1 Smart Fuel Cell EFOY
2.5.2 Fuel Cell Cartridges Approved For Commercial Aircraft
2.5.3 Fuel Cell Technology Decreases The Weight Soldiers Carry
2.6 Regional Energy Demand
2.6.1 United Kingdom Chief in Carbon Offset Initiatives
2.6.2 Germany
2.6.3 Japan
2.6.4 Military Uses Of Micro Fuel Cells
3. MICRO FUEL CELL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
3.1 Micro Fuel Cells Power Digital Devices
3.2 Toshiba
3.2.1 Toshiba DMFC-Powered Audio Players
3.2.2 Toshiba Micro Fuel Cell
3.2.3 Toshiba Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
3.2.4 Toshiba Methanol Concentration
3.3 Samsung
3.4 Poly Fuel
3.4.1 PolyFuel Cartridges Approved For Commercial Aircraft By Dictatorial Agencies
3.4.2 PolyFuel Functional Prototype Of A Notebook PC Fuel Cell Power Supply
3.4.3 PolyFuel Engineered Polymer Nano Fuel Cell Architectures
3.5 Smart Fuel Cell
3.5.1 Smart Fuel Cell Products and Markets
3.5.2 Smart Fuel Cell Remote Traffic Systems
3.5.3 Smart Fuel Cell Projects
3.5.4 Smart Fuel Cell EFOY Cartridges
3.6 UltraCell C XX25
3.6.1 UltraCell’s XX25 Communication
3.6.2 UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field Repeater
3.6.3 UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field Repeater
3.6.4 UltraCell Light-Weight And Portable Power Sources For Military
3.6.5 UltraCell U.S. Military Validation:
3.6.6 UltraCell Altitude Test
3.6.7 UltraCell Foreign Military Programs:
3.6.8 UltraCell Partnership With Tatung System Technologies
3.6.9 UltraCell is partnered with ABSL
3.6.10 UltraCell is partnered with TSTI
3.6.11 UltraCell Products
3.6.12 UltraCell XX25 MiTAC, General Dynamics and Panasonic Land of your birth Security
3.7 Manhattan Scientifics Micro Fuel Cell
3.7.1 Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell™
3.8 Medis Technologies
3.8.1 More Energy Subsidiary Of Medis Technologies
3.8.2 Medis Technologies Department of Defense in Wearable Power
3.8.3 Medis Fuel Cell Provides 20 Watt Hours Of Total Energy
3.8.4 Medis Portable Fuel Cell Market
3.8.5 Medis 24/7 Power Pack
3.8.6 Medis / General Dynamics C4 Systems Promote 24/7 Power Pack For Military Use
3.8.7 Medis / General Dynamics Competitive Advantages
3.8.8 Medis Target End Users
3.8.9 Medis 24-7 Power Pack Benefits
3.9 Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI)
3.9.1 MTI Micro Fuel Cell Life Test
3.9.2 MTI Micro / Neosolar Co-Develop Mobion® Digital Devices For Consumers
3.9.3 MTI Micro Cord-Free Rechargeable Power Pack
3.9.4 MTI Micro Mobion® Chip
3.9.5 MTI Mobion® Advantage
3.9.6 MTI Pocket Fuel Cells
3.10 Tekion
3.10.1 Tekion Power Source
3.10.2 Tekion Fuel Cell On A Chip
3.10.3 Tekion Formira
3.10.4 Tekion / BASF Formic Acid
3.11 NEC Fuel-Cell Handsets
3.11.1 NEC
3.11.2 NEC Fuel Cell Carbon Nanotubes Toshiba / CRDC Compact Fuel Cell For Notebook PCs
3.12 Sony Hybrid Fuel Cell System
3.13 Angstrom Power
3.13.1 Angstrom Micro Hydrogen™ Systems for Portable Power
3.13.2 Micro Hydrogen™ for Device Integration
3.13.3 Angstrom Power Better Than Batteries™ Performance
3.13.4 Angstrom Benefits Of Micro Hydrogen™ Systems
3.13.5 Angstrom Micro Hydrogen Products
3.14 Neah Power Systems
3.14.1 Neah Power Systems Military
3.14.2 Neah Power Systems Mobile Life
3.14.3 Neah Power Systems First Responders
3.14.4 Neah Power Systems Logistics
3.14.5 Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture
3.14.6 Neah Power Systems Water Mist Captured In Cartridge
3.14.7 Neah Power Military Positioning
3.15 BIC
3.16 Masterflex
3.17 Microcell Corporation
3.17.1 Microcell Products
3.18 3-118
3.19 Casio Laptop Fuel Cell
3.20 Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Fuel Cell Systems
3.20.1 Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
3.20.2 Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Applications
3.20.3 Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Electric Device Power
3.20.4 SFC DMFC
4. MICRO FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY
4.1 Significant Progress In Development of Compact Micro Fuel Cell
4.2 Medis Micro Fuel Cell Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) listing
4.3 Comparison of PEM Based Silicon Bed DMFC
4.4 Nanowire Battery Can Hold 10 Times The Charge Of Existing Lithium-Ion Battery
4.4.1 Silicon In A Battery Swells As It Absorbs Lithium Atoms
4.4.2 Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture
4.4.3 Neah Water Mist Captured in Cartridge
4.4.4 Neah Silicon Pragmatic and Scalable
4.5 PEM Fuel Cells
4.6 Solvay
4.7 SGL Technologies
4.7.1 Sigracet® Fuel Cell Components
4.8 PolyFuel Engineered Membranes For Fuel Cells
4.8.1 Fluorocarbon Membranes Based Upon The Teflon® Polymer
4.8.2 Polyfuel Hydrogen Membrane
4.9 Fuel Cell Electrochemical Reaction
4.10 Organizations With Fuel Cell Information
4.10.1 SFC Lively Revolution powered by Smart Fuel Cell
4.11 Clean And Silent Micro Fuel Cell Power Generation By Methanol
4.12 Storing Hydrogen
4.12.1 Sodium Borohydride Storing of Hydrogen
4.12.2 Borohydride Hydrogen Generation
4.12.3 International Electrotechnical Commission Forms Working Group
4.13 PolymerElectrolyte Membrane
4.14 Sodium Borohydride Chemical Power
4.15 Bacterial Enzymes Replacement For The Platinum Catalysts
4.16 Portable Applications
4.16.1 Fuel Cell Power Packs
4.16.2 PolyFuel Honeycomb Membrane
4.16.3 Portable Electronic Fuel Cell Devices
4.16.4 Marketing Limitation Of Hydrogen Gas Or Methanol Powered Fuel Cells
4.16.5 Hitachi Compact DMFC
4.16.6 NEC Compact DMFC
4.16.7 Toshiba’s DMFC
4.16.8 Toshiba Fuel Cell
5. Micro Fuel Cell Company Profiles
5.1 Altair Nanomaterials
5.1.1 Altair Nanotechnologies Partners
5.1.2 Altair Nanotechnology Power and Energy Systems
5.1.3 Altair Nanotechnology Performance Materials Division
5.1.4 Altair Nanotechnology Life Sciences
5.1.5 Altair Nanotechnology Net Losses In Each Fiscal Year
5.1.6 AlSher Titania Joint Venture With Sherwin-Williams
5.1.7 Altair Nanotechnology BAE Systems
5.1.8 Altair Nanotechnologies Quicker Recharging And Discharging
5.1.9 Altair Nanotechnologies Longer Battery Life
5.1.10 Altairnano
5.2 Angstrom Power
5.2.1 Angstrom Power Micro Fuel Cell Technology
5.3 Asahi Glass
5.3.1 Asahi Glass Financials
5.3.2 Asahi Glass Business Strategy
5.3.3 Asahi Glass Owners
5.4 Ballard
5.4.1 Ballard Fuel Cell Features & Benefits
5.4.2 Ballard Fuel Cell Japanese Residential Cogeneration Program
5.4.3 Ballard Product : Mark1030™
5.4.4 Ballard Improved Reliability
5.4.5 Ballard Bus Fuel Cell
5.4.6 Ballard Power Systems’ Second Quarter 2008 Revenue
5.5 BASF
5.5.1 BASF / E-TEK
5.5.2 BASF ETEK LT Series 12D MEA for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells.
5.6 Terracotta Fuel Cells
5.6.1 Terracotta Fuel Cells Volume Order Secured With Partner Nuon
5.6.2 Terracotta Fuel Cells Customers and Products
5.6.3 Terracotta Fuel Cells Regional Presence
5.7 Fuel Cell Components & Integrators
5.8 Gore
5.9 GrafTech International
5.10 Heliocentris Fuel Cells AG
5.11 Horizon
5.11.1 Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies Pte Ltd
5.11.2 Horizon Fuel Cell Bicycles
5.11.3 Horizon Fuel Cell Integrated To An Electric Bicycle
5.11.4 Horizon Light Duty Automotive
5.11.5 Horizon Supplying Multi-kW Fuel Cells
5.12 ICM Plastics
5.13 JMC / Tekion
5.13.1 Tekion Formira Hybrid Configuration
5.14 Johnson Matthey
5.15 Manhattan Scientifics
5.15.1 Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell
5.16 Masterflex AG
5.17 Medis Technologies
5.17.1 Medis Technologies Revenue
5.17.2 Medis Technologies Strategic Partners
5.17.3 Medis Technologies / Cell Kinetics
5.17.4 Medis / Founder Technology Group
5.17.5 Medis / Aspect and Tenzor MA
5.17.6 Medis / Israel Aerospace Industries
5.17.7 Medis Strategy
5.17.8 Medis General Dynamics C4 Systems
5.17.9 Medis Platform Technology Broadens Its Possibilities
5.18 Microcell
5.19 Millennium Cell Liquidation Plot
5.19.1 Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies and Millennium Cell
5.19.2 Millennium Cell HydroPak™ Positioned As An Emergency Power Product
5.20 Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI)
5.20.1 MTI MicroFuel Cells
5.20.2 MTI Fourth Quarter And Year End Results
5.20.3 MTI Micro Commercialization In 2009 – Projected Design Freeze In December 2008
5.20.4 Mechanical Technology Incorporated Fourth Quarter Revenues
5.21 Neah
5.22 PolyFuel
5.22.1 PolyFuel Engineered Membranes
5.22.2 PolyFuel Engineered Membranes
5.22.3 PolyFuel Business, Products and Markets
5.22.4 PolyFuel Ultra-Thin 20-Micron Version Of Its DMFC Membrane
5.22.5 PolyFuel Agreement With Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Limited,
5.22.2 PolyFuel Comprehensive Loss
5.22.7 PolyFuel Cash Used in Operations
5.22.8 PolyFuel Concentrates Resources On Reference System Design Program
5.23 Sanyo / Hoku Scientific
5.23.1 Hoku Scientific Customers
5.23.2 Suntech Buys Shares of Hoku Scientific
5.23.3 Hoku Fuel Cells
5.24 SGL Technologies
5.24.1 SGL Technologies Financials
5.25 Smart Fuel Cells (SFC)
5.25.1 Smart Fuel Cells Automotive
5.25.2 Smart Fuel Cells Stationary
5.25.3 Smart Fuel Cells Positioning
5.25.4 SFC Sells 10,000th EFOY Fuel Cell
5.25.5 SFC EFOY Service Station In France.
5.25.6 SFC Financials
5.25.7 SFC Smart Fuel Cell Market and Technology Chief in Mobile Fuel Cells
5.25.8 SFC Fuel Cells In Use All Over The World
5.25.9 Electric Automotive Vehicle Smart Fuel Cell Battery Charger
5.26 Solvay
5.26.2 Solvay Financials
5.27 Tatung System Technologies
5.28 Toshiba
5.28.1 Toshiba America (TAI)
5.28.2 Toshiba Financials
5.28.3 Toshiba Mid Term Business Plot
5.28.2 Toshiba Financials
5.28.5 Toshiba Business Strategy
5.28.6 Toshiba Nuclear Energy Business
5.28.2 Toshiba Investors
5.28.2 Toshiba Partners
5.29 UltraCell
5.29.1 BASF Venture Hub / UltraCell
5.29.2 UltraCell Advanced Reformed Methanol Micro Fuel Cell
List of Tables and Figures
Table ES-1
Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces
Figure ES-2
Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares,
First Three Quarters 2008
Figure ES-3
Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts, Dollars,
2009-2015
Table 1-1
Fuel Cell Efficiency
Figure 1-2
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Table 1-3
Portable Power Market Strategy
Table 1-4
Micro Fuel Cell Product Benefits
Table 1-4 (Continued)
Micro Fuel Cell Product Benefits
Table 1-5
Military Micro Fuel Cell Target Markets
Table 1-6
Micro Fuel Cells Military Positioning
Table 1-7
Micro Fuel Cell Portable Medical Equipment
Demand Parameters
Table 1-8
Micro Fuel Cell Consumer Electronics Portable
Power Source Target Market
Table 2-1
Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces
Table 2-2
Micro Fuel Cell Advantages
Table 2-3
Market Aspects For Micro Fuel Cells
Table 2-4
Micro Fuel Cell Technology Issues
Table 2-5
Micro Fuel Cell Market Issues
Table 2-5 (Continued)
Micro Fuel Cell Market Issues
Figure 2-6
Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares,
First Three Quarters 2008
Table 2-7
Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares,
First Three Quarters 2008
Table 2-8
Toshiba Handheld Fuel-Cell Technology Specifications
Figure 2-9
PolyFuel Competitive Positioning
Figure 2-10
Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts, Dollars,
2009-2015
Figure 2-11
Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Device
Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-12
Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Devices
Market Forecasts, Units,
2009-2015
Figure 2-13
Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Cartridge
Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-14
Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Cartridge
Market Forecasts, Units, 2009-2015
Table 2-15
Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Cartridge
Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-16
Factors Driving Mobile Handsets To Require
Increasing Amounts Of Power Consumption
Figure 3-1
Toshiba Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology
Figure 3-2
Toshiba DMFC-Powered Audio Players
Figure 3-3
Samsung Hydrogen Gas Block Diagram
Figure 3-4
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Patent From Samsung
Figure 3-5
Samsung Multi Layered Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Table 3-6
Smart EFOY Fuel Cell Ratings
Table 3-7
Smart EFOY Fuel Cell Features
Figure 3-8
Technical Data Of Smart Fuel Cell EFOY
Figure 3-9
Smart Fuel Cell EFOY Cartridges
Figure 3-10
UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field Repeater
Table 3-11
UltraCell’s XX25 communication functions
Figure 3-12
UltraCell System Integrated With A Multi-Unit
Battery Charger (MUC)
Figure 3-13
UltraCell Multi-Unit Battery Charger System Runtime
Table 3-14
Collaboration Off Grid Power Solution
Table 3-15
UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field Repeater
Figure 3-16
MicroCell Sand Test
Figure 3-17
UltraCell Military Applications
Table 3-18
UltraCell XX25 Applications
Figure 3-19
UltraCEll Mobile Portable Fuel Cell
Table 3-20
Manhattan Scientifics Metallicum NanoTitanium
Figure 3-21
Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell
Table 3-22
Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell™ Advantages Of Technology
Table 3-23
Medis / General Dynamics Power Pack For Military Use
Table 3-24
Medis Micro Fuel Cell Competitive Advantages
Table 3-24 (Continued)
Medis Micro Fuel Cell Competitive Advantages
Table 3-25
Medis 24/7 Power Pack Device Charging
Table 3-26
Medis 24-7 Power Pack Benefits
Table 3-27
MTI Micro Mobion® Portable Power Applications
Table 3-28
MTI Micro External Mobion® Power Sources
Figure 3-29
NeoSolar Seoul, Korea — Dr. James Y. Yu Holding
A Mobion® Chip And A Wibrain Ultra Mobile PC
Figure 3-30
MTI Micro’s Mobion® Chips
Table 3-31
MTI Micro Performance
Table 3-32
MTI Mobion® Advantages
Figure 3-33
CEO of MTI Micro Fuel Cell Technology
Table 3-34
Tekion Technology Competitive Advantage
Table 3-35
Tekion Technology Positioning
Figure 3-36
Tekion Fuel Cell
Figure 3-37
Tekion Power And Energy Characteristics Of
Formira™ Fuel Versus Methanol
Figure 3-38
NEC Micro Fuel Cell
Figure 3-39
NEC Fuel-Cells Flask Phone
Figure 3-40
NEC Fuel Cells and Catalysts
Figure 3-41
Sony Micro Fuel Cell System
Figure 3-42
Angstrom’s Micro Hydrogen™ Systems
Table 3-43
Angstrom Thin Film Fuel Cell Features
Table 3-43 (Continued)
Angstrom Thin Film Fuel Cell Features
Table 3-44
Selected Angstrom Micro Fuel Cell Lights
Table 3-45
Selected Angstrom Micro Fuel Cell Initiatives
Table 3-45 (Continued)
Selected Angstrom Micro Fuel Cell Initiatives
Table 3-46
Angstrom Micro Hydrogen Products
Figure 3-47
Angstrom’s Micro Hydrogen™ Systems Components
Table 3-48
Angstrom’s Micro Hydrogen™ Systems Components
Figure 3-49
Neah Power Systems Military Packs
Figure 3-50
Neah Power Systems Mobile PC Uses
Figure 3-51
Neah Power Systems First Responder Uses
Figure 3-52
Neah Power Systems Logistics Uses
Figure 3-53
Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture
Figure 3-54
Neah Power Systems Comparative Size Silicon vs. Polymer
Figure 3-55
Neah Power Systems Honeycomb and Catalyst
Figure 3-56
Neah Power Fuel Cell Prototype Components
Figure 3-57
Neah Power Military Fuel Cells
Figure 3-58
Neah Power Systems
Figure 3-59
Neah Power Systems Basic Chemical Flows in
Silicon Based Porous Electrode
Figure 3-60
Neah Power Systems Manufacturing Infrastructure
Figure 3-61
Neah Power Systems Power Density
Table 3-62
Masterflex Development Focus
Table 3-63
Masterflex Development Positioning
Figure 3-64
Smart Fuel Cell
Figure 4-1
Comparison of PEM Based Silicon Bed DMFC
Figure 4-2
Neah Military Fuel Cell Reduces Weight
Figure 4-3
Neah Fuel and Electrolyte
Figure 4-4
Nanowire Battery Images
Figure 4-5
Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture
Figure 4-6
UltraCell PEM Fuel Cell Functioning
Figure 4-7
Sigracet® Fuel Cell Components
Figure 4-8
PolyFuel System Technology Peak Power Density
Table 4-9
Catalyst Layer, Membrane, and MEA Suppliers
Figure 4-10
PolyFuel System Architecture
Figure 4-11
PolyFuel System Development
Table 4-12
Major Developers of Micro Fuel Cells
Table 4-13
Micro Fuel Cell Key Portable Units
Figure 4-14
Key Auto Fuel Cell Engine Requirements Map Directly
To The Membrane
Table 4-15
Organizations with Fuel Cell Information
Table 4-16
SFC Fuel Cell Advantages
Figure 5-1
Altair Nanotechnologies Specific Energy and Specific Power
Table 5-2
Ballard Product Data Residential Cogeneration
Fuel Cell Power Module Description
Table 5-2 (Continued)
Ballard Product Data Residential Cogeneration
Fuel Cell Power Module Description
Figure 5-3
BASF Typical Performance of Hydrogen Air Single Cell Test
Figure 5-4
BASF ETEK Typical Performance of
Methanol Air Single Cell Test
Table 5-5
Horizon Strategic Positioning
Table 5-6
Horizon Fuel Cell Integrated Commercial Applications
Figure 5-7
Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells
Figure 5-8
Johnson Matthey Photon Chat Membrane
Figure 5-9
Masterflex AG Hydrogen Based 50-Watt Fuel Cell
Figure 5-10
Masterflex AG Hydrogen Fuel Cell Core Business 2008
Table 5-11
Masterflex Focus
Figure 5-12
Neah Roadmap
Table 5-13
PolyFuel Collaboration Progress
Table 5-14
PolyFuel Portable Progress
Figure 5-15
PolyFuel Competitive Positioning
Table 5-16
PolyFuel Progress Toward Commercialization
Of Portable Fuel Cells
Table 5-16 (Continued)
PolyFuel Progress Toward Commercialization
Of Portable Fuel Cells
Figure 5-17
Smart Fuel Cell Automotive Battery Charger
Table 5-18
BASF Possibility Business Growth Clusters
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Worldwide Nanotechnology Electric Vehicle (Ev) Market Shares Strategies, And Forecasts, 2009 To 2015
Electric vehicles are real. They come in a variety of styles and capabilities. The BMW features driving control and style. The Chinese BYD hybrid backed by Warren Buffet’s company has features that enable plug-in hybrid power teach flexibility. It has a full battery-powered electric mode. The series-hybrid mode has an engine which drives a generator to recharge the batteries, performing arts as a rangeextender. There is a parallel hybrid mode, in which the engine and motor both provide propulsive power.
Electric vehicles represent a quantum shift in transportation. The design trajectories are varied; the opportunities are significant as a quantum shift occurs in what the vehicle basic functions are and how the vehicle works. The car companies that leverage the market opportunity to shift to a new paradyne are likely to succeed. There are others who merely try to migrate existing styles and designs to electric vehicles. Buggy whips come to mind.
The ability to plug a car into a hardened backyard set of batteries charged from a solar panel provides relief from petrol spending. To have a second car, powered by a battery pack promises to provide growth of a new industry. The banks can loan against the car and the solar panel. Solar panels are evolving modular capability where they can be quickly installed and provide electricity for the car.
Investment in electric vehicle infrastructure is a priority. With countries seeking to invest in infrastructure that will provide economic growth, it is clear that special infrastructure for electric vehicles will stimulate growth from the confidential sector. Electric vehicle market segment is positioned for growth for vehicles used for local driving.
Worldwide nanotechnology thin film lithium-ion batteries are balanced to achieve significant growth as units become more able to achieve deliver of power to electric vehicles efficiently. Less pricey lithium-ion batteries allow leveraging economies of scale and proliferation of devices into a wide range of applications. According to Susan Eustis, lead author of the study, “Economies of scale leverage the lithium-ion battery nanotechnology advances needed to make lithium-ion batteries competitive. Nanotechnology provided by lithium-ion investigate solves the issues balanced by the need to store renewable energy. Lithium-ion batteries switch price reductions are balanced to handbook market adoption by making units affordable.”
Nanotechnology results obtained in the laboratory are being translated into commercial products. The processes of translating the nanotechnology science into thin film lithium ion batteries are anticipated to be ongoing. The breakthroughs of science in the laboratory have only begun to be translated into life outside the lab, with a long way to go in improving the functioning of the lithium-ion batteries.
Unlike any other battery technology, thin film solid-state batteries show very high sequence life. Using very thin cathodes (0.05µm) batteries have been cycled in excess of 45,000 cycles with very limited loss in capacity. After 45,000 cycles, 95% of the first capacity remained.
Markets for electric vehicles at 685 units in 2008 are anticipated to reach 32.7 million autos shipped by 2015, growing in response to demand for a renewable energy powered vehicle that lowers the total cost of ownership by a significant amount. Lithium-ion batteries used in cell phones and PCs, and in freestyle power tools are proving the technology to power electric vehicles. Early electric vehicles are being used as city cars, proving the feasibility of electric cars. Reckon in Norway has a viable manufacturing operation and 1,000 cars on the road. The large emerging markets are for hybrid and electric vehicles powered by renewable energy systems.
Table of Contents :
Figure ES-1
Aptera Pre-Production Model 2e
Figure ES-2
REVA Electric Car
Table ES-3
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Table ES-3 (Continued)
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Figure ES-4
Worldwide Electric Vehicles
On The Road Market Shares, Units, 2009
Figure ES-5
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Penetration of
Automotive and Light Truck Market Forecasts, Percent,
2009-2015
Figure ES-6
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Retail Forecasts, Dollars,
2009-2015
Table ES-7
Reasons For Aggressive Forecast For Electric Vehicle Markets
Table ES-7 (Continued)
Reasons For Aggressive Forecast For Electric Vehicle Markets
Table ES-8
New Infrastructure, New Driving Modalities Brought By
Electric Vehicles
1. ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS
1.1 Auto Industry
1.1.1 Electric Vehicle Economic Forces
1.1.2 Cars Represent 20% Of The US Economic Retail Spending
1.1.3 Electric Vehicle Design Trajectories
1.2 Electric Vehicle EVs
1.2.1 EVs Cost Effective In City Conditions
1.2.2 Lithium-Ion Car Batteries
1.2.3 Confidential-Broadcast Partnerships
1.3 Lithium-Ion Battery Target Markets
1.3.1 Project Better Place and the Renault-Nissan Alliance
1.3.2 Largest Target Market, The Transportation Industry
1.3.3 Electric Grid Services Market
1.3.4 Portable Power Market, Power Tools
1.4 Lithium-Ion Battery Technologies Transportation Industry Target Market
1.5 Energy Storage For Grid Stabilization
1.5.1 Local Energy Storage Benefit For Utilities
1.6 Applications Require On-Printed Circuit Board Battery Power
1.6.1 Thin-film vs. Printed Batteries
1.7 Smart Buildings
1.7.1 Permanent Power for Wireless Sensors
1.8 Battery Safety / The makings Hazards
1.9 Thin Film Solid-State Battery Construction
1.10 Battery Is Electrochemical Device
1.11 Battery Depends On Chemical Energy
1.11.1 Characteristics Of Battery Cells
1.11.2 Batteries Are Designed Differently For Innumerable Applications
2. ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS
2.1 Electric Vehicle Economic Market Driving Forces
2.1.1 Nanotechnology Forms the Base for Lithium-Ion Batteries
2.1.2 Lithium-Ion Batteries
2.2 Electric Vehicle Market Shares
2.2.1 Daimler Safety Cell
2.2.2 Daimler Smart Car
2.2.3 BYD
2.2.4 Reckon Environmentally Friendly Vehicles
2.2.5 TH!NK City Safety Concept
2.2.6 Reckon Overnight Power Top-Up
2.2.7 GM Volt
2.2.8 GM Opel
2.2.9 Tesla Motors
2.2.10 i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi
2.2.11 Mitsubishi
2.2.12 Subaru Selling EVs In Japan In 2009
2.2.13 BMW
2.2.14 REVA Electric Car
2.2.15 Ford Advances Electric Vehicle Technology
2.2.16 Ford Partnership With Helpfulness Industry
2.2.17 Toyota Hybrid Prius
2.2.18 Nissan
2.2.19 Phoenix Motorcars
2.2.20 Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru
2.2.21 Chrysler
2.3 Electric Vehicles Market Forecasts
2.4 Electric Vehicle Battery Recharging
2.4.1 Changing Electric Vehicles On The Glide
2.5 2008 / 2009 Auto Sales Overview
2.5.1 Korean Cars Succeed In US
2.5.2 Total Vehicles Sold / GM Profile
2.5.3 GM Comprehensive Vehicle Sales and Market Share – 2007
2.5.4 Worldwide Automotive Sales For 2007
2.5.5 Deepening Slowdown
2.6 Electric Vehicles As A Very Fancy Golf Cart
2.7 Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces
2.7.1 Market Driving Forces
2.7.2 Nanotechnology Forms the Base for Lithium-Ion Batteries
2.7.3 Competitors
2.8 Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares
2.8.1 ExxonMobil Affiliate in Japan / Tonen Chemical
2.8.2 A123Systems Patent for Nanophosphate™ Lithium Ion Battery Technology
2.9 Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecasts
2.10 Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Vehicle Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares
2.10.1 BYD
2.10.2 Johnson Controls-Saft
2.10.3 Saft Battery Technologies
2.10.4 A123Systems 32 Series Automotive Class Lithium Ion™ Cells:
2.10.5 NEC and Nissen
2.10.6 LG Chem
2.10.7 EnerDel
2.10.8 Struggle
2.11 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecasts
2.11.1 Largest Target Market, The Transportation Industry Thin Film Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery EV Market Thin Film Lithium-Ion And Lithium Polymer Automotive Batteries
3. ELECTRIC VEHICLE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
3.1 BMW
3.1.1 BMW Second Version Of The Electric Mini
3.2 BYD / MidAmerican Energy Worth
3.2.1 Warren Buffet – MidAmerican, A Pool Of Electric Utilities In The Midwest
3.2.2 BYD Plug-in Hybrid Power Teach Flexibility
3.2.3 BYD E6 Electric Car and F6
3.2.4 BYD E6 Electric Vehicle Specifications
3.3 Tesla Motors
3.3.1 Electric Roadster by Tesla Motors
3.3.2 Tesla Motors Next Generation Model S
3.3.3 Telsa Battery Pack And Frame
3.4 Daimler AG
3.4.1 Daimler Smart Car Model Features
3.4.2 Electric Car by Daimler Mercedes (2010)
3.5 Reckon
3.5.1 A123Systems / GE Production Narrow for Norwegian Reckon Electric Vehicles
3.5.2 Reckon Overnight Power Top-Up
3.5.3 TH!NK City Safety Concept
3.5.4 TH!NK City Environmentally Friendly
3.5.5 Thinking Globally
3.6 General Motors
3.6.1 GM Volt
3.6.2 GM Challenge to Battery Developers
3.6.3 GM and A123Systems Co-Develop Lithium-Ion Battery Cell for Chevrolet Volt
3.6.4 GM Cadillac Electric Vehicle
3.6.5 GM / Opel
3.6.6 GM Chevrolet Equinox Fuel-Cell Vehicles
3.7 Miles XS500 Electric Car
3.8 Mitsubishi i MiEV Electric Car to be Sold 1 Year Ahead of Schedule in Japan
3.8.1 Mitsubishi i MiEV Electric Car Specifications
3.8.2 Mitsubishi i MiEV Electric Car Pricing
3.8.3 i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi
3.8.4 Mitsubishi Electric Car i MiEV Coming to Europe
3.8.5 Mitsubishi Electric Car i MiEV Production Plans
3.8.6 i MiEV Electric Car Specifications
3.8.7 i MiEV Electric Car to be Sold 1 Year Ahead of Schedule
3.9 Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru R1e Electric Car Source: Subaru.
3.9.1 Subaru Selling EVs In Japan In 2009
3.9.2 Subaru G4e Source: Subaru.
3.9.3 NEC / Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru
3.9.4 NEC / Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru Thin Film Battery Flat Shape
3.10 Electric Supercar by Hybrid Technologies
3.11 Electric Mini by PML
3.12 Electric Car by Nissan (2010-2012)
3.12.1 NEC / Nissan Low-Cost Lithium-Manganese Batteries
3.13 REVA Electric Car
3.14 Zenn Low Speed Electric Car
3.15 Commuter Cars Tango Electric Car
3.16 Eliica Electric Car by KEIO University
3.17 Wrightspeed X1 Electric Car
3.18 Saturn SP1 Electric Car Conversion by Students of Napoleon High School
3.19 Toyota Hybrid Prius
3.19.1 Toyota iQ Microcar
3.19.2 Toyota FT-EV Battery Electric Vehicle
3.20 Ford
3.21 Chrysler
3.21.1 Chrysler Town & Country EV
3.21.2 Chrysler Personal Mobility Revolution
3.21.3 Chrysler Dodge Circuit EV
3.21.4 Chrysler Jeep® Wrangler Unlimited EV
3.22 Phoenix
3.23 Shelby Supercars
3.24 Aptera
4. ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
4.1 Phoenix Motorcars Altairnano Lithium Titanate Battery Technology
4.1.1 Altairnano Battery Comparison
4.1.2 Lead-Acid Battery Technology
4.1.3 Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH)
4.1.4 Lithium-Ion
4.2 Globalization Model For Electric Cars
4.2.1 Better Place Electric Vehicle Network
4.2.2 Better Place has partnered with AGL Energy in Australia
4.3 EFOY Pro Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Charging Kit
4.3.1 Smart Fuel Cells SFC
4.3.2 Citycom AG’s CityEL
4.4 Vendor Lithium-ion Battery Strategy
4.4.1 Rechargeable Lithium Batteries Characteristics
4.5 Challenges in Battery Design
4.5.1 Advanced Lithium-ion Batteries Requirements
4.6 Vendor Lithium-Ion Battery Positioning
4.6.1 High-Quality, Volume Manufacturing Facilities
4.7 Applications Of Lithium-Ion Batteries
4.8 Mobile Phone Industry
4.8.1 Nanowires
4.8.2 Thin Film Battery Enabling Chemistries
4.8.3 The Cathodes
4.8.4 Solid State Devices Provide More Energy Density
4.9 Advantages of Lithium-Ion Batteries
4.9.1 Lithium-Ion Battery Shortcomings
4.9.2 Charging
4.9.3 Applications
4.9.4 Expenditure
4.10 Lithium Cell Chemistry Variants
4.10.1 Lithium-ion
4.10.2 Lithium-ion Polymer
4.10.3 Other Lithium Cathode Chemistry Variants
4.10.4 Lithium Cobalt LiCoO2
4.10.5 Lithium Manganese LiMn2O4
4.10.6 Lithium Nickel LiNiO2
4.10.7 Lithium (NCM) Nickel Cobal Manganese – Li(NiCoMn)O2
4.10.8 Lithium Iron Phosphate LiFePO4
4.11 Operating Performance Of The Cell Can Be Tuned
4.12 Lithium Metal Polymer
4.12.1 Lithium Sulphur Li2S8
4.12.2 Alternative Anode Chemistry
4.13 ExxonMobil affiliate, Tonen Chemical Polyethylene-Based, Porous Film
4.14 Cymbet Every second Manufacturing
4.15 Thin-Film Batteries Packaging
4.16 ITN Energy Systems Fibrous Substrates, PowerFiber
4.16.1 ITN Sensors
4.17 Cell Construction
4.18 Impact Of Nanotechnology
4.19 Thin Film Batteries
4.19.1 Thin Film Battery Timescales and Expenditure
4.19.2 High Power And Energy Density
4.19.3 High Rate Capability
4.20 Comparison Of Rechargeable Battery Performance
4.21 Polymer Film Substrate
4.22 Micro Battery Solid Electrolyte
5. ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPANY PROFILES
5.1 A123 Systems
5.1.1 A123 Systems Revenue
5.1.2 A123Systems Registration Statement for Early Broadcast Offering
5.1.3 A123 Systems Batteries Benefits
5.1.4 A123 Systems Competitive Advantage
5.1.5 A123 Systems Strategy
5.1.6 A123Systems and GE
5.1.7 A123 Acquisition of Hymotion
5.1.8 Procter & Gamble Duracell and A123 Systems Collaborate
5.1.9 Cobasys and A123 Systems
5.2 Aperta
5.3 Better Place Model
5.4 BMW
5.5 BYD
5.5.1 Warren Buffett Buys 10 Percent Stake In BYD Chinese Battery Manufacturer
5.6 E-One Moli Energy Group
5.7 Ener1
5.7.1 Ener1 Third Quarter 2008 Revenue
5.7.2 Ener1 Positioning Technology Originally Pioneered By Argonne National Lab
5.7.3 Ener1 Buys Enertech Leading Korean Lithium-ion Battery Cell Producer
5.7.4 Ener1 / Enertech Specializes In Producing Large Format Flat (“Prismatic”) Cells
5.7.5 EnerDel Operations
5.8 Ford
5.8.1 Ford Electric Vehicle Positioning
5.8.2 Ford’s Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy
5.8.3 Ford Partnership With Southern California Edison Electric Helpfulness
5.8.4 Ford Partnership with Johnson Controls-Saft for Thin Film Batteries
5.8.5 Ford Partnership with Helpfulness Industry
5.8.6 Building A Business Case
5.8.7 Governments Of Japan, China, Korea, And India Significantly Funding EV Investigate
5.8.8 Ford Energy Possibility Thought
5.9 Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru
5.9.1 Subaru of America
5.9.2 Subaru of America Revenue 2008
5.10 General Motors
5.10.1 General Motors Factory In Michigan To Build Battery Packs
5.10.2 GM 2008 Comprehensive Sales of 8.35 Million Vehicles
5.10.3 GM Continues Growth in Emerging Markets
5.10.4 GM’s North America Regional Performance
5.10.5 GM Europe
5.10.6 GM Strongly Believes In The Electrification Of The Automobile
5.11 Miles Electric Vehicles
5.11.1 Miles Zero Emissions, Full Electric Car
5.12 Johnson Controls-Saft
5.13 LG Petrochemical
5.13.1 LG Chem
5.14 Mitsubishi
5.14.1 Fleet Testing Of The Zero-Emissions iMiev Electric Vehicle
5.15 NEC / Nissan Low-Cost Lithium-Manganese Batteries
5.15.1 NEC Lamilion Energy
5.16 Panasonic / Sanyo
5.17 Phoenix Motorcars
5.17.1 Phoenix Motorcars Customers: Maui Electric
5.17.2 Phoenix MC All-Electric, Light-Duty Trucks
5.18 REVA
5.18.1 REVA Car Features
5.18.2 REVA Globally Tested Product
5.19 Saft
5.19.1 Saft Battery Technologies
5.19.2 Saft Industrial Battery Group (IBG)
5.19.3 Saft Specialty Battery Group (SBG)
5.19.4 Saft Rechargeable Battery Systems (RBS)
5.19.5 Saft Investigate and Development
5.19.6 Johnson Controls-Saft United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC)
5.20 Samsung
5.21 Shelby SuperCars
5.21.1 Sheffield International Finance Corporation
5.21.2 SSC Monthly Newsletter
5.22 Tesla Motors
5.22.1 Tesla Battery Packs
5.22.2 Tesla Roadster
5.22.3 Tesla Reorganization
5.23 Reckon
5.23.1 Reckon Manufacturing Capacity
5.23.2 Reckon Employees Called Back From Lay-Off
5.23.3 Reckon Confirms Interim Financing – Confidential Equity Firm Ener1 Group Is The Lead Investor
5.23.4 Kleiner Perkins And Rockport Hub, Two Leading Us Cleantech Investors Launch Joint Venture With Norwegian Electrical Vehicle Company Reckon
5.23.5 TH!NK city Thump-Tested And Highway-Certified EV
5.23.6 Reckon Strategic Partnership With Energy Giant General Electric
5.23.7 Reckon collaboration with Porsche Consulting
5.24 Toyota
5.25 ZENN Motor Company
5.25.1 Zenn Motor Strategic Energy Storage Partner, Eestor
List of Tables and Figures
Figure ES-1
Aptera Pre-Production Model 2e
Figure ES-2
REVA Electric Car
Table ES-3
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Table ES-3 (Continued)
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Figure ES-4
Worldwide Electric Vehicles
On The Road Market Shares, Units, 2009
Figure ES-5
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Penetration of
Automotive and Light Truck Market Forecasts, Percent,
2009-2015
Figure ES-6
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Retail Forecasts, Dollars,
2009-2015
Table ES-7
Reasons For Aggressive Forecast For Electric Vehicle Markets
Table ES-7 (Continued)
Reasons For Aggressive Forecast For Electric Vehicle Markets
Table ES-8
New Infrastructure, New Driving Modalities Brought By
Electric Vehicles
Table 1-1
Principal Features Used To Compare Rechargeable Batteries
Figure 1-2
BMW’s Mini E Electric Car Powered By A Rechargeable
Lithium-Ion Battery
Table 1-3
Examples of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Figure 1-4
Typical Structure Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery
Table 1-5
Characteristics Of Battery Cells
Table 2-1
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces
Table 2-2
Energy Advantages Of Thin-Film Batteries
Figure 2-3
Aptera Pre-Production Model 2e
Table 2-4
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Table 2-4 (Continued)
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Figure 2-5
Worldwide Electric Vehicles
On The Road Market Shares, Units, 2009
Table 2-6
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Shipments Market Shares,
Units On the Road
2009 11
Figure 2-7
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Red
Figure 2-8
REVA Electric Car
Figure 2-9
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Penetration of Automotive
and Light Truck Market Forecasts, Percent,
2009-2015
Table 2-10
Worldwide Electric Vehicle (EV) Unit Shipments
and Automotive Market Retail Forecasts and
Penetration Analysis, 2009-2015
Figure 2-11
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Retail Forecasts, Dollars,
2009-2015
Table 2-12
Worldwide Electric Vehicle (EV) Unit Shipments
and Automotive Market Retail Forecasts and
Penetration Analysis, 2009-2015
Table 2-13
Worldwide Electric Vehicle (EV) Unit Shipments
and Automotive Market Retail Forecasts, Penetration Analysis,
2009-2015
Table 2-14
Worldwide Automotive and Light Truck Small
Size Electric Vehicle (EV) Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-15
Worldwide Small Electric Vehicle (EV) Market
Forecasts, Units, 2009-2015
Table 2-16
Worldwide Small Car and Small Light Truck Electric
Vehicle (EV) Automotive Market Retail Forecasts,
Units and Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-17
Worldwide Sedan Size Automotive and Light Truck
Electric Vehicle (EV) Retail Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-18
Worldwide Sedan Size Automotive and Light Truck
Electric Vehicle (EV) Shipments Retail Market Forecasts, Units,
2009-2015
Table 2-19
Worldwide Sedan Size Car and Light Truck Electric
Vehicle (EV) Unit Shipments and Automotive Market
Retail Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2009-201
Table 2-20
Reasons For Aggressive Forecast For Electric Vehicle Markets
Table 2-21
New Infrastructure, New Driving Modalities Brought By
Electric Vehicles
Table 2-22
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces
Table 2-23
Energy Advantages Of Thin-Film Batteries
Figure 2-24
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Table 2-25
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-26
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-27
Worldwide Lithium-Ion and Advanced Lithium-ion
Battery Market Forecasts, Automotive, Power Tools,
Electric Grid, and PC Card, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-28
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Automotive Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-29
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Automotive Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-30
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-31
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Units, 2009-2015
Figure 2-32
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Units and Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-33
Commercialization Challenges Of The Automotive,
Truck, and Bus Thin Film Battery Industry
Table 2-34
Integrated Thin Film Battery Personal Transport Power Systems
Figure 3-1
BMW’S Mini E Electric Car Powered By A Rechargeable
Lithium-Ion Battery
Figure 3-2
BYD E6 Electric Car
Figure 3-3
BYD F3DM Front View
Figure 3-4
BYD F3DM Rear View
Figure 3-5
BYD F3 Moon Roof
Table 3-6
BYD Plug-in Hybrid Powertrain Flexibility
Figure 3-7
BYD E6 Electric Car
Figure 3-8
BYD F6
Figure 3-9
Tesla Motors Roadster
Figure 3-10
Tesla Motors Roadster Torque and Power Graph
Figure 3-11
Model S by Tesla Motors
Figure 3-12
Daimler AG Smart car
Figure 3-13
Daimler Smart Car
Figure 3-14
Daimler Electric Mercedes
Figure 3-15
Prince Albert of Monaco Driving TH!NK city
Figure 3-16
Driving TH!NK city
Figure 3-17
Reckon Driver Console
Figure 3-18
Reckon Open
Figure 3-19
Reckon OX
Figure 3-20
Reckon City Electric Vehicle
Table 3-21
TH!NK City Specifications
Table 3-22
Reckon City Ordinary Equipment:
Table 3-22 (Continued)
Reckon City Ordinary Equipment:
Table 3-23
TH!NK City Features
Figure 3-24
Reckon Team of Electric Cars
Figure 3-25
General Motors Chevrolet Volt – Front View
Figure 3-26
General Motors Chevrolet Volt – Angle View
Figure 3-27
General Motors Chevrolet Volt – Rear View
Figure 3-28
General Motors Chevrolet Volt
Figure 3-29
GM Cadillac Electric Vehicle
Figure 3-30
General Motors EV1 Electric Car
Figure 3-31
XS500 Electric Car by Miles
Figure 3-32
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – In Traffic
Figure 3-33
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Battery Packaging
Figure 3-34
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Red
Figure 3-35
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Gray
Figure 3-36
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Interior
Figure 3-37
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Features
Figure 3-38
Mitsubishi I Miev Electric Car
Figure 3-39
Mitsubishi I Miev Electric Car Interior Engine and
Handbook Teach Layout
Figure 3-40
Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru R1e Electric Car
Figure 3-41
Subaru R1e Electric Car Plug Station
Figure 3-42
Subaru G4e Electric Car
Figure 3-43
Hybrid Technologies Electric Supercar
Figure 3-44
Electric Mini by PML
Figure 3-45
Test Electric Car by Nissan
Figure 3-46
REVA Electric Car
Figure 3-47
Zenn Auto
Figure 3-48
Zenn Electric Auto Close-up
Figure 3-49
Zenn Auto Parked in Road
Figure 3-50
Zenn Electric Auto – Gray with Sun Roof
Figure 3-51
Commuter Cars Tango Electric Car
Figure 3-52
Commuter Cars Tango in Washington DC
Figure 3-53
Eliica Electric Car
Figure 3-54
Wrightspeed X1 Electric Car
Figure 3-55
Saturn SP1 Electric Car Conversion
Figure 3-56
Toyota Hybrid Prius
Figure 3-57
Toyota FT-EV Battery Electric Vehicle
Figure 3-58
Toyota Electric Car
Table 3-59
Chrysler ENVI Electric Minivan Features
Figure 3-60
Interior of The Concept Car, The Chrysler 200C EV
Table 3-61
Chrysler Electric Vehicle Positioning
Table 3-62
Chrysler Electric Vehicle EV
Figure 3-63
Chrysler Electric Vehicles
Figure 3-64
Dodge Circuit EV
Table 3-65
Dodge Circuit EV Features
Figure 3-66
Chrysler Jeep® Wrangler Unlimited EV
Figure 3-67
Jeep® Wrangler Unlimited EV Features
Figure 3-68
Phoenix Motorcars SUT Truck
Figure 3-69
Phoenix Motorcars SUV Vehicle
Figure 3-70
Shelby Supercars
Figure 3-71
Shelby Supercars – Doors Raised
Figure 3-72
Aptera Pre-Production Model 2e
Figure 3-73
Aptera 2e Pre-Production Models
Figure 3-74
Aperta Three Wheel Vehicle
Figure 3-75
Aperta Three Wheel Vehicle – Rear View
Figure 4-1
Altairnano Battery Performance:
Figure 4-2
EFOY Pro Fuel Cell Kit For Electric Vehicles
Figure 4-3
Electrica City Car – Red
Figure 4-4
Electrica City Car – Yellow
Figure 4-5
Electrica City Car – Open
Figure 4-6
Electrica City Car – Dashboard
Figure 4-7
Smart Fuel Cells (SFC) Supply The StartLab Open With Power
Table 4-8
Challenges in Lithium-ion Battery Design
Table 4-9
Advantages of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Source: ITN.
Table 4-10
Thin Film Battery Unique Properties
Table 4-11
Comparison of battery performances
Table 4-12
Comparison Of Battery Performances
Table 4-13
Thin Films For Advanced Batteries
Table 4-14
Thin Film Batteries Technology
Table 4-15
Thin Film Battery / Lithium Air Batteries Applications
Figure 4-16
Polymer Film Substrate Thin Flexible Battery Profiles
Figure 4-17
Design Alternatives of Thin Film Rechargable Batteries
Table 5-1
A123 Systems Batteries Benefits
Table 5-2
A123 Systems Competitive Positioning
Table 5-2 (Continued)
A123 Systems Competitive Positioning
Table 5-2 (Continued)
A123 Systems Competitive Positioning
Figure 5-3
Aptera Vehicle Early Drawings
Figure 5-4
Assembly Facility: Vista, CA
Figure 5-5
Aperta Composite Facility: Carlsbad, CA
Figure 5-6
EnerDel Operations
Figure 5-7
EnerDel Lithium Power Systems
Figure 5-8
EnerDel Lithium Power USABC Contracts
Figure 5-9
EnerDel Lithium Power Reckon Projct
Table 5-10
Ford Key Regime Energy Actions Recommendations
Figure 5-11
Sanyo Battery Targets 2020
Figure 5-12
REVA Electric Car
Figure 5-13
Saft Revenue H1 2008
Figure 5-14
Shelby Supercars
Figure 5-15
Reckon Auto Production Facility
Figure 5-16
TH!NK North America
Figure 5-17
Toyota Consolidated Vehicle Sales
Figure 5-18
Toyota Strategy
Figure 5-19
Toyota Car
Breakthrough technology in electric vehicles brings advancements that provide customers with personal transportation choices never before available. Electric vehicles are real. They come in a variety of styles and capabilities. The BMW features driving control and style. The Chinese BYD hybrid backed by Warren Buffet’s company has features that enable plug-in hybrid power teach flexibility. It has a full battery-powered electric mode. The series-hybrid mode has an engine which drives a generator to recharge the batteries, performing arts as a rangeextender. There is a parallel hybrid mode, in which the engine and motor both provide propulsive power.
Electric vehicles represent a quantum shift in transportation. The design trajectories are varied; the opportunities are significant as a quantum shift occurs in what the vehicle basic functions are and how the vehicle works. The car companies that leverage the market opportunity to shift to a new paradyne are likely to succeed. There are others who merely try to migrate existing styles and designs to electric vehicles. Buggy whips come to mind.
The ability to plug a car into a hardened backyard set of batteries charged from a solar panel provides relief from petrol spending. To have a second car, powered by a battery pack promises to provide growth of a new industry. The banks can loan against the car and the solar panel. Solar panels are evolving modular capability where they can be quickly installed and provide electricity for the car.
Investment in electric vehicle infrastructure is a priority. With countries seeking to invest in infrastructure that will provide economic growth, it is clear that special infrastructure for electric vehicles will stimulate growth from the confidential sector. Electric vehicle market segment is positioned for growth for vehicles used for local driving.
Worldwide nanotechnology thin film lithium-ion batteries are balanced to achieve significant growth as units become more able to achieve deliver of power to electric vehicles efficiently. Less pricey lithium-ion batteries allow leveraging economies of scale and proliferation of devices into a wide range of applications. According to Susan Eustis, lead author of the study, “Economies of scale leverage the lithium-ion battery nanotechnology advances needed to make lithium-ion batteries competitive. Nanotechnology provided by lithium-ion investigate solves the issues balanced by the need to store renewable energy. Lithium-ion batteries switch price reductions are balanced to handbook market adoption by making units affordable.”
Nanotechnology results obtained in the laboratory are being translated into commercial products. The processes of translating the nanotechnology science into thin film lithium ion batteries are anticipated to be ongoing. The breakthroughs of science in the laboratory have only begun to be translated into life outside the lab, with a long way to go in improving the functioning of the lithium-ion batteries.
Unlike any other battery technology, thin film solid-state batteries show very high sequence life. Using very thin cathodes (0.05µm) batteries have been cycled in excess of 45,000 cycles with very limited loss in capacity. After 45,000 cycles, 95% of the first capacity remained.
Markets for electric vehicles at 685 units in 2008 are anticipated to reach 32.7 million autos shipped by 2015, growing in response to demand for a renewable energy powered vehicle that lowers the total cost of ownership by a significant amount. Lithium-ion batteries used in cell phones and PCs, and in freestyle power tools are proving the technology to power electric vehicles. Early electric vehicles are being used as city cars, proving the feasibility of electric cars. Reckon in Norway has a viable manufacturing operation and 1,000 cars on the road. The large emerging markets are for hybrid and electric vehicles powered by renewable energy systems.
Table of Contents :
Figure ES-1
Aptera Pre-Production Model 2e
Figure ES-2
REVA Electric Car
Table ES-3
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Table ES-3 (Continued)
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Figure ES-4
Worldwide Electric Vehicles
On The Road Market Shares, Units, 2009
Figure ES-5
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Penetration of
Automotive and Light Truck Market Forecasts, Percent,
2009-2015
Figure ES-6
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Retail Forecasts, Dollars,
2009-2015
Table ES-7
Reasons For Aggressive Forecast For Electric Vehicle Markets
Table ES-7 (Continued)
Reasons For Aggressive Forecast For Electric Vehicle Markets
Table ES-8
New Infrastructure, New Driving Modalities Brought By
Electric Vehicles
1. ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS
1.1 Auto Industry
1.1.1 Electric Vehicle Economic Forces
1.1.2 Cars Represent 20% Of The US Economic Retail Spending
1.1.3 Electric Vehicle Design Trajectories
1.2 Electric Vehicle EVs
1.2.1 EVs Cost Effective In City Conditions
1.2.2 Lithium-Ion Car Batteries
1.2.3 Confidential-Broadcast Partnerships
1.3 Lithium-Ion Battery Target Markets
1.3.1 Project Better Place and the Renault-Nissan Alliance
1.3.2 Largest Target Market, The Transportation Industry
1.3.3 Electric Grid Services Market
1.3.4 Portable Power Market, Power Tools
1.4 Lithium-Ion Battery Technologies Transportation Industry Target Market
1.5 Energy Storage For Grid Stabilization
1.5.1 Local Energy Storage Benefit For Utilities
1.6 Applications Require On-Printed Circuit Board Battery Power
1.6.1 Thin-film vs. Printed Batteries
1.7 Smart Buildings
1.7.1 Permanent Power for Wireless Sensors
1.8 Battery Safety / The makings Hazards
1.9 Thin Film Solid-State Battery Construction
1.10 Battery Is Electrochemical Device
1.11 Battery Depends On Chemical Energy
1.11.1 Characteristics Of Battery Cells
1.11.2 Batteries Are Designed Differently For Innumerable Applications
2. ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS
2.1 Electric Vehicle Economic Market Driving Forces
2.1.1 Nanotechnology Forms the Base for Lithium-Ion Batteries
2.1.2 Lithium-Ion Batteries
2.2 Electric Vehicle Market Shares
2.2.1 Daimler Safety Cell
2.2.2 Daimler Smart Car
2.2.3 BYD
2.2.4 Reckon Environmentally Friendly Vehicles
2.2.5 TH!NK City Safety Concept
2.2.6 Reckon Overnight Power Top-Up
2.2.7 GM Volt
2.2.8 GM Opel
2.2.9 Tesla Motors
2.2.10 i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi
2.2.11 Mitsubishi
2.2.12 Subaru Selling EVs In Japan In 2009
2.2.13 BMW
2.2.14 REVA Electric Car
2.2.15 Ford Advances Electric Vehicle Technology
2.2.16 Ford Partnership With Helpfulness Industry
2.2.17 Toyota Hybrid Prius
2.2.18 Nissan
2.2.19 Phoenix Motorcars
2.2.20 Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru
2.2.21 Chrysler
2.3 Electric Vehicles Market Forecasts
2.4 Electric Vehicle Battery Recharging
2.4.1 Changing Electric Vehicles On The Glide
2.5 2008 / 2009 Auto Sales Overview
2.5.1 Korean Cars Succeed In US
2.5.2 Total Vehicles Sold / GM Profile
2.5.3 GM Comprehensive Vehicle Sales and Market Share – 2007
2.5.4 Worldwide Automotive Sales For 2007
2.5.5 Deepening Slowdown
2.6 Electric Vehicles As A Very Fancy Golf Cart
2.7 Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces
2.7.1 Market Driving Forces
2.7.2 Nanotechnology Forms the Base for Lithium-Ion Batteries
2.7.3 Competitors
2.8 Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares
2.8.1 ExxonMobil Affiliate in Japan / Tonen Chemical
2.8.2 A123Systems Patent for Nanophosphate™ Lithium Ion Battery Technology
2.9 Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecasts
2.10 Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Vehicle Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares
2.10.1 BYD
2.10.2 Johnson Controls-Saft
2.10.3 Saft Battery Technologies
2.10.4 A123Systems 32 Series Automotive Class Lithium Ion™ Cells:
2.10.5 NEC and Nissen
2.10.6 LG Chem
2.10.7 EnerDel
2.10.8 Struggle
2.11 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecasts
2.11.1 Largest Target Market, The Transportation Industry Thin Film Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery EV Market Thin Film Lithium-Ion And Lithium Polymer Automotive Batteries
3. ELECTRIC VEHICLE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
3.1 BMW
3.1.1 BMW Second Version Of The Electric Mini
3.2 BYD / MidAmerican Energy Worth
3.2.1 Warren Buffet – MidAmerican, A Pool Of Electric Utilities In The Midwest
3.2.2 BYD Plug-in Hybrid Power Teach Flexibility
3.2.3 BYD E6 Electric Car and F6
3.2.4 BYD E6 Electric Vehicle Specifications
3.3 Tesla Motors
3.3.1 Electric Roadster by Tesla Motors
3.3.2 Tesla Motors Next Generation Model S
3.3.3 Telsa Battery Pack And Frame
3.4 Daimler AG
3.4.1 Daimler Smart Car Model Features
3.4.2 Electric Car by Daimler Mercedes (2010)
3.5 Reckon
3.5.1 A123Systems / GE Production Narrow for Norwegian Reckon Electric Vehicles
3.5.2 Reckon Overnight Power Top-Up
3.5.3 TH!NK City Safety Concept
3.5.4 TH!NK City Environmentally Friendly
3.5.5 Thinking Globally
3.6 General Motors
3.6.1 GM Volt
3.6.2 GM Challenge to Battery Developers
3.6.3 GM and A123Systems Co-Develop Lithium-Ion Battery Cell for Chevrolet Volt
3.6.4 GM Cadillac Electric Vehicle
3.6.5 GM / Opel
3.6.6 GM Chevrolet Equinox Fuel-Cell Vehicles
3.7 Miles XS500 Electric Car
3.8 Mitsubishi i MiEV Electric Car to be Sold 1 Year Ahead of Schedule in Japan
3.8.1 Mitsubishi i MiEV Electric Car Specifications
3.8.2 Mitsubishi i MiEV Electric Car Pricing
3.8.3 i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi
3.8.4 Mitsubishi Electric Car i MiEV Coming to Europe
3.8.5 Mitsubishi Electric Car i MiEV Production Plans
3.8.6 i MiEV Electric Car Specifications
3.8.7 i MiEV Electric Car to be Sold 1 Year Ahead of Schedule
3.9 Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru R1e Electric Car Source: Subaru.
3.9.1 Subaru Selling EVs In Japan In 2009
3.9.2 Subaru G4e Source: Subaru.
3.9.3 NEC / Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru
3.9.4 NEC / Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru Thin Film Battery Flat Shape
3.10 Electric Supercar by Hybrid Technologies
3.11 Electric Mini by PML
3.12 Electric Car by Nissan (2010-2012)
3.12.1 NEC / Nissan Low-Cost Lithium-Manganese Batteries
3.13 REVA Electric Car
3.14 Zenn Low Speed Electric Car
3.15 Commuter Cars Tango Electric Car
3.16 Eliica Electric Car by KEIO University
3.17 Wrightspeed X1 Electric Car
3.18 Saturn SP1 Electric Car Conversion by Students of Napoleon High School
3.19 Toyota Hybrid Prius
3.19.1 Toyota iQ Microcar
3.19.2 Toyota FT-EV Battery Electric Vehicle
3.20 Ford
3.21 Chrysler
3.21.1 Chrysler Town & Country EV
3.21.2 Chrysler Personal Mobility Revolution
3.21.3 Chrysler Dodge Circuit EV
3.21.4 Chrysler Jeep® Wrangler Unlimited EV
3.22 Phoenix
3.23 Shelby Supercars
3.24 Aptera
4. ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
4.1 Phoenix Motorcars Altairnano Lithium Titanate Battery Technology
4.1.1 Altairnano Battery Comparison
4.1.2 Lead-Acid Battery Technology
4.1.3 Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH)
4.1.4 Lithium-Ion
4.2 Globalization Model For Electric Cars
4.2.1 Better Place Electric Vehicle Network
4.2.2 Better Place has partnered with AGL Energy in Australia
4.3 EFOY Pro Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Charging Kit
4.3.1 Smart Fuel Cells SFC
4.3.2 Citycom AG’s CityEL
4.4 Vendor Lithium-ion Battery Strategy
4.4.1 Rechargeable Lithium Batteries Characteristics
4.5 Challenges in Battery Design
4.5.1 Advanced Lithium-ion Batteries Requirements
4.6 Vendor Lithium-Ion Battery Positioning
4.6.1 High-Quality, Volume Manufacturing Facilities
4.7 Applications Of Lithium-Ion Batteries
4.8 Mobile Phone Industry
4.8.1 Nanowires
4.8.2 Thin Film Battery Enabling Chemistries
4.8.3 The Cathodes
4.8.4 Solid State Devices Provide More Energy Density
4.9 Advantages of Lithium-Ion Batteries
4.9.1 Lithium-Ion Battery Shortcomings
4.9.2 Charging
4.9.3 Applications
4.9.4 Expenditure
4.10 Lithium Cell Chemistry Variants
4.10.1 Lithium-ion
4.10.2 Lithium-ion Polymer
4.10.3 Other Lithium Cathode Chemistry Variants
4.10.4 Lithium Cobalt LiCoO2
4.10.5 Lithium Manganese LiMn2O4
4.10.6 Lithium Nickel LiNiO2
4.10.7 Lithium (NCM) Nickel Cobal Manganese – Li(NiCoMn)O2
4.10.8 Lithium Iron Phosphate LiFePO4
4.11 Operating Performance Of The Cell Can Be Tuned
4.12 Lithium Metal Polymer
4.12.1 Lithium Sulphur Li2S8
4.12.2 Alternative Anode Chemistry
4.13 ExxonMobil affiliate, Tonen Chemical Polyethylene-Based, Porous Film
4.14 Cymbet Every second Manufacturing
4.15 Thin-Film Batteries Packaging
4.16 ITN Energy Systems Fibrous Substrates, PowerFiber
4.16.1 ITN Sensors
4.17 Cell Construction
4.18 Impact Of Nanotechnology
4.19 Thin Film Batteries
4.19.1 Thin Film Battery Timescales and Expenditure
4.19.2 High Power And Energy Density
4.19.3 High Rate Capability
4.20 Comparison Of Rechargeable Battery Performance
4.21 Polymer Film Substrate
4.22 Micro Battery Solid Electrolyte
5. ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPANY PROFILES
5.1 A123 Systems
5.1.1 A123 Systems Revenue
5.1.2 A123Systems Registration Statement for Early Broadcast Offering
5.1.3 A123 Systems Batteries Benefits
5.1.4 A123 Systems Competitive Advantage
5.1.5 A123 Systems Strategy
5.1.6 A123Systems and GE
5.1.7 A123 Acquisition of Hymotion
5.1.8 Procter & Gamble Duracell and A123 Systems Collaborate
5.1.9 Cobasys and A123 Systems
5.2 Aperta
5.3 Better Place Model
5.4 BMW
5.5 BYD
5.5.1 Warren Buffett Buys 10 Percent Stake In BYD Chinese Battery Manufacturer
5.6 E-One Moli Energy Group
5.7 Ener1
5.7.1 Ener1 Third Quarter 2008 Revenue
5.7.2 Ener1 Positioning Technology Originally Pioneered By Argonne National Lab
5.7.3 Ener1 Buys Enertech Leading Korean Lithium-ion Battery Cell Producer
5.7.4 Ener1 / Enertech Specializes In Producing Large Format Flat (“Prismatic”) Cells
5.7.5 EnerDel Operations
5.8 Ford
5.8.1 Ford Electric Vehicle Positioning
5.8.2 Ford’s Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy
5.8.3 Ford Partnership With Southern California Edison Electric Helpfulness
5.8.4 Ford Partnership with Johnson Controls-Saft for Thin Film Batteries
5.8.5 Ford Partnership with Helpfulness Industry
5.8.6 Building A Business Case
5.8.7 Governments Of Japan, China, Korea, And India Significantly Funding EV Investigate
5.8.8 Ford Energy Possibility Thought
5.9 Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru
5.9.1 Subaru of America
5.9.2 Subaru of America Revenue 2008
5.10 General Motors
5.10.1 General Motors Factory In Michigan To Build Battery Packs
5.10.2 GM 2008 Comprehensive Sales of 8.35 Million Vehicles
5.10.3 GM Continues Growth in Emerging Markets
5.10.4 GM’s North America Regional Performance
5.10.5 GM Europe
5.10.6 GM Strongly Believes In The Electrification Of The Automobile
5.11 Miles Electric Vehicles
5.11.1 Miles Zero Emissions, Full Electric Car
5.12 Johnson Controls-Saft
5.13 LG Petrochemical
5.13.1 LG Chem
5.14 Mitsubishi
5.14.1 Fleet Testing Of The Zero-Emissions iMiev Electric Vehicle
5.15 NEC / Nissan Low-Cost Lithium-Manganese Batteries
5.15.1 NEC Lamilion Energy
5.16 Panasonic / Sanyo
5.17 Phoenix Motorcars
5.17.1 Phoenix Motorcars Customers: Maui Electric
5.17.2 Phoenix MC All-Electric, Light-Duty Trucks
5.18 REVA
5.18.1 REVA Car Features
5.18.2 REVA Globally Tested Product
5.19 Saft
5.19.1 Saft Battery Technologies
5.19.2 Saft Industrial Battery Group (IBG)
5.19.3 Saft Specialty Battery Group (SBG)
5.19.4 Saft Rechargeable Battery Systems (RBS)
5.19.5 Saft Investigate and Development
5.19.6 Johnson Controls-Saft United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC)
5.20 Samsung
5.21 Shelby SuperCars
5.21.1 Sheffield International Finance Corporation
5.21.2 SSC Monthly Newsletter
5.22 Tesla Motors
5.22.1 Tesla Battery Packs
5.22.2 Tesla Roadster
5.22.3 Tesla Reorganization
5.23 Reckon
5.23.1 Reckon Manufacturing Capacity
5.23.2 Reckon Employees Called Back From Lay-Off
5.23.3 Reckon Confirms Interim Financing – Confidential Equity Firm Ener1 Group Is The Lead Investor
5.23.4 Kleiner Perkins And Rockport Hub, Two Leading Us Cleantech Investors Launch Joint Venture With Norwegian Electrical Vehicle Company Reckon
5.23.5 TH!NK city Thump-Tested And Highway-Certified EV
5.23.6 Reckon Strategic Partnership With Energy Giant General Electric
5.23.7 Reckon collaboration with Porsche Consulting
5.24 Toyota
5.25 ZENN Motor Company
5.25.1 Zenn Motor Strategic Energy Storage Partner, Eestor
List of Tables and Figures
Figure ES-1
Aptera Pre-Production Model 2e
Figure ES-2
REVA Electric Car
Table ES-3
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Table ES-3 (Continued)
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Figure ES-4
Worldwide Electric Vehicles
On The Road Market Shares, Units, 2009
Figure ES-5
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Penetration of
Automotive and Light Truck Market Forecasts, Percent,
2009-2015
Figure ES-6
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Retail Forecasts, Dollars,
2009-2015
Table ES-7
Reasons For Aggressive Forecast For Electric Vehicle Markets
Table ES-7 (Continued)
Reasons For Aggressive Forecast For Electric Vehicle Markets
Table ES-8
New Infrastructure, New Driving Modalities Brought By
Electric Vehicles
Table 1-1
Principal Features Used To Compare Rechargeable Batteries
Figure 1-2
BMW’s Mini E Electric Car Powered By A Rechargeable
Lithium-Ion Battery
Table 1-3
Examples of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Figure 1-4
Typical Structure Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery
Table 1-5
Characteristics Of Battery Cells
Table 2-1
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces
Table 2-2
Energy Advantages Of Thin-Film Batteries
Figure 2-3
Aptera Pre-Production Model 2e
Table 2-4
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Table 2-4 (Continued)
Electric Vehicle Market Driving Forces
Figure 2-5
Worldwide Electric Vehicles
On The Road Market Shares, Units, 2009
Table 2-6
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Shipments Market Shares,
Units On the Road
2009 11
Figure 2-7
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Red
Figure 2-8
REVA Electric Car
Figure 2-9
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Penetration of Automotive
and Light Truck Market Forecasts, Percent,
2009-2015
Table 2-10
Worldwide Electric Vehicle (EV) Unit Shipments
and Automotive Market Retail Forecasts and
Penetration Analysis, 2009-2015
Figure 2-11
Worldwide Electric Vehicle Retail Forecasts, Dollars,
2009-2015
Table 2-12
Worldwide Electric Vehicle (EV) Unit Shipments
and Automotive Market Retail Forecasts and
Penetration Analysis, 2009-2015
Table 2-13
Worldwide Electric Vehicle (EV) Unit Shipments
and Automotive Market Retail Forecasts, Penetration Analysis,
2009-2015
Table 2-14
Worldwide Automotive and Light Truck Small
Size Electric Vehicle (EV) Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-15
Worldwide Small Electric Vehicle (EV) Market
Forecasts, Units, 2009-2015
Table 2-16
Worldwide Small Car and Small Light Truck Electric
Vehicle (EV) Automotive Market Retail Forecasts,
Units and Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-17
Worldwide Sedan Size Automotive and Light Truck
Electric Vehicle (EV) Retail Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-18
Worldwide Sedan Size Automotive and Light Truck
Electric Vehicle (EV) Shipments Retail Market Forecasts, Units,
2009-2015
Table 2-19
Worldwide Sedan Size Car and Light Truck Electric
Vehicle (EV) Unit Shipments and Automotive Market
Retail Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2009-201
Table 2-20
Reasons For Aggressive Forecast For Electric Vehicle Markets
Table 2-21
New Infrastructure, New Driving Modalities Brought By
Electric Vehicles
Table 2-22
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces
Table 2-23
Energy Advantages Of Thin-Film Batteries
Figure 2-24
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Table 2-25
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-26
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-27
Worldwide Lithium-Ion and Advanced Lithium-ion
Battery Market Forecasts, Automotive, Power Tools,
Electric Grid, and PC Card, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-28
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Automotive Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-29
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Automotive Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-30
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-31
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Units, 2009-2015
Figure 2-32
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Units and Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-33
Commercialization Challenges Of The Automotive,
Truck, and Bus Thin Film Battery Industry
Table 2-34
Integrated Thin Film Battery Personal Transport Power Systems
Figure 3-1
BMW’S Mini E Electric Car Powered By A Rechargeable
Lithium-Ion Battery
Figure 3-2
BYD E6 Electric Car
Figure 3-3
BYD F3DM Front View
Figure 3-4
BYD F3DM Rear View
Figure 3-5
BYD F3 Moon Roof
Table 3-6
BYD Plug-in Hybrid Powertrain Flexibility
Figure 3-7
BYD E6 Electric Car
Figure 3-8
BYD F6
Figure 3-9
Tesla Motors Roadster
Figure 3-10
Tesla Motors Roadster Torque and Power Graph
Figure 3-11
Model S by Tesla Motors
Figure 3-12
Daimler AG Smart car
Figure 3-13
Daimler Smart Car
Figure 3-14
Daimler Electric Mercedes
Figure 3-15
Prince Albert of Monaco Driving TH!NK city
Figure 3-16
Driving TH!NK city
Figure 3-17
Reckon Driver Console
Figure 3-18
Reckon Open
Figure 3-19
Reckon OX
Figure 3-20
Reckon City Electric Vehicle
Table 3-21
TH!NK City Specifications
Table 3-22
Reckon City Ordinary Equipment:
Table 3-22 (Continued)
Reckon City Ordinary Equipment:
Table 3-23
TH!NK City Features
Figure 3-24
Reckon Team of Electric Cars
Figure 3-25
General Motors Chevrolet Volt – Front View
Figure 3-26
General Motors Chevrolet Volt – Angle View
Figure 3-27
General Motors Chevrolet Volt – Rear View
Figure 3-28
General Motors Chevrolet Volt
Figure 3-29
GM Cadillac Electric Vehicle
Figure 3-30
General Motors EV1 Electric Car
Figure 3-31
XS500 Electric Car by Miles
Figure 3-32
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – In Traffic
Figure 3-33
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Battery Packaging
Figure 3-34
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Red
Figure 3-35
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Gray
Figure 3-36
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Interior
Figure 3-37
i MiEV Electric Car by Mitsubishi – Features
Figure 3-38
Mitsubishi I Miev Electric Car
Figure 3-39
Mitsubishi I Miev Electric Car Interior Engine and
Handbook Teach Layout
Figure 3-40
Fuji Heavy Industries / Subaru R1e Electric Car
Figure 3-41
Subaru R1e Electric Car Plug Station
Figure 3-42
Subaru G4e Electric Car
Figure 3-43
Hybrid Technologies Electric Supercar
Figure 3-44
Electric Mini by PML
Figure 3-45
Test Electric Car by Nissan
Figure 3-46
REVA Electric Car
Figure 3-47
Zenn Auto
Figure 3-48
Zenn Electric Auto Close-up
Figure 3-49
Zenn Auto Parked in Road
Figure 3-50
Zenn Electric Auto – Gray with Sun Roof
Figure 3-51
Commuter Cars Tango Electric Car
Figure 3-52
Commuter Cars Tango in Washington DC
Figure 3-53
Eliica Electric Car
Figure 3-54
Wrightspeed X1 Electric Car
Figure 3-55
Saturn SP1 Electric Car Conversion
Figure 3-56
Toyota Hybrid Prius
Figure 3-57
Toyota FT-EV Battery Electric Vehicle
Figure 3-58
Toyota Electric Car
Table 3-59
Chrysler ENVI Electric Minivan Features
Figure 3-60
Interior of The Concept Car, The Chrysler 200C EV
Table 3-61
Chrysler Electric Vehicle Positioning
Table 3-62
Chrysler Electric Vehicle EV
Figure 3-63
Chrysler Electric Vehicles
Figure 3-64
Dodge Circuit EV
Table 3-65
Dodge Circuit EV Features
Figure 3-66
Chrysler Jeep® Wrangler Unlimited EV
Figure 3-67
Jeep® Wrangler Unlimited EV Features
Figure 3-68
Phoenix Motorcars SUT Truck
Figure 3-69
Phoenix Motorcars SUV Vehicle
Figure 3-70
Shelby Supercars
Figure 3-71
Shelby Supercars – Doors Raised
Figure 3-72
Aptera Pre-Production Model 2e
Figure 3-73
Aptera 2e Pre-Production Models
Figure 3-74
Aperta Three Wheel Vehicle
Figure 3-75
Aperta Three Wheel Vehicle – Rear View
Figure 4-1
Altairnano Battery Performance:
Figure 4-2
EFOY Pro Fuel Cell Kit For Electric Vehicles
Figure 4-3
Electrica City Car – Red
Figure 4-4
Electrica City Car – Yellow
Figure 4-5
Electrica City Car – Open
Figure 4-6
Electrica City Car – Dashboard
Figure 4-7
Smart Fuel Cells (SFC) Supply The StartLab Open With Power
Table 4-8
Challenges in Lithium-ion Battery Design
Table 4-9
Advantages of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Source: ITN.
Table 4-10
Thin Film Battery Unique Properties
Table 4-11
Comparison of battery performances
Table 4-12
Comparison Of Battery Performances
Table 4-13
Thin Films For Advanced Batteries
Table 4-14
Thin Film Batteries Technology
Table 4-15
Thin Film Battery / Lithium Air Batteries Applications
Figure 4-16
Polymer Film Substrate Thin Flexible Battery Profiles
Figure 4-17
Design Alternatives of Thin Film Rechargable Batteries
Table 5-1
A123 Systems Batteries Benefits
Table 5-2
A123 Systems C
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Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares Strategies, And Forecasts, 2009-2015-Aarkstore Enterprise
Worldwide nanotechnology thin film lithium-ion batteries are balanced to achieve significant growth as units become more able to achieve deliver of power to electric vehicles efficiently. Less pricey lithium-ion batteries allow leveraging economies of scale and proliferation of devices into a wide range of applications. According to Susan Eustis, lead author of the study, “Economies of scale leverage the lithium-ion battery nanotechnology advances needed to make lithium-ion batteries competitive. Nanotechnology provided by lithium-ion investigate solves the issues balanced by the need to store renewable energy. Lithium-ion batteries switch price reductions are balanced to handbook market adoption by making units affordable.”
Nanotechnology results obtained in the laboratory are being translated into commercial products. The processes of translating the nanotechnology science into thin film lithium ion batteries are anticipated to be ongoing. The breakthroughs of science in the laboratory have only begun to be translated into life outside the lab, with a long way to go in improving the functioning of the lithium-ion batteries. Unlike any other battery technology, thin film solid-state batteries show very high sequence life. Using very thin cathodes (0.05µm) batteries have been cycled in excess of 45,000 cycles with very limited loss in capacity. After 45,000 cycles, 95% of the first capacity remained.
Then there is the problem of translating the evolving technology into manufacturing process. What this means is that the market will be very dynamic, with the market leaders continuously being challenged by innovators, large and small that develop more cost well-methodical units. Systems integration and manufacturing capabilities have developed a broad family of high-power lithium-ion batteries and battery systems. A family of battery products, combined with strategic partner relationships in the transportation, electric grid services and portable power markets, position vendors to address these markets for lithium-ion batteries.
Electric Vehicles depend on design, development, manufacture, and support of advanced, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Batteries provide a combination of power, safety and life. Next-generation energy storage solutions are evolving as commercially available batteries. Lithium-ion batteries will play an increasingly vital role in facilitating a shift toward cleaner forms of energy.
Innovative approaches to materials science and battery engineering are available from a large number of very significant companies — GE, Panasonic Sanyo / Matsushita Industrial Co., Ltd., NEC, Saft, Toshiba, BYD / Berkshire Hathaway, LG Chem, Altair Nanotechnologies, Samsung, Sony, A123 Systems with MIT technology, and Altair Nanotechnologies.
Markets for lithium-ion batteries at $911 million in 2008 are anticipated to reach $9.1 billion by 2015, growing in response to decreases in unit expenditure and increases. Lithiumion batteries used in cell phones and PCs, and in freestyle power tools are proving the technology. Units are shipped into military markets and are used in satellites, proving the feasibility of systems. Small, lithium-ion prismatic batteries prove the feasibility of this technology. The large emerging markets are for hybrid and electric vehicles powered by renewable energy systems.
Report Methodology
This is the 399th report in a series of market investigate reports that provide forecasts in communications, telecommunications, the internet, computer, software, and telephone equipment. The project leaders take direct responsibility for prose and preparing each report. They have significant experience preparing industry studies. Forecasts are based on primary investigate and proprietary data bases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and correlated segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with key customers of products, industry segment leaders, marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in-depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.
Table of Contents :
Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery Executive Summary ES-1
Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion
Battery Market Driving Forces ES-1
Market Driving Forces ES-2
Nanotechnology Forms the Base for Lithium-Ion Batteries ES-7
Competitors ES-7
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares ES-7
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecasts ES-9
1. Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery
Market Description and Market Dynamics 1-1
1.1 Lithium-Ion Battery Target Markets 1-1
1.1.1 Project Better Place and the Renault-Nissan Alliance 1-2
1.1.2 Largest Target Market, The Transportation Industry 1-3
1.1.3 Electric Grid Services Market 1-4
1.1.4 Portable Power Market, Power Tools 1-5
1.2 Lithium-Ion Battery Technologies Transportation
Industry Target Market 1-7
1.3 Energy Storage For Grid Stabilization 1-11
1.3.1 Local Energy Storage Benefit For Utilities 1-12
1.4 Applications Require On-Printed Circuit
Board Battery Power 1-13
1.4.1 Thin-film vs. Printed Batteries 1-13
1.5 Smart Buildings 1-14
1.5.1 Permanent Power for Wireless Sensors 1-16
1.6 Battery Safety / The makings Hazards 1-17
1.7 Thin Film Solid-State Battery Construction 1-18
1.8 Battery Is Electrochemical Device 1-20
1.9 Battery Depends On Chemical Energy 1-21
1.9.1 Characteristics Of Battery Cells 1-21
1.9.2 Batteries Are Designed Differently For Innumerable Applications 1-23
2. Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery Market
Shares and Market Forecasts 2-1
2.1 Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion
Battery Market Driving Forces 2-1
2.1.1 Market Driving Forces 2-2
2.1.2 Nanotechnology Forms the Base for Lithium-Ion Batteries 2-7
2.1.3 Competitors 2-7
2.2 Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares 2-7
2.2.1 ExxonMobil Affiliate in Japan / Tonen Chemical 2-10
2.3 Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecasts 2-11
2.4 Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Vehicle Lithium-Ion
Battery Market Shares 2-14
2.4.1 BYD 2-16
2.4.2 Johnson Controls-Saft 2-16
2.4.3 Saft Battery Technologies 2-17
2.4.4 A123Systems 32 Series Automotive Class
Lithium Ion™ Cells: 2-17
2.4.5 NEC and Nissen 2-19
2.4.6 LG Chem 2-20
2.4.7 EnerDel 2-20
2.4.8 Struggle 2-20
2.5 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Lithium-Ion
Battery Market Forecasts 2-21
2.5.1 Largest Target Market, The Transportation Industry 2-25
Thin Film Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery EV Market 2-27
Thin Film Lithium-Ion And Lithium Polymer Automotive Batteries 2-27
2.6 Thin-Film and Printed Batteries: On-Board
Solutions for Low-Power Electronics 2-29
2.6.1 Solicore Tiny Flat Battery 2-31
2.6.2 Thin-Film, Organic, and Printed Batteries:
On-Board Solutions for Low-Power Electronics 2-32
2.7 Cell Phone, Communications, And PC Lithium-Ion
Battery Technology Markets Conversation 2-33
2.7.1 Samsung SDI 2-33
2.7.2 BYD 2-33
2.7.3 Saft 2-33
2.7.4 Portable Power Struggle 2-34
2.8 Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Portable Power
Market, Power Tools Market Shares 2-34
2.8.1 A123 Systems 2-36
2.9 Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Portable Power,
Power Tools Market Forecasts 2-37
2.10 Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Electric
Grid Services Markets 2-40
2.10.1 Electric Grid Services 2-42
2.11 Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Market Positioning 2-43
2.11.1 US And Its Allies Are Changing The Military Landscape 2-48
2.12 Digital Device Battery Forecasts 2-51
3. Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Product Description 3-1
3.1 A123 Systems 3-1
3.1.1 A123 Systems Lithium Ion Cell Construction
Based On A Dual Plate Tubular Design 3-4
3.1.2 A123Systems 32 Series Automotive Class
Lithium Ion™ Cells: 3-5
3.1.3 GM and A123Systems Co-Develop
Lithium-Ion Battery Cell for Chevrolet Volt 3-11
3.1.4 A123Systems / GE Production Narrow for
Norewegian Reckon Electric Vehicles 3-12
3.1.5 A123Systems Patent for Nanophosphate™
Lithium Ion Battery Technology 3-14
3.2 LG Chem 3-15
3.2.1 LG Lithium-Ion Cylindrical Battery 3-15
3.2.2 LG Lithium-ion Polymer Battery 3-15
3.2.3 LG Lithium-ion Battery Prismatic Type 3-17
3.2.4 LG Chem 3-17
3.3 SAFT 3-18
3.3.1 Saft Lithium-ion (Li-ion) Batteries 3-18
3.3.2 Saft is Li-ion Batteries For Commercial
GEO Satellites to JSC ISS of Russia 3-19
3.3.3 Saft Narrow To Power Hybrid Electric Mobile
Helpfulness Systems From Titan Energy Development 3-21
3.3.4 Saft and ABB Develop New High Voltage Li-ion
Battery System 3-22
3.3.5 Saft Hybrid Battery Technology for Wisconsin Clean Energy 3-24
3.3.6 Saft High-Energy Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) Batteries For Raytheon 3-25
3.3.7 Saft Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) Battery Backup Systems 3-25
3.3.8 Saft Energy Storage As A Key
Renewable Energy Enabling Technology 3-26
3.3.9 Saft / Solion Large Li-ion batteries 3-27
3.3.10 Saft Lithium-Sulfur Dioxide (Li-So2) Batteries 3-31
3.3.11 Saft Lithium Technologies 3-32
3.3.12 Saft Lithium-thionyl chloride (Li-SOCl2) 3-32
3.3.13 Lithium-thionyl chloride (Li-SOCl2) – LS/LST/LSG cell ranges 3-35
3.3.14 Saft Small LS/LST bobbin cells 3-36
3.3.15 Saft Large LS/T bobbin cells 3-38
3.3.16 Saft Lithium-Manganese Dioxide (Li-MnO2) 3-43
3.3.17 Saft Lithium-ion (Li-ion) 3-43
3.4 BYD 3-50
3.4.1 Warren Buffett Buys 10 Percent Stake In BYD
Chinese Battery Manufacturer 3-50
3.4.2 BYD Battery Expertise 3-52
3.5 Panasonic / Sanyo 3-53
3.6 Samsung 3-54
3.7 Ener1 / EnerDel 3-55
3.7.1 EnerDel Lithium-Ion Prismatic Design 3-56
3.7.2 EnerDel Addressing Market Demand for
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) 3-56
3.7.3 EnerDel 5Amp Battery Pack 3-60
3.8 Imara 3-60
3.9 ExxonMobil Affiliate in Japan / Tonen Chemical 3-62
3.9.1 Tonen Chemical Leading Supplier Of Separators
For Lithium Ion Batteries 3-63
3.10 NEC 3-63
3.10.1 Nissan and NEC Group 3-64
3.10.2 Nissan And NEC Joint Venture 3-65
3.10.3 NEC High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries
Use A Compact Laminated Configuration 3-66
3.10.4 NEC / Nissan Low-Cost Lithium-Manganese Batteries 3-67
3.10.5 NEC Lamilion Energy 3-68
3.10.6 NEC Subaru 3-68
3.10.7 NEC Thin Film Battery Has Sixteen Modules
Consisting Of Twelve Cells, Serially Connected 3-69
3.10.8 NEC / Subaru Thin Film Battery Flat Shape 3-69
3.11 Sony 3-71
3.12 Matshushita Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) 3-73
3.12.1 Panasonic Lithium Batteries 3-74
3.12.2 Panasonic Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Batteries 3-75
3.13 E-One Moli Energy 3-79
3.13.1 Product Data Sheets 3-81
3.14 QuantumSphere 3-82
3.15 Solicore Ultra Thin-Film Battery 3-84
3.15.1 Solicore’s Flexion Lithium Polymer Batteries 3-86
3.15.2 Solicore Flexion Lithium Powered Cards 3-87
3.15.3 Solicore RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Devices 3-89
3.15.4 Solicore’s Flexion® Batteries Bluechip Million Unit Buy 3-90
3.15.5 Solicore Supports Smart Cards 3-91
3.16 Cymbet EnerChip™ Solid-State, Rechargeable
Thin-Film Batteries 3-92
3.16.1 Cymbet Enerchip™ Sensors Support 3-94
3.17 Front Edge Technology 3-95
3.18 Excellatron Thin-Film Micro-Batteries 3-95
3.18.1 Contrast To Conventional Lithium Cells 3-95
3.18.2 Excellatron Market Advantage 3-97
3.18.3 Excellatron Battery Current State of the Art 3-99
3.18.4 Excellatron Battery Intrinsically Safe 3-101
3.18.5 High Temperature Performance of
Excellatron Thin Film Batteries 3-101
3.18.6 Excellatron Long Sequence Life 3-109
3.18.7 Excellatron Polymer Film Substrate for Thin Flexible Profile 3-111
3.18.8 Excellatron Unique Proprietary Passivation
Barrier and Packaging Solution 3-113
3.19 Front Edge 50,000 Prototypes Of Nanoenergy Batteries 3-117
3.19.1 Front Edge Technology (FET) 3-117
3.20 Infinite Power Solutions (IPS) Flexible Thin-Film Batteries 3-127
3.20.1 Infinite Power Solutions 3-129
3.21 Oak Ridge Micro-Energy 3-130
3.21.1 Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Thin Film Batteries 3-132
3.22 Energizer 3-132
3.22.1 Energizer Worth 3-133
3.23 Valence 3-134
3.23.1 PVI for Valence’s U-Charge(R) XP Energy Storage Systems 3-134
3.23.2 Valence Lithium Phosphate 3-135
3.23.3 Valence Lithium Phosphate Stability and Dependability 3-137
3.23.4 Valence Safety Focus 3-137
3.23.5 Valence Lithium Phosphate Alternative to Lead-Acid 3-138
3.23.6 Valence Lithium Phosphate Storage and Run-Time 3-138
3.23.7 Valence Lithium Phosphate Safety and Maintenance Free 3-138
3.24 ITN Energy Systems 3-139
3.24.1 ITN Intelligent Processing, Sensors, & Controls: 3-142
3.24.2 ITN Control: 3-144
3.24.3 ITN Sensors 3-147
3.24.4 ITN Unique Sensors: X-Ray Fluorescence And
Parallel Detection Spectroscopic Ellipsometer 3-148
3.25 ULVAC 3-159
3.26 Intersil 3-159
4. Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery Technology 4-1
4.1 Vendor Lithium-ion Battery Strategy 4-1
4.1.1 Rechargeable Lithium Batteries Characteristics 4-2
4.2 Challenges in Battery Design 4-3
4.2.1 Advanced Lithium-ion Batteries Requirements 4-7
4.3 Vendor Lithium-Ion Battery Positioning 4-8
4.3.1 High-Quality, Volume Manufacturing Facilities 4-10
4.4 Applications Of Lithium-Ion Batteries 4-11
4.5 Mobile Phone Industry 4-12
4.5.1 Nanowires 4-13
4.5.2 Thin Film Battery Enabling Chemistries 4-13
4.5.3 The Cathodes 4-14
4.5.4 Solid State Devices Provide More Energy Density 4-14
4.6 Advantages of Lithium-Ion Batteries 4-15
4.6.1 Lithium-Ion Battery Shortcomings 4-18
4.6.2 Charging 4-19
4.6.3 Applications 4-19
4.6.4 Expenditure 4-20
4.7 Lithium Cell Chemistry Variants 4-20
4.7.1 Lithium-ion 4-21
4.7.2 Lithium-ion Polymer 4-22
4.7.3 Other Lithium Cathode Chemistry Variants 4-23
4.7.4 Lithium Cobalt LiCoO2 4-23
4.7.5 Lithium Manganese LiMn2O4 4-23
4.7.6 Lithium Nickel LiNiO2 4-24
4.7.7 Lithium (NCM) Nickel Cobal Manganese – Li(NiCoMn)O2 4-24
4.7.8 Lithium Iron Phosphate LiFePO4 4-24
4.8 Operating Performance Of The Cell Can Be Tuned 4-25
4.9 Lithium Metal Polymer 4-26
4.9.1 Lithium Sulphur Li2S8 4-26
4.9.2 Alternative Anode Chemistry 4-26
4.10 ExxonMobil affiliate, Tonen Chemical
Polyethylene-Based, Porous Film 4-27
4.11 Cymbet Every second Manufacturing 4-27
4.12 Thin-Film Batteries Packaging 4-27
4.13 ITN Energy Systems Fibrous Substrates, PowerFiber 4-28
4.13.1 ITN Sensors 4-31
4.14 Cell Construction 4-32
4.15 Impact Of Nanotechnology 4-33
4.16 Thin Film Batteries 4-34
4.16.1 Thin Film Battery Timescales and Expenditure 4-37
4.16.2 High Power And Energy Density 4-37
4.16.3 High Rate Capability 4-38
4.17 Comparison Of Rechargeable Battery Performance 4-39
4.18 Polymer Film Substrate 4-45
4.19 Micro Battery Solid Electrolyte 4-46
5.1 Nanotechnology Thin Film Battery Lithium-Ion Company Profiles 5-1
5.1 Nanotechnology Thin Film Battery Lithium-Ion 5-1
5.2 A123 Systems 5-1
5.2.1 A123 Systems Revenue 5-1
5.2.2 A123Systems Registration Statement for Early Broadcast Offering 5-2
5.2.3 A123 Systems Batteries Benefits 5-2
5.2.4 A123 Systems Competitive Advantage 5-4
5.2.5 A123 Systems Strategy 5-7
5.2.6 A123Systems and GE 5-8
5.2.7 A123 Acquisition of Hymotion 5-9
5.2.8 Procter & Gamble Duracell and A123 Systems Collaborate 5-10
5.2.9 Cobasys and A123 Systems 5-10
5.3 Advanced Cerametrics 5-11
5.4 Altair Nanotechnologies 5-12
5.4.1 Altair Nanotechnologies Power and Energy Group 5-12
5.4.2 Altair Nanotechnologies Performance Materials Division 5-12
5.4.3 Altair Nanotechnologies Life Sciences Division 5-14
5.4.4 Altair Nanotechnologies One-Megawatt Battery
System Available for Commercial Operation by AES
Energy Storage, LLC 5-14
5.4.5 Altair Nanotechnologies Revenues 5-15
5.5 Applied Data 5-16
5.6 Bekaert 5-16
5.7 Robert Bosch GmbH 5-17
5.8 Boston Power / Sonata 5-17
5.9 BYD 5-21
5.9.1 Warren Buffett Buys 10 Percent Stake In BYD
Chinese Battery Manufacturer 5-21
5.10 Cymbet 5-23
5.10.1 Cymbet Thin-Film, Solid-State Battery Technology 5-23
5.10.2 Cymbet and ANT Wireless Sensor Network 5-23
5.10.3 Garmin International ANT™ Wireless Network 5-25
5.11 Dow 5-25
5.12 E-One Moli Energy Group 5-26
5.13 Ener1 5-27
5.13.1 Ener1 Third Quarter 2008 Revenue 5-27
5.13.2 Ener1 Positioning Technology Originally
Pioneered By Argonne National Lab 5-30
5.13.3 Ener1 Buys Enertech Leading Korean
Lithium-ion Battery Cell Producer 5-31
5.13.4 Ener1 / Enertech Specializes In Producing
Large Format Flat (“Prismatic”) Cells 5-32
5.13.5 EnerDel Operations 5-34
5.14 Energizer 5-39
5.15 Excellatron 5-44
5.16 Exon 5-45
5.16.1 ExxonMobil Chemical / Tonen Chemical Corporation 5-46
5.17 Front Edge Technology (FET) 5-47
5.18 GE 5-47
5.18.1 GE Comprehensive Investigate 5-48
5.18.2 GE Energy Fiscal Services 5-48
5.19 GM 5-48
5.19.1 General Motors Faces Bankruptcy 5-50
5.20 Ignite 5-51
5.21 IPS 5-51
5.22 Johnson Controls-Saft 5-52
5.23 KSW Microtec 5-52
5.24 LG Petrochemical 5-53
5.24.1 LG Chem 5-54
5.25 MMT Funds 5-54
5.26 NEC 5-54
5.26.1 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NEC, And Subsidiary
NEC TOKIN Joint-Venture Company – Automotive
Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) – 5-55
5.26.2 First Commercial Attention For AESC’s Li-Ion Batteries 5-57
5.26.3 NEC TOKIN Lithium-Manganese Electrodes by 2009 5-59
5.26.4 Nissan Partnership With NEC 5-59
5.26.5 NEC Lamilion Energy 5-60
5.27 Oak Ridge Micro-Energy 5-60
5.28 Panasonic / Sanyo 5-61
5.29 QuantumSphere 5-63
5.30 Saft 5-64
5.30.1 Saft Battery Technologies 5-66
5.30.2 Saft Industrial Battery Group (IBG) 5-68
5.30.3 Saft Specialty Battery Group (SBG) 5-69
5.30.4 Saft Rechargeable Battery Systems (RBS) 5-71
5.30.5 Saft Investigate and Development 5-71
5.30.6 Johnson Controls-Saft United States Advanced
Battery Consortium (USABC) 5-72
5.31 Samsung 5-73
5.32 Solicore 5-73
5.32.1 Solicore’s Flexion® Batteries Bluechip Million Unit Buy 5-74
5.32.2 Solicore Embedded Power Solutions 5-75
5.33 Reckon 5-75
5.34 Valence 5-76
5.34.1 Valence Strategy 5-77
5.34.2 Phases Of Valence Business Strategy 5-78
5.35 Ulvac 5-80
Tables and Figures
Table ES-1 ES-4
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces
Table ES-2 ES-6
Energy Advantages Of Thin-Film Batteries
Figure ES-3 ES-8
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure ES-4 ES-10
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 1-1 1-3
Principal Features Used To Compare Rechargeable Batteries
Figure 1-2 1-8
BMW’s Mini E Electric Car Powered By A Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery
Table 1-3 1-9
Examples of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Figure 1-4 1-19
Typical Structure Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery
Table 1-5 1-22
Characteristics Of Battery Cells
Table 2-1 2-4
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces
Table 2-2 2-6
Energy Advantages Of Thin-Film Batteries
Figure 2-3 2-8
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Table 2-4 2-9
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-5 2-12
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-6 2-13
Worldwide Lithium-Ion and Advanced Lithium-ion
Battery Market Forecasts, Automotive, Power Tools,
Electric Grid, and PC Card, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-7 2-14
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Automotive Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-8 2-15
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Automotive Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-9 2-21
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-10 2-22
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Units, 2009-2015
Figure 2-11 2-23
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Units and Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-12 2-30
Worldwide PC Card On Board Lithium-Ion Batteries
Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-13 2-35
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Freestyle Tool Advanced Battery Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Table 2-14 2-36
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Freestyle Tool Advanced Battery Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-15 2-38
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Battery Portable Power
Tool and Advanced Portable Battery Shipments,
Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-16 2-41
Worldwide Electric Grid Lithium-Ion Battery
Storage Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-17 2-45
Commercialization Challenges Of The Automotive,
Truck, and Bus Thin Film Battery Industry
Table 2-18 2-47
Integrated Thin Film Battery Personal Transport
Power Systems
Table 2-19 2-49
Requirements For Advanced Power Sources In A
Variety Of Military Applications
Table 2-20 2-50
Large-Format Lithium-Ion Battery Key Advantages
Table 2-20 (Continued) 2-51
Large-Format Lithium-Ion Battery Key Advantages
Figure 3-1 3-2
A123 Systems Lithium Ion Battery
Table 3-2 3-3
A123 Systems APR18650M1 Features
Figure 3-3 3-4
A123 Systems lithium ion battery Cells: 26650
Figure 3-4 3-5
A123 Cells: 32 Series
Figure 3-5 3-7
A123 Systems Hybrid Characteristics
Figure 3-6 3-8
A123 Systems Hybrid Discharge Characteristics
Table 3-7 3-9
A123 Systems Benefits…
Table 3-8 3-10
A123 Systems Heavy Duty Custom and Ordinary Solutions
Figure 3-9 3-16
LG Chem Lithium-Ion Batteries
Table 3-10 3-32
Saft Lithium Technologies
Table 3-11 3-33
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Main applications
Table 3-11 (Continued) 3-34
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Main applications
Figure 3-12 3-35
Saft Non Rechargeable Battery
Table 3-13 3-39
Saft Lithium-Ion Construction Features
Table 3-14 3-40
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Benefits
Figure 3-15 3-42
Saft Lithium-Sulfur Dioxide (Li-SO2) Batteries
Table 3-16 3-44
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Table 3-16 (Continued) 3-45
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Table 3-16 (Continued) 3-46
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Table 3-16 (Continued) 3-47
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Table 3-16 (Continued) 3-48
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Table 3-16 (Continued) 3-49
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Figure 3-17 3-57
EnerDel Automotive Battery
Table 3-18 3-58
EnerDel Lithium Ion Battery System for HEVs
Table 3-19 3-59
EnerDel Automotive Battery Features
Table 3-20 3-60
Imara Thin Film Battery Cells
Figure 3-21 3-65
NEC Fuel Cells and Catalysts
Table 3-22 3-72
Key Features of Sony NP-FP71 Hybrid Lithium Ion
Rechargeable Battery
Table 3-22 (Continued) 3-73
Key Features of Sony NP-FP71 Hybrid Lithium Ion
Rechargeable Battery
Figure 3-23 3-74
Panasonic Lithium Batteries
Figure 3-24 3-75
Panasonic Lithium-Ion Rechargable Batteries
Table 3-25 3-76
Panasonic Rechargeable Lithium ion Batteries Features:
Table 3-26 3-76
Panasonic Rechargeable Lithium ion Batteries
Table 3-27 3-77
Panasonic Rechargeable Lithium ion Batteries
Table 3-28 3-85
Solicore Flexion Battery Product Features:
Table 3-29 3-86
Solicore’s Flexion Lithium Polymer Battery Applications
Table 3-30 3-87
Solicore’s Flexion Lithium Polymer Battery Uses
Figure 3-31 3-88
Solicore Flexion High Temperature Batteries Survive Lamination
Table 3-31A 3-89
Solicore RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Applications
Table 3-32 3-96
Excellatron Nanotechnology Thin Film Battery Features
Table 3-33 3-97
Excellatron Battery Advantages
Table 3-34 3-99
Excellatron Battery Thin Film Solid State Battery Components
Figure 3-35 3-102
Excellatron Thin Film Battery Charge/Discharge Profile at 25ºC.
Figure 3-36 3-103
Excellatron Thin Film Battery Charge/Discharge
Profile At 150ºC.
Figure 3-37 3-104
Excellatron High Temperature (150ºC) Charge And
Discharge Capacity
Figure 3-38 3-106
Excellatron Capacity And Resistance Of Thin Film Battery
As A Function Of Temperature
Figure 3-39 3-106
Excellatron’s Battery (0.1 mAh) Discharged By A 100 mA
Pulse at 80ºC.
Figure 3-40 3-108
Excellatron High Rate Pulse Discharge
Figure 3-41 3-109
Long Term Cyclability Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery
Figure 3-42: 3-110
Excellatron Thin Film Battery Long Term Cyclability
Figure 3-43 3-111
Discharge Capacity Of Several Typical Cathode Materials
Figure 3-44: 3-112
Excellatron Thin film batteries deposited on a thin polymer substrate.
Figure 3-45 3-114
Excellatron Proprietary Passivation Barrier and Packaging
Table 3-46 3-115
Comparison Of Battery Performances
Figure 3-47 3-131
Oak Ridge Construction of a Thin Film Battery
Table 3-48 3-136
Key Features of Valence Lithium Phosphate Technology
Table 3-49 3-139
ITN Commercial Markets:
Figure 3-50 3-140
ITN Thin Film Battery:
Table 3-51 3-141
ITN Thin Film Battery Design Features/Advantages
Table 3-52 3-142
ITN Thin Film Battery Economical production
Table 3-53 3-143
ITN Thin Film Battery Strengths
Figure 3-54 3-145
ITN Intelligent Process Control
Figure 3-55 3-146
Framework of Intelligent Processing of Materials
Figure 3-56 3-149
XRF Instrument Developed by ITN Used on a System
Figure 3-57 3-150
Thin Film Deposition
Figure 3- 58 3-150
ITP Thin-film Process
Table 3-59 3-151
Thin-film Process Capabilities
Table 3-60 3-152
ITNThin-film Material Processing Experience Metals
Table 4-1 4-4
Challenges in Lithium-ion Battery Design
Table 4-2 4-35
Thin Film Battery Unique Properties
Table 4-3 4-38
Comparison of battery performances
Table 4-4 4-40
Comparison of battery performances
Table 4-5 4-42
Thin Films For Advanced Batteries
Table 4-6 4-43
Thin Film Batteries Technology
Table 4-7 4-44
Thin Film Battery / Lithium Air Batteries Applications
Figure 4-8 4-45
Polymer Film Substrate Thin Flexible battery Profiles
Figure 4-9 4-46
Design Alternatives of Thin Film Rechargable Batteries
Table 5-1 5-3
A123 Systems Batteries Benefits
Table 5-2 5-5
A123 Systems Competitive Positioning
Table 5-2 (Continued) 5-6
A123 Systems Competitive Positioning
Table 5-2 (Continued) 5-7
A123 Systems Competitive Positioning
Figure 5-3 5-19
Boston-Power Charge Curve
Figure 5-4 5-20
Boston-Power Discharge Curve
Figure 5-5 5-35
EnerDel Operations
Figure 5-6 5-36
EnerDel Lithium Power Systems
Figure 5-7 5-37
EnerDel Lithium Power USABC Contracts
Figure 5-8 5-38
EnerDel Lithium Power Reckon Projct
Figure 5-9 5-63
Sanyo Battery Targets 2020
Figure 5-10 5-65
Saft Sales Segments Half 1, 2008
Figure 5-11 5-67
Saft Revenue H1 2008
Figure 5-12 5-81
Ulvac Vacuum Pumps, Gauges, and Valves
Worldwide nanotechnology thin film lithium-ion batteries are balanced to achieve significant growth as units become more able to achieve deliver of power to electric vehicles efficiently. Less pricey lithium-ion batteries allow leveraging economies of scale and proliferation of devices into a wide range of applications. According to Susan Eustis, lead author of the study, “Economies of scale leverage the lithium-ion battery nanotechnology advances needed to make lithium-ion batteries competitive. Nanotechnology provided by lithium-ion investigate solves the issues balanced by the need to store renewable energy. Lithium-ion batteries switch price reductions are balanced to handbook market adoption by making units affordable.”
Nanotechnology results obtained in the laboratory are being translated into commercial products. The processes of translating the nanotechnology science into thin film lithium ion batteries are anticipated to be ongoing. The breakthroughs of science in the laboratory have only begun to be translated into life outside the lab, with a long way to go in improving the functioning of the lithium-ion batteries. Unlike any other battery technology, thin film solid-state batteries show very high sequence life. Using very thin cathodes (0.05µm) batteries have been cycled in excess of 45,000 cycles with very limited loss in capacity. After 45,000 cycles, 95% of the first capacity remained.
Then there is the problem of translating the evolving technology into manufacturing process. What this means is that the market will be very dynamic, with the market leaders continuously being challenged by innovators, large and small that develop more cost well-methodical units. Systems integration and manufacturing capabilities have developed a broad family of high-power lithium-ion batteries and battery systems. A family of battery products, combined with strategic partner relationships in the transportation, electric grid services and portable power markets, position vendors to address these markets for lithium-ion batteries.
Electric Vehicles depend on design, development, manufacture, and support of advanced, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Batteries provide a combination of power, safety and life. Next-generation energy storage solutions are evolving as commercially available batteries. Lithium-ion batteries will play an increasingly vital role in facilitating a shift toward cleaner forms of energy.
Innovative approaches to materials science and battery engineering are available from a large number of very significant companies — GE, Panasonic Sanyo / Matsushita Industrial Co., Ltd., NEC, Saft, Toshiba, BYD / Berkshire Hathaway, LG Chem, Altair Nanotechnologies, Samsung, Sony, A123 Systems with MIT technology, and Altair Nanotechnologies.
Markets for lithium-ion batteries at $911 million in 2008 are anticipated to reach $9.1 billion by 2015, growing in response to decreases in unit expenditure and increases. Lithiumion batteries used in cell phones and PCs, and in freestyle power tools are proving the technology. Units are shipped into military markets and are used in satellites, proving the feasibility of systems. Small, lithium-ion prismatic batteries prove the feasibility of this technology. The large emerging markets are for hybrid and electric vehicles powered by renewable energy systems.
Report Methodology
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Table of Contents :
Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery Executive Summary ES-1
Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion
Battery Market Driving Forces ES-1
Market Driving Forces ES-2
Nanotechnology Forms the Base for Lithium-Ion Batteries ES-7
Competitors ES-7
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares ES-7
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecasts ES-9
1. Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery
Market Description and Market Dynamics 1-1
1.1 Lithium-Ion Battery Target Markets 1-1
1.1.1 Project Better Place and the Renault-Nissan Alliance 1-2
1.1.2 Largest Target Market, The Transportation Industry 1-3
1.1.3 Electric Grid Services Market 1-4
1.1.4 Portable Power Market, Power Tools 1-5
1.2 Lithium-Ion Battery Technologies Transportation
Industry Target Market 1-7
1.3 Energy Storage For Grid Stabilization 1-11
1.3.1 Local Energy Storage Benefit For Utilities 1-12
1.4 Applications Require On-Printed Circuit
Board Battery Power 1-13
1.4.1 Thin-film vs. Printed Batteries 1-13
1.5 Smart Buildings 1-14
1.5.1 Permanent Power for Wireless Sensors 1-16
1.6 Battery Safety / The makings Hazards 1-17
1.7 Thin Film Solid-State Battery Construction 1-18
1.8 Battery Is Electrochemical Device 1-20
1.9 Battery Depends On Chemical Energy 1-21
1.9.1 Characteristics Of Battery Cells 1-21
1.9.2 Batteries Are Designed Differently For Innumerable Applications 1-23
2. Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery Market
Shares and Market Forecasts 2-1
2.1 Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion
Battery Market Driving Forces 2-1
2.1.1 Market Driving Forces 2-2
2.1.2 Nanotechnology Forms the Base for Lithium-Ion Batteries 2-7
2.1.3 Competitors 2-7
2.2 Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares 2-7
2.2.1 ExxonMobil Affiliate in Japan / Tonen Chemical 2-10
2.3 Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecasts 2-11
2.4 Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Vehicle Lithium-Ion
Battery Market Shares 2-14
2.4.1 BYD 2-16
2.4.2 Johnson Controls-Saft 2-16
2.4.3 Saft Battery Technologies 2-17
2.4.4 A123Systems 32 Series Automotive Class
Lithium Ion™ Cells: 2-17
2.4.5 NEC and Nissen 2-19
2.4.6 LG Chem 2-20
2.4.7 EnerDel 2-20
2.4.8 Struggle 2-20
2.5 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Lithium-Ion
Battery Market Forecasts 2-21
2.5.1 Largest Target Market, The Transportation Industry 2-25
Thin Film Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery EV Market 2-27
Thin Film Lithium-Ion And Lithium Polymer Automotive Batteries 2-27
2.6 Thin-Film and Printed Batteries: On-Board
Solutions for Low-Power Electronics 2-29
2.6.1 Solicore Tiny Flat Battery 2-31
2.6.2 Thin-Film, Organic, and Printed Batteries:
On-Board Solutions for Low-Power Electronics 2-32
2.7 Cell Phone, Communications, And PC Lithium-Ion
Battery Technology Markets Conversation 2-33
2.7.1 Samsung SDI 2-33
2.7.2 BYD 2-33
2.7.3 Saft 2-33
2.7.4 Portable Power Struggle 2-34
2.8 Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Portable Power
Market, Power Tools Market Shares 2-34
2.8.1 A123 Systems 2-36
2.9 Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Portable Power,
Power Tools Market Forecasts 2-37
2.10 Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Electric
Grid Services Markets 2-40
2.10.1 Electric Grid Services 2-42
2.11 Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Market Positioning 2-43
2.11.1 US And Its Allies Are Changing The Military Landscape 2-48
2.12 Digital Device Battery Forecasts 2-51
3. Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Product Description 3-1
3.1 A123 Systems 3-1
3.1.1 A123 Systems Lithium Ion Cell Construction
Based On A Dual Plate Tubular Design 3-4
3.1.2 A123Systems 32 Series Automotive Class
Lithium Ion™ Cells: 3-5
3.1.3 GM and A123Systems Co-Develop
Lithium-Ion Battery Cell for Chevrolet Volt 3-11
3.1.4 A123Systems / GE Production Narrow for
Norewegian Reckon Electric Vehicles 3-12
3.1.5 A123Systems Patent for Nanophosphate™
Lithium Ion Battery Technology 3-14
3.2 LG Chem 3-15
3.2.1 LG Lithium-Ion Cylindrical Battery 3-15
3.2.2 LG Lithium-ion Polymer Battery 3-15
3.2.3 LG Lithium-ion Battery Prismatic Type 3-17
3.2.4 LG Chem 3-17
3.3 SAFT 3-18
3.3.1 Saft Lithium-ion (Li-ion) Batteries 3-18
3.3.2 Saft is Li-ion Batteries For Commercial
GEO Satellites to JSC ISS of Russia 3-19
3.3.3 Saft Narrow To Power Hybrid Electric Mobile
Helpfulness Systems From Titan Energy Development 3-21
3.3.4 Saft and ABB Develop New High Voltage Li-ion
Battery System 3-22
3.3.5 Saft Hybrid Battery Technology for Wisconsin Clean Energy 3-24
3.3.6 Saft High-Energy Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) Batteries For Raytheon 3-25
3.3.7 Saft Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) Battery Backup Systems 3-25
3.3.8 Saft Energy Storage As A Key
Renewable Energy Enabling Technology 3-26
3.3.9 Saft / Solion Large Li-ion batteries 3-27
3.3.10 Saft Lithium-Sulfur Dioxide (Li-So2) Batteries 3-31
3.3.11 Saft Lithium Technologies 3-32
3.3.12 Saft Lithium-thionyl chloride (Li-SOCl2) 3-32
3.3.13 Lithium-thionyl chloride (Li-SOCl2) – LS/LST/LSG cell ranges 3-35
3.3.14 Saft Small LS/LST bobbin cells 3-36
3.3.15 Saft Large LS/T bobbin cells 3-38
3.3.16 Saft Lithium-Manganese Dioxide (Li-MnO2) 3-43
3.3.17 Saft Lithium-ion (Li-ion) 3-43
3.4 BYD 3-50
3.4.1 Warren Buffett Buys 10 Percent Stake In BYD
Chinese Battery Manufacturer 3-50
3.4.2 BYD Battery Expertise 3-52
3.5 Panasonic / Sanyo 3-53
3.6 Samsung 3-54
3.7 Ener1 / EnerDel 3-55
3.7.1 EnerDel Lithium-Ion Prismatic Design 3-56
3.7.2 EnerDel Addressing Market Demand for
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) 3-56
3.7.3 EnerDel 5Amp Battery Pack 3-60
3.8 Imara 3-60
3.9 ExxonMobil Affiliate in Japan / Tonen Chemical 3-62
3.9.1 Tonen Chemical Leading Supplier Of Separators
For Lithium Ion Batteries 3-63
3.10 NEC 3-63
3.10.1 Nissan and NEC Group 3-64
3.10.2 Nissan And NEC Joint Venture 3-65
3.10.3 NEC High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries
Use A Compact Laminated Configuration 3-66
3.10.4 NEC / Nissan Low-Cost Lithium-Manganese Batteries 3-67
3.10.5 NEC Lamilion Energy 3-68
3.10.6 NEC Subaru 3-68
3.10.7 NEC Thin Film Battery Has Sixteen Modules
Consisting Of Twelve Cells, Serially Connected 3-69
3.10.8 NEC / Subaru Thin Film Battery Flat Shape 3-69
3.11 Sony 3-71
3.12 Matshushita Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) 3-73
3.12.1 Panasonic Lithium Batteries 3-74
3.12.2 Panasonic Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Batteries 3-75
3.13 E-One Moli Energy 3-79
3.13.1 Product Data Sheets 3-81
3.14 QuantumSphere 3-82
3.15 Solicore Ultra Thin-Film Battery 3-84
3.15.1 Solicore’s Flexion Lithium Polymer Batteries 3-86
3.15.2 Solicore Flexion Lithium Powered Cards 3-87
3.15.3 Solicore RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Devices 3-89
3.15.4 Solicore’s Flexion® Batteries Bluechip Million Unit Buy 3-90
3.15.5 Solicore Supports Smart Cards 3-91
3.16 Cymbet EnerChip™ Solid-State, Rechargeable
Thin-Film Batteries 3-92
3.16.1 Cymbet Enerchip™ Sensors Support 3-94
3.17 Front Edge Technology 3-95
3.18 Excellatron Thin-Film Micro-Batteries 3-95
3.18.1 Contrast To Conventional Lithium Cells 3-95
3.18.2 Excellatron Market Advantage 3-97
3.18.3 Excellatron Battery Current State of the Art 3-99
3.18.4 Excellatron Battery Intrinsically Safe 3-101
3.18.5 High Temperature Performance of
Excellatron Thin Film Batteries 3-101
3.18.6 Excellatron Long Sequence Life 3-109
3.18.7 Excellatron Polymer Film Substrate for Thin Flexible Profile 3-111
3.18.8 Excellatron Unique Proprietary Passivation
Barrier and Packaging Solution 3-113
3.19 Front Edge 50,000 Prototypes Of Nanoenergy Batteries 3-117
3.19.1 Front Edge Technology (FET) 3-117
3.20 Infinite Power Solutions (IPS) Flexible Thin-Film Batteries 3-127
3.20.1 Infinite Power Solutions 3-129
3.21 Oak Ridge Micro-Energy 3-130
3.21.1 Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Thin Film Batteries 3-132
3.22 Energizer 3-132
3.22.1 Energizer Worth 3-133
3.23 Valence 3-134
3.23.1 PVI for Valence’s U-Charge(R) XP Energy Storage Systems 3-134
3.23.2 Valence Lithium Phosphate 3-135
3.23.3 Valence Lithium Phosphate Stability and Dependability 3-137
3.23.4 Valence Safety Focus 3-137
3.23.5 Valence Lithium Phosphate Alternative to Lead-Acid 3-138
3.23.6 Valence Lithium Phosphate Storage and Run-Time 3-138
3.23.7 Valence Lithium Phosphate Safety and Maintenance Free 3-138
3.24 ITN Energy Systems 3-139
3.24.1 ITN Intelligent Processing, Sensors, & Controls: 3-142
3.24.2 ITN Control: 3-144
3.24.3 ITN Sensors 3-147
3.24.4 ITN Unique Sensors: X-Ray Fluorescence And
Parallel Detection Spectroscopic Ellipsometer 3-148
3.25 ULVAC 3-159
3.26 Intersil 3-159
4. Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery Technology 4-1
4.1 Vendor Lithium-ion Battery Strategy 4-1
4.1.1 Rechargeable Lithium Batteries Characteristics 4-2
4.2 Challenges in Battery Design 4-3
4.2.1 Advanced Lithium-ion Batteries Requirements 4-7
4.3 Vendor Lithium-Ion Battery Positioning 4-8
4.3.1 High-Quality, Volume Manufacturing Facilities 4-10
4.4 Applications Of Lithium-Ion Batteries 4-11
4.5 Mobile Phone Industry 4-12
4.5.1 Nanowires 4-13
4.5.2 Thin Film Battery Enabling Chemistries 4-13
4.5.3 The Cathodes 4-14
4.5.4 Solid State Devices Provide More Energy Density 4-14
4.6 Advantages of Lithium-Ion Batteries 4-15
4.6.1 Lithium-Ion Battery Shortcomings 4-18
4.6.2 Charging 4-19
4.6.3 Applications 4-19
4.6.4 Expenditure 4-20
4.7 Lithium Cell Chemistry Variants 4-20
4.7.1 Lithium-ion 4-21
4.7.2 Lithium-ion Polymer 4-22
4.7.3 Other Lithium Cathode Chemistry Variants 4-23
4.7.4 Lithium Cobalt LiCoO2 4-23
4.7.5 Lithium Manganese LiMn2O4 4-23
4.7.6 Lithium Nickel LiNiO2 4-24
4.7.7 Lithium (NCM) Nickel Cobal Manganese – Li(NiCoMn)O2 4-24
4.7.8 Lithium Iron Phosphate LiFePO4 4-24
4.8 Operating Performance Of The Cell Can Be Tuned 4-25
4.9 Lithium Metal Polymer 4-26
4.9.1 Lithium Sulphur Li2S8 4-26
4.9.2 Alternative Anode Chemistry 4-26
4.10 ExxonMobil affiliate, Tonen Chemical
Polyethylene-Based, Porous Film 4-27
4.11 Cymbet Every second Manufacturing 4-27
4.12 Thin-Film Batteries Packaging 4-27
4.13 ITN Energy Systems Fibrous Substrates, PowerFiber 4-28
4.13.1 ITN Sensors 4-31
4.14 Cell Construction 4-32
4.15 Impact Of Nanotechnology 4-33
4.16 Thin Film Batteries 4-34
4.16.1 Thin Film Battery Timescales and Expenditure 4-37
4.16.2 High Power And Energy Density 4-37
4.16.3 High Rate Capability 4-38
4.17 Comparison Of Rechargeable Battery Performance 4-39
4.18 Polymer Film Substrate 4-45
4.19 Micro Battery Solid Electrolyte 4-46
5.1 Nanotechnology Thin Film Battery Lithium-Ion Company Profiles 5-1
5.1 Nanotechnology Thin Film Battery Lithium-Ion 5-1
5.2 A123 Systems 5-1
5.2.1 A123 Systems Revenue 5-1
5.2.2 A123Systems Registration Statement for Early Broadcast Offering 5-2
5.2.3 A123 Systems Batteries Benefits 5-2
5.2.4 A123 Systems Competitive Advantage 5-4
5.2.5 A123 Systems Strategy 5-7
5.2.6 A123Systems and GE 5-8
5.2.7 A123 Acquisition of Hymotion 5-9
5.2.8 Procter & Gamble Duracell and A123 Systems Collaborate 5-10
5.2.9 Cobasys and A123 Systems 5-10
5.3 Advanced Cerametrics 5-11
5.4 Altair Nanotechnologies 5-12
5.4.1 Altair Nanotechnologies Power and Energy Group 5-12
5.4.2 Altair Nanotechnologies Performance Materials Division 5-12
5.4.3 Altair Nanotechnologies Life Sciences Division 5-14
5.4.4 Altair Nanotechnologies One-Megawatt Battery
System Available for Commercial Operation by AES
Energy Storage, LLC 5-14
5.4.5 Altair Nanotechnologies Revenues 5-15
5.5 Applied Data 5-16
5.6 Bekaert 5-16
5.7 Robert Bosch GmbH 5-17
5.8 Boston Power / Sonata 5-17
5.9 BYD 5-21
5.9.1 Warren Buffett Buys 10 Percent Stake In BYD
Chinese Battery Manufacturer 5-21
5.10 Cymbet 5-23
5.10.1 Cymbet Thin-Film, Solid-State Battery Technology 5-23
5.10.2 Cymbet and ANT Wireless Sensor Network 5-23
5.10.3 Garmin International ANT™ Wireless Network 5-25
5.11 Dow 5-25
5.12 E-One Moli Energy Group 5-26
5.13 Ener1 5-27
5.13.1 Ener1 Third Quarter 2008 Revenue 5-27
5.13.2 Ener1 Positioning Technology Originally
Pioneered By Argonne National Lab 5-30
5.13.3 Ener1 Buys Enertech Leading Korean
Lithium-ion Battery Cell Producer 5-31
5.13.4 Ener1 / Enertech Specializes In Producing
Large Format Flat (“Prismatic”) Cells 5-32
5.13.5 EnerDel Operations 5-34
5.14 Energizer 5-39
5.15 Excellatron 5-44
5.16 Exon 5-45
5.16.1 ExxonMobil Chemical / Tonen Chemical Corporation 5-46
5.17 Front Edge Technology (FET) 5-47
5.18 GE 5-47
5.18.1 GE Comprehensive Investigate 5-48
5.18.2 GE Energy Fiscal Services 5-48
5.19 GM 5-48
5.19.1 General Motors Faces Bankruptcy 5-50
5.20 Ignite 5-51
5.21 IPS 5-51
5.22 Johnson Controls-Saft 5-52
5.23 KSW Microtec 5-52
5.24 LG Petrochemical 5-53
5.24.1 LG Chem 5-54
5.25 MMT Funds 5-54
5.26 NEC 5-54
5.26.1 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NEC, And Subsidiary
NEC TOKIN Joint-Venture Company – Automotive
Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) – 5-55
5.26.2 First Commercial Attention For AESC’s Li-Ion Batteries 5-57
5.26.3 NEC TOKIN Lithium-Manganese Electrodes by 2009 5-59
5.26.4 Nissan Partnership With NEC 5-59
5.26.5 NEC Lamilion Energy 5-60
5.27 Oak Ridge Micro-Energy 5-60
5.28 Panasonic / Sanyo 5-61
5.29 QuantumSphere 5-63
5.30 Saft 5-64
5.30.1 Saft Battery Technologies 5-66
5.30.2 Saft Industrial Battery Group (IBG) 5-68
5.30.3 Saft Specialty Battery Group (SBG) 5-69
5.30.4 Saft Rechargeable Battery Systems (RBS) 5-71
5.30.5 Saft Investigate and Development 5-71
5.30.6 Johnson Controls-Saft United States Advanced
Battery Consortium (USABC) 5-72
5.31 Samsung 5-73
5.32 Solicore 5-73
5.32.1 Solicore’s Flexion® Batteries Bluechip Million Unit Buy 5-74
5.32.2 Solicore Embedded Power Solutions 5-75
5.33 Reckon 5-75
5.34 Valence 5-76
5.34.1 Valence Strategy 5-77
5.34.2 Phases Of Valence Business Strategy 5-78
5.35 Ulvac 5-80
Tables and Figures
Table ES-1 ES-4
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces
Table ES-2 ES-6
Energy Advantages Of Thin-Film Batteries
Figure ES-3 ES-8
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure ES-4 ES-10
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 1-1 1-3
Principal Features Used To Compare Rechargeable Batteries
Figure 1-2 1-8
BMW’s Mini E Electric Car Powered By A Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery
Table 1-3 1-9
Examples of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Figure 1-4 1-19
Typical Structure Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery
Table 1-5 1-22
Characteristics Of Battery Cells
Table 2-1 2-4
Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces
Table 2-2 2-6
Energy Advantages Of Thin-Film Batteries
Figure 2-3 2-8
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Table 2-4 2-9
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-5 2-12
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-6 2-13
Worldwide Lithium-Ion and Advanced Lithium-ion
Battery Market Forecasts, Automotive, Power Tools,
Electric Grid, and PC Card, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-7 2-14
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Automotive Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-8 2-15
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Automotive Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-9 2-21
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-10 2-22
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Units, 2009-2015
Figure 2-11 2-23
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery
Shipments, Market Shares, Units and Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-12 2-30
Worldwide PC Card On Board Lithium-Ion Batteries
Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-13 2-35
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Freestyle Tool Advanced Battery Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Table 2-14 2-36
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Freestyle Tool Advanced Battery Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008
Figure 2-15 2-38
Worldwide Lithium-Ion Battery Portable Power
Tool and Advanced Portable Battery Shipments,
Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Figure 2-16 2-41
Worldwide Electric Grid Lithium-Ion Battery
Storage Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-17 2-45
Commercialization Challenges Of The Automotive,
Truck, and Bus Thin Film Battery Industry
Table 2-18 2-47
Integrated Thin Film Battery Personal Transport
Power Systems
Table 2-19 2-49
Requirements For Advanced Power Sources In A
Variety Of Military Applications
Table 2-20 2-50
Large-Format Lithium-Ion Battery Key Advantages
Table 2-20 (Continued) 2-51
Large-Format Lithium-Ion Battery Key Advantages
Figure 3-1 3-2
A123 Systems Lithium Ion Battery
Table 3-2 3-3
A123 Systems APR18650M1 Features
Figure 3-3 3-4
A123 Systems lithium ion battery Cells: 26650
Figure 3-4 3-5
A123 Cells: 32 Series
Figure 3-5 3-7
A123 Systems Hybrid Characteristics
Figure 3-6 3-8
A123 Systems Hybrid Discharge Characteristics
Table 3-7 3-9
A123 Systems Benefits…
Table 3-8 3-10
A123 Systems Heavy Duty Custom and Ordinary Solutions
Figure 3-9 3-16
LG Chem Lithium-Ion Batteries
Table 3-10 3-32
Saft Lithium Technologies
Table 3-11 3-33
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Main applications
Table 3-11 (Continued) 3-34
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Main applications
Figure 3-12 3-35
Saft Non Rechargeable Battery
Table 3-13 3-39
Saft Lithium-Ion Construction Features
Table 3-14 3-40
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Benefits
Figure 3-15 3-42
Saft Lithium-Sulfur Dioxide (Li-SO2) Batteries
Table 3-16 3-44
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Table 3-16 (Continued) 3-45
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Table 3-16 (Continued) 3-46
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Table 3-16 (Continued) 3-47
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Table 3-16 (Continued) 3-48
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Table 3-16 (Continued) 3-49
Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations
Figure 3-17 3-57
EnerDel Automotive Battery
Table 3-18 3-58
EnerDel Lithium Ion Battery System for HEVs
Table 3-19 3-59
EnerDel Automotive Battery Features
Table 3-20 3-60
Imara Thin Film Battery Cells
Figure 3-21 3-65
NEC Fuel Cells and Catalysts
Table 3-22 3-72
Key Features of Sony NP-FP71 Hybrid Lithium Ion
Rechargeable Battery
Table 3-22 (Continued) 3-73
Key Features of Sony NP-FP71 Hybrid Lithium Ion
Rechargeable Battery
Figure 3-23 3-74
Panasonic Lithium Batteries
Figure 3-24 3-75
Panasonic Lithium-Ion Rechargable Batteries
Table 3-25 3-76
Panasonic Rechargeable Lithium ion Batteries Features:
Table 3-26 3-76
Panasonic Rechargeable Lithium ion Batteries
Table 3-27 3-77
Panasonic Rechargeable Lithium ion Batteries
Table 3-28 3-85
Solicore Flexion Battery Product Features:
Table 3-29 3-86
Solicore’s Flexion Lithium Polymer Battery Applications
Table 3-30 3-87
Solicore’s Flexion Lithium Polymer Battery Uses
Figure 3-31 3-88
Solicore Flexion High Temperature Batteries Survive Lamination
Table 3-31A 3-89
Solicore RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Applications
Table 3-32 3-96
Excellatron Nanotechnology Thin Film Battery Features
Table 3-33 3-97
Excellatron Battery Advantages
Table 3-34 3-99
Excellatron Battery Thin Film Solid State Battery Components
Figure 3-35 3-102
Excellatron Thin Film Battery Charge/Discharge Profile at 25ºC.
Figure 3-36 3-103
Excellatron Thin Film Battery Charge/Discharge
Profile At 150ºC.
Figure 3-37 3-104
Excellatron High Temperature (150ºC) Charge And
Discharge Capacity
Figure 3-38 3-106
Excellatron Capacity And Resistance Of Thin Film Battery
As A Function Of Temperature
Figure 3-39 3-106
Excellatron’s Battery (0.1 mAh) Discharged By A 100 mA
Pulse at 80ºC.
Figure 3-40 3-108
Excellatron High Rate Pulse Discharge
Figure 3-41 3-109
Long Term Cyclability Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery
Figure 3-42: 3-110
Excellatron Thin Film Battery Long Term Cyclability
Figure 3-43 3-111
Discharge Capacity Of Several Typical Cathode Materials
Figure 3-44: 3-112
Excellatron Thin film batteries deposited on a thin polymer substrate.
Figure 3-45 3-114
Excellatron Proprietary Passivation Barrier and Packaging
Table 3-46 3-115
Comparison Of Battery Performances
Figure 3-47 3-131
Oak Ridge Construction of a Thin Film Battery
Table 3-48 3-136
Key Features of Valence Lithium Phosphate Technology
Table 3-49 3-139
ITN Commercial Markets:
Figure 3-50 3-140
ITN Thin Film Battery:
Table 3-51 3-141
ITN Thin Film Battery Design Features/Advantages
Table 3-52 3-142
ITN Thin Film Battery Economical production
Table 3-53 3-143
ITN Thin Film Battery Strengths
Figure 3-54 3-145
ITN Intelligent Process Control
Figure 3-55 3-146
Framework of Intelligent Processing of Materials
Figure 3-56 3-149
XRF Instrument Developed by ITN Used on a System
Figure 3-57 3-150
Thin Film Deposition
Figure 3- 58 3-150
ITP Thin-film Process
Table 3-59 3-151
Thin-film Process Capabilities
Table 3-60 3-152
ITNThin-film Material Processing Experience Metals
Table 4-1 4-4
Challenges in Lithium-ion Battery Design
Table 4-2 4-35
Thin Film Battery Unique Properties
Table 4-3 4-38
Comparison of battery performances
Table 4-4 4-40
Comparison of battery performances
Table 4-5 4-42
Thin Films For Advanced Batteries
Table 4-6 4-43
Thin Film Batteries Technology
Table 4-7 4-44
Thin Film Battery / Lithium Air Batteries Applications
Figure 4-8 4-45
Polymer Film Substrate Thin Flexible battery Profiles
Figure 4-9 4-46
Design Alternatives of Thin Film Rechargable Batteries
Table 5-1 5-3
A123 Systems Batteries Benefits
Table 5-2 5-5
A123 Systems Competitive Positioning
Table 5-2 (Continued) 5-6
A123 Systems Competitive Positioning
Table 5-2 (Continued) 5-7
A123 Systems Competitive Positioning
Figure 5-3 5-19
Boston-Power Charge Curve
Figure 5-4 5-20
Boston-Power Discharge Curve
Figure 5-5 5-35
EnerDel Operations
Figure 5-6 5-36
EnerDel Lithium Power Systems
Figure 5-7 5-37
EnerDel Lithium Power USABC Contracts
Figure 5-8 5-38
EnerDel Lithium Power Reckon Projct
Figure 5-9 5-63
Sanyo Battery Targets 2020
Figure 5-10 5-65
Saft Sales Segments Half 1, 2008
Figure 5-11 5-67
Saft Revenue H1 2008
Figure 5-12 5-81
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A new Smartphone has recently hit the market. The Blackberry Bold 9000 3G has been enthusiastically received and is by now being described as a better alternative to the iPhone. The Blackberry Bold is a new enhanced phone from RIM. It is well-matched with 3G HSDPA and supports UMTS 2100/900/850mhz networks and GSM 1900/1800/900/850Mhz bandwidths.
The Blackberry Bold 9000 Smartphone is GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA enabled importance that there are many data sources available for this device. In Australia this can means speeds of up to 14Mbps on 3G networks. There is also WIFI for persons hotspots.
It must have the simplest email set up of any Smartphone around. Just enter your email address and email password and it will search a massive database of know servers for all the required settings. Place the kettle on, when it boils, you will be receiving your emails.
We were amazed by the clarity and color of the show which is WQVGA 480X320. The new Blackberry 9000 Bold 3G Smartphone is also well-matched to iTunes using Blackberry Media Sync. It can be plugged into a laptop or desk top by means of a USB or Bluetooth, pick out the items you want to synchronize with and the device does the rest for you.
Other new features that is making it such a success includes a memory of 1Gb through using a Micro SD card Slot, so it can be increased up to 32Gb. The battery is interchangeable and it also has a 2Mb Camera with LED photo light illuminator, a Video Recording option and a two year warranty, which is rather unique.
To select and view you navigate via a track ball. This is favored by customers as it is similar to using a mouse and can be carried out with one hand.
Its internal GPS includes Blackberry Maps and a voice guidance system that is available through Tell Map, transforming it into a Satellite Navigation device. There are also bill payment choices using Mint Mobile Payments so it can be used as a Mobile Eftpos machine.
This version of the Blackberry is perfect for persons constantly roving around the country. If your company uses Salesforce, the Blackberry Bold 9000 3G can be synchronized to work with Sales Break down CRM Software. The advantage of the Blackberry over the iPhone is that it can be used if you have only one hand free, leaving the other to tap away at your computer screen or take notes.
Overall, the new Blackberry Bold 9000 3G is the answer to a total wireless solution.
Features of the 3G Blackberry Bold contain:
Superfast 3G Internet access with HSDPA for quicker downloading Data compression for lower running expenditure Mobile Email with full QWERTY keyboard Phone & Text Messaging Instant Messaging using MSN, Yahoo & Google Mobile Web Browser Organiser Read & Edit Microsoft Office Attachments & PDFs 2Mp Camera with Built in flash Video recording & Playback Built in GPS with Blackberry & Google Maps Sat Nav and speaking maps using Tell Map Wi Fi Network Access Remote Network Access Mint Mobile payments – acknowledge payments on the go CRM well-matched with Sales Break down iTunes well-matched Media Player – sync your iTunes library Expandable Memory Speaker Phone Bluetooth Desk Top Sync Software- Calenders, Address Book, Music, Files Eye Catching show Long Battery Life up to 1.5 days with heavy use 2 Year Warranty
Michiel Van Kets provides article for Tony Dunphy who is Managing Director of Telaustralia an Australian Business Phone company offering information?s about Blackberry Bold 3G.
Categories: Blackberry Phone Tags: Blackberry Phone, Market
Best Camera Cell Phones Available in the Market
Camera Cell phones have become an integral part of life. We want to be the first ones to capture enticing moments of our lives. Easily you can send pictures to friends and family members, which was not possible earlier. Ordinary mobile manufacturers like Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, LG, Sanyo, and less fashionable ones are offering camera phones with mobile resolution from 2 mega pixels to 5 mega pixels.
The best camera phones available today offer high-resolution photographs with the facility of red eye reduction. Depending on your needs one can control the zoom option as well. Easily one can capture the scenic photos as well. The best sellers have excellent LCD screens and have the capacity to store pictures with just a press of button. If you want to have print out copy of these mobile phones, then easily you can have one by transferring them to a computer with the help of data cable.
Needs of every individual differ and so the camera phone makers, try to incorporate new features that helps you in exactly capturing the photograph as it is.
Some of the ordinary and yet the best camera phones available in the market are Nokia 5140, Motorola e1000, Sony Ericsson k700, Samsung SCH-A890, Nokia 6620, and Sony Ericsson P910.
If you want to buy a mobile phone, then you have the option to any buy it directly from a web store or contact a dealer offering you with comprehensive range. This will help in comparing the prices as well the features of different phones and help in making a profitable deal. In particular if you want to buy a cell phone with camera cell phone then contacting the respective manufacturer is a better option.
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The LG GD910 Touchscreen Watchphone Hits UK Market
This must have been welcome news to Dick Tracy/James Bond/Inspector Doohickey fans out there. After France got its hands on it first, Orange UK now has exclusive distribution for the LG GD910 watchphone as the first batch went on sale for a limited period last 27th of August at the Orange Shop in Bond Road, Central London.
Touted as a must-have doohickey this year, the watchphone comes at an exclusive price of ?500 but only from Orange. The scratch-resistant 3G touchscreen watchphone is sure to turn heads when you use it. Not so much for the device itself which looks like an oversized digital Casio wristwatch, but more because there are not that many broadcast walking the road talking to their wrist.
Full-Featured Mobile Phone
So what do you get for ?500? Firstly, wearing a watchphone at this time can certainly give you high profile presence wherever you go. The Liquid will certainly be a conversation piece in any party or gathering. Not many will be willing to fork out that much for a piece of hardware that is severely compromised to offer the same breathe of features on a flagship smartphone from Sony Ericsson, HTC or Nokia, to mention some. But you get the bragging civil rights and status as a doohickey geek who likes to be seen talking to his wrist.
The watchphone is a quad band GSM with 3G/HSDPA for making charming 3G calls possible. There’s no internet browser to benefit from 3G and rightly so. Try imagining yourself surfing on a 1.43-inch show with washed out 256k color support. It’s surprisingly a capacitive touchscreen covered in scratchproof glass. A Flash-based user boundary enables the touchscreen feature.
LG added speech recognition to control the watchphone so you can input commands by voice. Conversely it has text to speech ability that reads text messages so you can minimize straining your eyes reading text on a small show. Initiating a voice call can really be slick with voice commands – just question nicely and talk away.
Then there’s Bluetooth with A2DP which is fantastic so you can listen to your favourite mp3 files without a dandling wire to it, as if the 49 x 49 x 13.8mm body can accommodate a headphone jack. Until you realize its 80MB internal memory can only accommodate a few dozen low bitrate mp3 files. A microSD slot is asking a lot on its miniature body. In fact, you can just take out its nice leather strap and you have the smallest mobile phone on earth.
The watchphone features 8 different mind faces you can customize it with. They’re basically homescreen wallpapers that show you the time in analog or digital in innumerable show schemes. One of them is sure to catch your fancy.
A touch Unique for the Holidays
If price is no object and you really want a touch new this Christmas, try the LG GD910 watchphone. The price is low-cost for a right wristwatch though steep for a mobile phone. And you really just get a basic mobile phone for that price. The package comes with a Bluetooth earpiece which we strongly recommend you everlastingly wear with the watchphone when taking and making calls. This way, you can still have 50% of your calls in confidence without bothering the next person beside you.
With so many LG GD910 3G contracts on offer it can be hard to know which to go for. Best Mobile Contracts can help by comparing all the mobile deals on offer, and they also compare mobile broadband.
Categories: Casio Phone Tags: Gd910, Hits, Market, Touchscreen, Watchphone
Samsung J700 Review: a Samsung Phone Made for the Low-end Market
Some say that the Samsung J700 looks similar to the 5-megapixel phone G600. But this Samsung mobile phone is very different from the other phone. It is not as luxurious in price and features as the other phone. But persons belonging to the low-end market will surely delight in the Samsung J700. In fact, the Samsung J700 may be considered having very generous features at a very low price.
Samsung J700 Design
The Samsung J700 is available in two colours-an elegant and stylish black and a hot and fashionable pink. The mobile phone’s design is by now comparable to the most pricey slid-up phone from Samsung. Many critiques say that the Samsung J700’s design is really the market point of this phone. That proves to be right in view of the fact that the phone has a very elegant design that a mere look at it, anyone would not believe that it is worth US$200 only.
Many say that the Samsung J700’s design is similar to the ordinary slid-up phone. Although that may be right in some essence, the Samsung J700 can still beat other luxury phone’s design because of its nice look for a low budget.
The every edge of the Samsung J700 says about class and endless elegance. The black or pink colour of the phone speaks so much about its top-edge designs.
Many Samsung J700 reviews gave positive response on how the phone can be handled. Compared to some luxury phones or low-end mobile phones, the Samsung J700 can be handled comfortably with its 92 grams weight. The 14.8mm depth of the phone also affects so much about its easiness of holding, as well as its 99.5mm height and 48mm width.
Samsung J700 Features
Comparing the features alone, many might say that the Samsung J700 will never be one of the best mobile phone deals. But considering the price, many would choose that the phone is still a fantastic choice.
Aside from the phone’s basic communication functionalities, the Samsung J700 is competent of sending SMS, MMS, and EMS. It may also use different browsers like the WAP 2.0 and HTML. The mobile phone is also competent of supporting Java applications, MP3, and MP4. Getting bored with the phone is never possible with the added FM radio, 1.3 megapixel camera, and a video recorder.
The Samsung J700 is also competent of expanding its memory through its microSD card slot, competent of supporting up to 2 gigabytes.
There are also calendar, memo, world clock, timer, converter, and stopwatcher included as added functionalities in the Samsung J700. The mobile phone’s alarm clock may be setup to play mp3-format music.
Many Samsung J700 reviews say that the phone’s features are all available at a low-end. For example, the picture is not that clear compared with some luxury phones. But it’s enough for a low-end phone like the Samsung J700.
Although the Samsung J700 may not offer top-notch performance, the price for the phone will make it survive the market and turn it into one of the best mobile phone deals. Besides, the phone can by now be used for more than the basic phone functionalities. But the price is only for a basic phone use. Many the makings users will surely like the Samsung J700 despite its flaws with its fantastic price offer.
We compare prices for the Samsung J700 in the UK. You can also read our Samsung J700 review and other handset reviews.
Categories: Samsung Phone Tags: J700, Lowend, Made, Market, Phone, Review, Samsung Phone
Best Business Cell Phones Available in the Market
For our business we need a touch and so why not go in for business cell phones. The mobile makers like Nokia, Sanyo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and LG provide handsets that are smart enough to handle your business needs. Some of the features of business cell phones are:
• They unlike other phones act like a management device for our personal and professional life. It has features like calendars, task list, MAP
attention, facility to access internet and make changes in the documents, GPS, and many other features of your personal computer.
• Typically mobile phones have features like speaker phone, three way calling, call waiting, voice dialing facility also.
• For quick browsing / read-through of mails or to keep an eye over the development of business projects the top business category phones have Internet facility also.
• Multimedia has caught the attention of many, so how can a mobile phone be left behind. If you want to record a conversation between the clients, or want to have talks facility then easily you can do so.
• Business phones are compact phones and have battery that last for hours. Further they have SOS facility as well. With the development of technology, manufacturers of business cell phones are coming up with new features & see that they are in sync with the needs & demands of the professionals crosswise the globe. It everlastingly recommended to check the online stores for “what’s new”. At times these handsets appear to be pricey, yet they are value for the money. Reckon and buy a mobile phone now to improve your business relations.
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Latest LG phones are all set to conquer the mobile phone market
LG phones are well renowned world over and are made with utmost precision. The latest phones introduced by LG are incorporated with latest technologies and fresh looks to attract more users than competing handsets.
LG has introduced a wide range of mobile phones which not only possess fantastic looks but also feature latest functions. LG phones are brilliantly configured to cater different users. Few of the latest LG phones have by now made waves in the mobile world. Few of them are LG GT505, LG GW520, LG GC900 Viewty Smart and LG GW550.
The LG GT505 feature 5 megapixel camera with a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. The camera is equipped with autofocus and LED flash functions which allows one to get excellent quality photographs. The phone looks dynamic with its large touch enabled show screen amounting to 3.0 inches. The GT505 has accelerometer sensor which lets one rotate the screen automatically to any direction. The handset offers superb connectivity options with the presence of EDGE and GPRS. The presence of HSDPA allows user to interact with other users on video call. It also allows quick wireless data transfer. The phone comes with GPS support. It has excellent quality Mp3 and MPEG player that lets one play one’s pet songs and movies. The presence of Tran flash allows user to save as many file as they want without worrying about the available storage space. All these features amount for the popularity of this smart handset.
The LG GW520 is one of the latest LG phones which are an absolute delight for high-end users. The phone looks wonderful with its Full QWERTY keyboard and 2.8inch TFT touch screen. The screen offers a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels and also features accelerometer. The phone has excellent connectivity options with Built-In GPRS and EDGE functions. The phone is 3G enabled with HSDPA 7.2Mbps but it lacks Wi-Fi support. The phone is equipped with 3.15 megapixel camera with 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution which makes it a excellent shooter. It has got microSD card slot for memory storage expansion. The phone is a high class multimedia handset with support for Mp3, AAC, AAC+, Mp4, EAAC+ and WMA music and MPEG4 video file formats. The phone also features motion based play for gamers with option for downloading more games at quick speed. With support for SMS, MMS, E-mail, IM and Push email one can be sure of its vast treatment.
One of the latest LG phones by the name LG 900 Viewty Smart has magnificent functions like the Dolby Mobile signal enhancement which lets user hear fine signal quality while listening to his pet music. The phone looks cool with its TFT touch enables 3.0 inch screen with S-Class Touch UI. Away from each other from accelerometer the screen features Multi-touch input. The phone offers brilliant data transfer options with the presence of GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The phone also features USB port for transferring data through a data cable. The most attractive feature in this Viewty Smart is its 8MP camera which offers a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels. The camera also has some brilliant functions like multi face detection, geo-tagging; smile detection and beauty shot which allows user to get high quality images. The phone plays variety of music and video formats. With excellent video capturing qualities and support for motion based games, this phone is a wonderful entertainer. The phone is GPS enabled with support from Google maps. The phone is a quality device for its users.
Another high-end latest LG phones is the LG GW550 which has 2.4 inch screen with full QWERTY keyboard, the phone offers high speed data connectivity with EDGE, GPRS and HSDPA. This 3G enabled device plays all music file formats and has a excellent quality MPEG4 player. With SMS MMS and email sending options, this phone is perfect for business class users. This upcoming device is expected soon.
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The Best Dvd Xvid To Iphone Converter On The Market
pspconverter.com( http://www.pspconverter.com )We here at POPSnail like fancy software, and to a fantastic degree try anything for our “World’s Most Ordinary Now!” award. The name of the game today is DVD Xvid to iPhone Converter. Of course, some programs work better than others, and we’ve made it our mission to help you find the best of them, without you having to download and delete six different ones! We give our “World’s Most Ordinary Now!” award to the best of the best and nine runners up in five categories ? UI skin, speed, ease of use, user rating and popularity.
For today, the best of the best in DVD Xvid to iPhone Converter are listed below. They’re plainly the winners in all five categories, as you’ll be able to tell immediately when you download them.
1. Cucusoft DVD + Video to iPhone Converter Suite
Cucusoft iPhone Video Converter Suite is an all-in-one iPhone video Conversion software. This iPhone includes “Cucusoft iPhone Video Converter” and “Cucusoft DVD to iPhone Converter”.
2. Accelerate DVD + Video to iPhone Converter
It converts nearly all formats of video files that are by now on your computer (AVI, MPG, MPEG, ASF, WMV, MOV, 3GP, AMR, FLV, FLIC, SWF, RM, RMVB etc.) and DVD movies into a format that’s well-matched with iPhone video, that is, iPhone mp4 format.
3. Lenogo DVD + Video to iPhone Converter
It converts nearly all formats of video files that are by now on your computer (AVI, MPG, MPEG, ASF, WMV, MOV, 3GP, AMR, FLV, FLIC, SWF, RM, RMVB etc.) and DVD movies into a format that’s well-matched with iPhone video, that is, iPhone mp4 format.
4. Alive iPhone Video Converter
Alive iPhone Video Converter is a professional video converter to convert nearly all ordinary video/movie formats to iPhone MP4 format.
5. Lenogo Video to iPhone Converter
Lenogo Video to iPhone Converter is a professional video to iPhone converter software. It can convert AVI, MPG, MPEG, ASF, WMV, MOV, 3GP, AMR, FLV, FLIC, SWF, RM, RMVB to iPhone
6. Wondershare iPhone Converter Suite
Wondershare iPhone Video Suite is an extremely simple to use DVD/Video to iphone converter. The software makes the process of converting DVD Movie, MTV, Music Video and TV Show to Apple iPhone MP4 or H.264 Video easily.
7. PQ DVD to iPhone Video Suite
PQ DVD to iPhone Video Suite (PQ DVD to iPhone + iPhone Video Converter) is a One-Click, All-In-One solution to convert DVD, Tivo, DivX, MPEG, WMV, AVI, RealMedia and many more to iPhone and iPod Video.
8. Accelerate Video to iPhone Converter
Its conversion speed is 3 times of the playback speed, even quicker than real-time.AVI, MPG, MPEG, ASF, WMV, MOV, 3GP, AMR, FLV, FLIC, SWF, RM, RMVB to iPhone Converter.
9. Digiters DVD + Video to iPhone Converter
Digiters DVD to iPhone Video Converter Suite is a One-Click, All-In-One solution to convert DVD to iPhone, Tivo to iPhone, DivX movie to iPhone, Xvid movie to iPhone, MPEG video to iPhone, WMV to iPhone, AVI to iPhone, RealMedia to iPhone, etc.
10. Cucusoft iPhone Video Converter
Cucusoft iPhone Movie/Video Converter is the simplest to use video converter software available. It can convert nearly any video format to play on Microsoft iPhone Video Player, e.g. DivX, XviD, MOV, RM, rmvb, MPEG, WMV, AVI to iPhone Movie / iPhone Video format
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