LARGE-FORMAT RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE IN TRANSPORT - TYPES, APPLICATIONS, NEW DEVELOPMENTS, INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND GLOBAL MARKETS

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

• STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
• REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
• CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY
• SCOPE AND FORMAT
• METHODOLOGY
• INFORMATION SOURCES
• WHOM THE STUDY CATERS TO
• AUTHOR' S CREDENTIALS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• SUMMARY TABLE MARKET FOR LARGE-FORMAT, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) X
• SUMMARY FIGURE MARKET FOR LARGE-FORMAT, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES BY TYPE OF VEHICLES USED ($ MILLION) X

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

• TABLE 1. POPULAR MODELS OF HEVS, PHEVS AND EVS TARGETED FOR LITHIUM BATTERY USGAE
• TABLE 2. TYPES OF LARGE-FORMAT LITHIUM BATTERY FOR TRANSPORT (ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE) CHEMISTRIES AND THEIR CAPABILITIES
• TABLE 3. LARGE-FORMAT, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CELLS-RELATED PARTS SUPPLIERS MANUFACTURERS, SYSTEM INTEGRATORS, PRODUCT LINE REFERENCE

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

• LARGE-FORMAT, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
  • CELL DESIGN
    • CELL PROTECTION SYSTEM
  • THERMAL MANAGEMENT
  • POWER INTERFACE
  • CONTROL INTERFACE
  • PACKAGING
• BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (BMS) IN LARGE RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES IN VEHICLES
  • ELECTRICAL MANAGEMENT
  • THERMAL MANAGEMENT
  • SAFETY
• WORKING PRINCIPLES OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
  • FIGURE 1. SCHEMATIC OF A LITHIUM-ION CELL
• MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS FOR LI-ION BATTERIES
  • LITHIUM NICKEL COBALT MANGANESE (NCM OR NMC)
  • LITHIUM NICKEL COBALT ALUMINUM
  • LITHIUM MANGANESE OXIDE (LMS)
  • LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE (LFP)
• LITHIUM TITANATE OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIAL AS ANODE
• LITHIUM POLYMER
• LITHIUM METAL POLYMER - LMP
  • FIGURE 2. LITHIUM METAL POLYMER CELL CONSTRUCTION
• CATHODES
  • TABLE 4. CATHODE ELECTRODE MATERIAL ENERGY RATINGS
• ANODES
• SEPARATORS
  • ELECTROLYTE
    • TABLE 5. ELECTROLYTES USED IN LARGE-FORMAT LITHIUM BATTERIES
  • ORGANIC SOLVENTS
    • TABLE 6. ORGANIC SOLVENTS USED IN LARGE FORMAT LITHIUM BATTERIES
    • TABLE 7. TYPE OF ELECTROLYTES USED ACCORDING TO TYPE OF LITHIUM CELLS
  • CELL PACKAGING
  • SAFETY CIRCUITS
  • MODULE AND BATTERY PACK MATERIALS
  • TESTING
• FUNCTION OF RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES V/S NICKEL HYDRID BATTERIES
• LITHIUM-ION BATTERY SAFETY
• HOW CELL TYPES DIFFER
  • FIGURE 3. SCHEMATIC OF A CYLINDRICAL LITHIUM-ION CELL
• FROM CELLS TO MODULES TO BATTERY PACKS
  • FIGURE 4. SCHEMATIC ILLUSTRATION OF A CELL, MODULE AND PACK
  • FIGURE 5. DIFFERENT SHAPES OF CELLS USED IN LITHIUM BATTERIES

APPLICATIONS

• HEAVY DUTY HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES
  • TABLE 8. MULTIPLE TYPES OF HYBRID VEHICLES
• ON-ROAD ELECTRIC VEHICLES
  • TABLE 9. COMPARISON OF HEV, PHEV AND HEAVY DUTY HYBRID VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES
• OFF-ROAD VEHICLES AND INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES
• LIGHT ELECTRIC VEHICLES
• BATTERY REQUIREMENTS
  • TABLE 10. TYPICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF LARGE-FORMAT BATTERIES FOR BICYCLES / EBIKES / SCOOTERS
• BATTERIES FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS - HEVS, PHEVS AND EVS
  • HYBRID LIGHT VEHICLES
  • BATTERIES FOR HEVS
  • PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES
  • ELECTRIC VEHICLES/ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES (EV/ZEV)
    • MINI EV
    • FULL EV
  • BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• TABLE 11. LARGE-FORMAT AND SMALL-FORMAT BATTERY USAGE
• LEADING VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS WORKING WITH LITHIUM BATTERIES
  • LARGE-SCALE INVESTMENTS
• JOINT VENTURES AND TIE-UPS
  • TABLE 12. MAJOR BATTERY MANUFACTURERS AND VEHICLE OEMS TIE-UPS FOR FUTURE LARGE-FORMAT LITHIUM BATTERIES FOR TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS
• PRICE ANALYSIS OF LARGE-FORMAT LITHIUM BATTERIES (CASE STUDY: HEVS)
  • FIGURE 6. COST CONTRIBUTIONS OF HEV COMPONENTS AND COST CONTRIBUTION OF BATTERY COMPONENTS IN LARGE-FORMAT LITHIUM BATTERIES
• PRICE ANALYSIS OF CYLINDRICAL CELLS 18650 USED IN LARGE-FORMAT LITHIUM ION BATTERIES (CASE STUDY: PHEVS/EVS/FPBEVS/ZEVS)
  • TABLE 13. EXAMPLE OF LARGE-FORMAT LITHIUM BATTERY ASSEMBLIES AND CELL CONSTITUENTS
  • TABLE 14. PRICE ANALYSIS OF CELL TYPE 18650 LITHIUM MANGANESE OXIDE AND OTHER CHEMISTRIES
• R&D FUNDING
  • TABLE 15. FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS TO DEVELOP ADVANCED LITHIUM BATTERIES (THROUGH MAY 14, 2009)

GLOBAL MARKET AND REGIONAL MARKET SHARES

• EFFECT OF AUTO INDUSTRY MELTDOWN AND FALLING OIL PRICES ON THE MARKET
• MARKET ACCORDING TO TYPES OF VEHICLES
  • TABLE 16. VOLUME OF LARGE-FORMAT, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES USED IN HEVS, PHEVS AND EVS IN 2009 AND 2014
• INFORMATION SOURCES AND BASIS OF MARKET ESTIMATION
  • TABLE 17. MARKET FOR LARGE-FORMAT RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, 2009
  • TABLE 18. MARKET FOR LARGE-FORMAT RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, 2014
  • TABLE 19. MARKET FOR LARGE-FORMAT RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE ($ MILLION)
  • FIGURE 7. MARKET SHARE OF LARGE-FORMAT RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE
• MARKET FOR LARGE-FORMAT RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES BY CELL CHEMISTRY
  • TABLE 20. MARKET FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES FOR TRANSPORT BY MATERIAL CHEMISTRY, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS)
  • FIGURE 8. MARKET FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES FOR TRANSPORT BY MATERIAL CHEMISTRY
• MARKET FOR LARGE-FORMAT, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES BY REGION
  • TABLE 21. MARKET FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES FOR TRANSPORT BY REGION, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS)
  • FIGURE 9. MARKET FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES FOR TRANSPORT BY REGION ($ MILLIONS)

PATENTS AND PATENT ANALYSIS

• LIST OF PATENTS
  • LARGE-FORMAT LITHIUM BATTERIES - U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY
    • BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    • NANOPARTICLE-BASED POWDER COATINGS AND CORRESPONDING STRUCTURES
  • LITHIUM SECONDARY CELL WITH HIGH CHARGE AND DISCHARGE RATE
  • STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING ARTICLES AND MATERIALS AND USES THEREFORE
  • BATTERY CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BATTERY
  • POST-DEPOSITION ENCAPSULATION OF NANOSTRUCTURES: COMPOSITION, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS INCORPORATING THE SAME
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISSIPATION OF HEAT GENERATED BY A SECONDARY ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITION OF THIN FILMS
  • METHODS OF MAKING, POSITIONING AND ORIENTING NANOSTRUCTURES, NANOSTRUCTURE ARRAYS AND NANOSTRUCTURE DEVICES
  • ARRAY-BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
  • NANOCOMPOSITES
  • SYNTHESIS OF METAL PHOSPHATES
  • ELECTRODES COMPRISING MIXED ACTIVE PARTICLES
  • PARTICULATE ELECTRODE INCLUDING ELECTROLYTE FOR A RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY
  • CIRCUITS, APPARATUS, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE CHARGING METHODS, AND LITHIUM-MIXED METAL ELECTRODE CELL CHARGING METHODS
  • SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
  • OLIGO PHOSPHATE-BASED ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
  • LITHIUM-BASED ACTIVE MATERIALS AND PREPARATION THEREOF
  • PROCESS FOR MAKING NANOSIZED STABILIZED ZIRCONIA
  • LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR THE SAME
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING MIXED OXIDES AND MMETAL OXIDE COMPOUNDS
  • METHODS OF MAKING, POSITIONING AND ORIENTING NANOSTRUCTURES, NANOSTRUCTURE ARRAYS AND NANOSTRUCTURE DEVICES
  • METHODS OF MAKING LITHIUM METAL CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NANOSIZED LITHIUM-COBALT OXIDES BY FLAME SPRAYING PYROLYSIS
  • POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME
  • LITHIUM-CONTAINING PHOSPHATE ACTIVE MATERIALS
  • PROCESS FOR MAKING LITHIUM TITANATE
  • LITHIUM-BASED ACTIVE MATERIALS AND PREPARATION THEREOF
  • PROCESS FOR MAKING NANOSIZED AND SUB-MICRON-SIZED LITHIUM-TRANSITION METAL OXIDE
  • STOCHASTIC ASSEMBLY OF SUBLITHOGRAPHIC NANOSCALE INTERFACES
  • METHODS OF POSITIONING AND/OR ORIENTING NANOSTRUCTURES
  • STABILIZED ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL ACTIVE MATERIAL
  • SALTS OF ALKALI METALS OF N, N' DISTRIBUTED AMIDES OF ALKANE SULFINIC ACID AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTES ON THEIR BASIS
  • LITHIUM METAL FLUOROPHOSPHATE MATERIALS AND PREPARATION THEREOF
  • LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY
  • PARTICULATE ELECTRODE INCLUDING PHOSPHATES AND RELATED ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIALS
  • ALKALI TRANSITION METAL PHOSPHATES AND ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIALS
  • POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY OPERATIONAL METHODS
  • ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE APPARATUS, CIRCUITS, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE CHARGING METHODS
  • ALKALI METAL HYDROGEN PHOSPHATES AS PRECURSOR FOR PHOSPHATE-CONTAINING ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVE MATERIALS
  • NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL
  • NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
  • ALKALI/TRANSITION METAL HALO- AND HYDROXYL-PHOSPHATES AND RELATED ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIALS
  • ELECTRICAL ENERGY APPARATUS USES, ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONDITIONING CIRCUITS, AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLY METHODS
  • COMPOSITE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION, ELECTRODE AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY
  • COMPOSITE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY
  • METHODS OF MAKING TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS
  • CIRCUITS, APPARATUS, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE CHARGING METHODS, AND LITHIUM-MIXED ELECTRODE CELL CHARGING METHODS
  • LITHIUM-BASED ACTIVE MATERIALS AND PREPARATION THEREOF
  • LITHIUM-CONTAINING PHOSPHATES, METHOD OF PREPARATION, AND USES THEREOF
  • LITHIUM CELL BASED ON LITHIATED TRANSITION METAL TITANATES
  • LITHIUM-CONTAINING PHOSPHATES AND METHOD OF PREPARATION
  • POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY
  • SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY CONSTRUCTION FOR IMPROVED HEAT TRANSFER
  • LITHIUM-CONTAINING MATERIALS
  • SYNTHESIS OF LITHIATED TRANSITION METAL TITANATES FOR LITHIUM CELLS
  • PREPARATION OF LITHIUM-CONTAINING MATERIALS
  • PREPARATION OF LITHIUM-CONTAINING MATERIALS
  • LITHIUM MANGANESE OXIDE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST STRUCTURES

PATENT ANALYSIS

• TABLE 22. NUMBER OF U.S. PATENTS GRANTED TO COMPANIES FOR LARGE-FORMAT, AUTOMOTIVE GRADE, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES FROM 2004 TO OCTOBER 2008
• FIGURE 10. TOP COMPANIES IN NUMBER OF U.S. PATENTS GRANTED FOR LARGE FORMAT LITHIUM BATTERIES FOR TRANSPORT FROM 2004 TO 2008
• INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW OF U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN LITHIUM BATTERIES
  • TABLE 23. NUMBER OF U.S. PATENTS GRANTED BY COUNTRY/REGION FOR LARGE-FORMAT, AUTOMOTIVE LITHIUM BATTERIES FROM 2004 TO DEC 2008
• IMPORTANT SELECTED WORLD PATENTS
  • WO/2007/116971 - LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL-BASED COMPOUND POWDER FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL IN LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
  • WO/2002/011217 - PARTICULATE ELECTROLYTE FOR A RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY
  • WO/2007/132993- BMS HAVING WATERPROOF FUNCTION
  • WO/2006/082425) - A BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR USE IN ONE OR MORE CELLS
  • WO/2008/068446 - BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
  • WO/2008/055505 - A BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR LITHIUM ION CELLS
  • WO/2005/057753 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE BATTERY CELL
  • WO/2007/050109 - LITHIUM BATTERY MANGEMENT SYSTEM
  • WO/2008/045455 - LITHIUM BATTERY SYSTEM
  • WO/2008/082111- MIDDLE- OR LARGE-SIZED BATTERY PACK CASE PROVIDING IMPROVED DISTRIBUTION UNIFORMITY IN COOLANT FLUX
  • US20070124980A1 - CARTRIDGE FOR MIDDLE- OR LARGE-SIZED BATTERY PACK
  • EP20060126328 - BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
  • EP20060026101 - BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

COMPANY PROFILES

• A123SYSTEMS
• ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ABAT)
• ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES
• THUNDER SKY BATTERY LIMITED
• TOSHIBA BATTERY CO., LTD.
• VALENCE TECHNOLOGY INC.

APPENDIX I

• TABLE 24. BATTERY-POWERED ELECTRIC VEHICLES DEMONSTRATED OR ANNOUNCED BY OEMS USING LARGE-FORMAT RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES