Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Executive Summary
- 1.1 Key market issues
- 1.2 Fuel cell benefits and drivers
- 1.3 Fuel cells and the user experience
- 1.4 Carriers and OEMs increasingly view fuel cells as a viable technology
alternative
- 1.5 Barriers limiting micro fuel cell adoption
- 1.6 Market trends and evolution
- 1.7 Key findings
Chapter 2. Introduction
- 2.1 Defining fuel cell technology
- 2.2 Fuel cell benefits
- 2.3 How fuel cells work
- Figure 2.1: Typical fuel cell
- Table 2.2: Comparative view of different fuel cell types
- 2.4 Focus and scope of this report
Chapter 3. Strategic overview
- 3.1 Rechargeable batteries
- 3.1.1 Nickel Cadmium
- Table 3.1: NiCD characteristics
- 3.1.2 Nickel Metal Hydride
- Table 3.2: NiMH characteristics
- 3.1.3 Lithium ion
- Table 3.3: Li-ion characteristics
- 3.1.4 Li-polymer
- Table 3.4: Li-Poly characteristics
- 3.2 Batteries and the end-user experience
- 3.2.1 Battery power and content delivery
- 3.3 Li-ion vs Li-Poly batteries in handsets
- 3.4 Portable fuel cell market barriers
- Table 3.5: Type of battery behind OEM handsets
- Table 3.6: Battery types powering laptop computers
- Table 3.7: Impact of mobile data consumption on battery life (by
application)
- 3.5 Technical challenges affecting fuel cells
- 3.5.1 Size
- 3.5.2 Heat generation
- 3.6 Fuel cell market drivers
- 3.6.1 Signs of confidence in fuel cell technology
- 3.6.1.1 Carriers
- Table 3.8: Recent mobile operator fuel cell deals
- Table 3.9: Main Specifications of DoCoMo's Prototype Micro Fuel Cell
- Figure 3.1: FOMA handset attached to micro fuel cell
- 3.6.1.2 OEMs
- Table 3.10: Recent handset OEM fuel cell developments
- Table 3.11: Capabilities of various fuel cell technologies
- 3.7 Business case for micro fuel cells
- Chart 3.1: User experience of a mobile handset with Li-ion battery vs
fuel cell
- Chart 3.2: User experience with laptop using fuel cell vs Li-ion battery
- 3.8 Fuel cells provide a means of differentiating handset offerings
Chapter 4. Fuel cell market opportunities
- 4.1 Market trends
- 4.1.1 Power-hungry mobile devices
- 4.1.2 Advanced services
- 4.1.3 ARPU
- Table 4.1: Data ARPU of major operators
- Table 4.2: Data ARPU drivers
- 4.2 Handset constraints
- Table 4.3: Handset design issues
- Table 4.4: Battery capacity of various handset models
- 4.2.1 The impact of handset components on power consumption
- Table 4.5: Typical energy consumption by component in GSM handsets
- 4.2.2 High current bursts
- Table 4.6: Power requirements of GSM and CDMA phones
- 4.2.3 Power consumption by memory, displays and peripherals
- Chart 4.1: Power consumption by handset component
- 4.3 Laptop power requirements
- Table 4.7: Typical power requirements of a laptop
- 4.4 Alleviating the power gap through fuel cells
- Chart 4.2: Affect on battery of "heavy pulling"
- 4.4.1 Fuel cells offer multiple benefits
- 4.4.2 Fuel Cell Metrics
- 4.4.2.1 Revenues
- Table 4.8: Global fuel cell market size by device category in 2011
- 4.4.2.2 Pricing
- Table 4.9: Fuel cell prices by device category, 2006-2013
- 4.4.2.3 Shipments
- Table 4.10: Fuel cell shipments for mobile devices by region, 2009
& 2011
Chapter 5. Market evolution and commercialization issues
- 5.1 Costs and pricing
- Table 5.1: Fuel cell prices by device category, 2006-2013
- 5.2 Volume production
- 5.3 Public awareness
- 5.4 Power hungry handsets
- 5.5 Standardization
- Table 5.1: Micro fuel cell standardisation efforts
- 5.6 Distribution
- 5.7 Safety and aircraft transport regulations
- 5.8 Packaging, regulatory certification and conformance
- 5.8.1 Packaging for cartridges
- 5.9 Testing
- 5.10 Raw materials, cost of components and manufacturing technologies
- 5.11 What are vendors doing to achieve commercial success?
- Figure 5.1: Strategies for success
- 5.11.1 Partnerships and collaboration
- 5.12 Fine-tuning the business model
- Table 5.2: Fuel cell vendor partnership agreements
- 5.13 Working with mobile operators
- 5.14 Technology assessment and competitive readiness
- 5.14.1 Is one fuel cell type likely to dominate the handset market?
- Table 5.3: Fuel cell vendor matrix
Chapter 6. Competitive landscape
- 6.1 Antig Corporation
- 6.1.1 Technology
- 6.1.2 Products
- Table 6.1: Typical specification of Antig's products
- 6.1.3 Power
- 6.1.4 Commercialization date
- 6.1.5 Application
- 6.2 Tekion
- 6.2.1 Technology
- Figure 6.1: Formira fuel cell
- 6.2.2 Products
- 6.2.3 Power and energy
- 6.2.4 Commercialization date
- 6.2.5 Application
- 6.2.6 Customers
- 6.2.7 Notable developments
- 6.3 Angstrom Power
- 6.3.1 Technology
- 6.3.2 Products
- Table 6.2: V60 specifications
- Table 6.3: G2 specifications
- Table 6.4: P1 specifications
- 6.3.3 Applications
- 6.3.4 Customers
- 6.3.5 Commercialization
- 6.4 Medis Technologies
- 6.4.1 Technology
- 6.4.2 Products
- Table 6.5: Medis PowerPack
- 6.4.3 Application
- 6.4.4 Pricing
- 6.4.5 Commercialization, marketing and manufacturing
- 6.5 SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG
- 6.5.1 Technology
- 6.5.2 Products
- Table 6.6: C20-CP specifications
- 6.5.3 Application
- 6.5.4 Commercialization and marketing
- 6.6 Neah Power Systems
- 6.6.1 Technology
- 6.6.2 Products
- Figure 6.2: Prototype of Neah's internal battery cavity fuel cell
- 6.6.3 Commercialization
- 6.7 MTI Micro Fuel Cells
- 6.7.1 Technology
- 6.7.2 Products
- 6.7.3 Commercialization
- 6.8 Ultracell
- 6.8.1 Technology
- 6.8.2 Products
- 6.9 LG
- 6.10 Samsung
- 6.11 Toshiba
Chapter 7. Conclusion and Recommendations
- 7.1 Conclusions
- 7.2 Recommendations
- 7.2.1 For battery vendors
- 7.2.2 For fuel cell manufacturers
- 7.2.3 Recommendation for Mobile operators
Appendix A Fuel cell technologies, advantages and claims
Appendix B Products, Commercialization roadmap, Customers, and Patents
Appendix C Lead author's profile
Appendix D About visiongain
Appendix E Report evaluation form
- Acer
- Angstrom Power
- Antig
- Apple
- Aquafairy
- ASE International
- Casio
- Celestica
- Compaq
- CSA America
- Dell
- Fujitsu
- General Dynamics
- Gillette/Duracell
- Hitachi
- HP
- Hydrocell
- Intermec
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
- KDDI
- Kensington Technology Group
- Lenovo (IBM)
- LG Chem
- LGE
- Medis Technologies
- Mobile Enterprise Alliance
- Motorola Ventures
- MTI MicroFuel
- Neah Power Systems
- NEC
- Nokia
- Novellus Systems
- NTT DoCoMo
- O2
- Samsung
- SFC Smart Fuel Cell
- SK Telecom
- Sony
- Sony Ericsson
- Sprint Nextel
- Superior Communications
- Tekion
- Toshiba
- TUEV
- UltraCell
- UN
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
- University of Illinois
- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Verizon
- Vodafone
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