The Future of Ultracapacitors: Market forecasts to 2014

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY

• Report scope
• Report objectives
• Methodology
• Definitions
  • The electrostatic capacitor
  • The electrolytic capacitor
  • The ultracapacitor
  • Voltage behaviour
  • Farad

The ultracapacitor industry

• Supply chain
• Examples of applications
  • Fuel cells
  • Gasoline-electric buses
  • Car audio
  • LED flashes
  • UPS bridge power
  • Industrial equipment

Drivers and chalenges

• Alternative energy
  • Wind turbines
• Automotive
  • Hybrid electric vehicles
  • Ultracapacitors in hybrid buses
  • Ultracapacitors in hybrid automobiles
  • Hybrid buses: Cost comparisons
  • Plug-in hybrids
  • Fuel cells for automotive applications
  • Engine starting
• UPS power bridging
• Portable electronics
• Issues
  • Fuel cell vehicles
  • Cost issues

Cuting -edge technology developments

• Improved and/or low cost activated carbon electrodes
• Nanotechnology
  • JEOL
• NessCap
• Asymmetric ultracapacitors
  • Axion power
  • EEStor
  • JSR Micro
  • Enable IPC
  • CSIRO
  • ESMA
• Bipolar designs
• Maxwell Technologies
• Battery/Ultracapacitor combination
• Ultracapacitor technology summary

Ultracapacitor materials

• Electrolytes
• Electrodes
• MeadWestvaco
• Norit
• Gore
• Maxwell Technologies

Ultracapacitor market by end use

• Key factors
• Wind power
• Automotive
  • Automotive stop-start/Micro-hybrid
  • Strong hybrid electric vehicles
  • Plug-in hybrids
  • HEV market growth: Positive and negative factors
  • Ultracapacitors in hybrid buses
  • Engine starting
  • Fuel cells in automotive applications
• Fuel cells in fork-lift trucks
• UPS bridge power
• Consumer market

Ultracapacitor market by region

• Total market
• Turnover by company

Supliers and consumers

• Suppliers of commercially available ultracapacitors
  • Maxwell Technologies
  • NessCap
  • Nippon Chemi-Con
  • Panasonic
  • NEC Tokin
  • Nichicon Corporation
  • Asahi Glass
  • ESMA
  • ELIT Co.
  • Cap-XX
• Suppliers of ultracapacitors with limited market share or still under development
  • Axion Power International Inc.
  • Enable IPC
  • JSR Micro
  • APowerCap Technologies
  • BatScap
  • EEStor
• Users and potential users of ultracapacitors
  • ISE Corporation
  • Toyota
  • Honda
  • General Hydrogen
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Other potential users
• Suppliers of raw materials
  • Nippon Oil
  • Hitachi
  • Cabot Carbon
  • Norit
  • W.L. Gore & Associates
  • MeadWestVaco
  • NanoCarbons LLC

Tables and figures

• Ultracapacitor turnover by company, 2008 - 14 ($ million)
• Ultracapacitor market by end use, 2008 - 14 ($ million)
• Ultracapacitor market by region, 2008 - 14 ($ million)
• Wind power market, 2008 - 14
• Total HEV sales and Toyota HEV sales, 2008 - 14 (' 000 vehicles)
• Market for ultracapacitors in Toyota hybrid electric vehicles, 2008 - 14
• European truck market, 2008 - 14
• Existing markets for ultracapacitors
• Developing markets for ultracapacitors
• Key properties of ultracapacitors and batteries
• Technical requirements for automotive applications
• Power, energy and cycle life comparison
• Battery vs. ultracapacitor comparison for ISE hybrid electric bus
• Global vehicle sales summary, 2007 (number of vehicles)
• Ultracapacitors for power bridge system
• Power/Energy (P/E) ratio comparison for various energy storage technologies
• Present and future ultracapacitor performance
• EDLC technology by manufacturer
• Risk comparison of organic solvents
• Performance, life and cost comparison for different energy storage systems
• Stop-start model plans
• Advantages and disadvantages of using ultracapacitors in HEVs
• The market for ultracapacitors in fuel cell forklifts, 2008 - 14
• Schematic diagram of the ultracapacitor cell and module
• Voltage curves for a battery and a capacitor on discharge
• Specific power and energy of NessCap Supercapacitor at different temperatures with AN-based electrolyte
• Specific power and energy of NessCap Supercapacitor at different temperatures with PC-based electrolyte
• Ragone plot of power vs. energy for the LiC capacitor
• CSIRO Ultrabattery configuration
• Combined energy storage system
• Ultracapacitor power and energy evolution
• HRL' s Ragone plot of power vs. energy
• Volvo' s Ragone plot of power vs. energy