Abstract
WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on Worldwide
nanotechnology thin film lithium - ion battery markets. The 2009 study has 412
pages, 112 Tables and Figures. Worldwide Nanotechnology lithium - ion
batteries are poised to achieve significant growth as units become smaller and
less expensive broadening the types of energy applications in which they are
included.
Worldwide nanotechnology thin film lithium - ion batteries are poised to
achieve significant growth as units become more able to achieve deliver of
power to electric vehicles efficiently. Less expensive 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 research solves the issues poised by the need to store renewable
energy. Lithium - ion batteries switch price reductions are poised to drive
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 cycle 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 original 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 efficient 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 important 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 costs and
increases. Lithiumion batteries used in cell phones and PCs, and in cordless
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.
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