Power Supplies for Extended Battery Life

Table of Contents

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Research Overview and Methodology
  • Research Overview
  • Methodology
• Key Research Highlights
  • Noteworthy Technologies to Augment Battery Life
  • Key Emerging Applications

2 TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS VIEWPOINT

• Technology Primer
  • The Need for Longer Battery Life
  • Overview of Technologies to Increase Battery Life
• Power Augmenting Technologies and Key Players
  • Ultracapacitors
  • Key Players in Ultracapacitor Technology
  • Fuel Cells
  • Other Technologies
• Technology Impact Analysis
  • Ultracapacitors--A SWOT Analysis
  • Fuel Cells for Extended Battery Life--An Analysis

3 TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION FACTOR ANALYSIS

• Overall Technology Drivers and Challenges
  • Overall Technology Drivers
  • Overall Technology Challenges
• Technology Specific Drivers and Challenges
  • Technology Specific Drivers
  • Technology Specific Challenges

4 ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

• Research in Universities and Public Institutions
  • Carbon Aerogels for Supercapacitors--USA and China
  • ZnO-Carbon Aerogel Composite for Improved Conductivity in Supercapacitors--India
  • Controlling Pore Size to Increase Charge Storing Capacity of Carbon--USA
  • Coconut Carbon-Ruthenium Composite for Supercapacitors
  • Carbon-Ruthenium Nanocomposites for Ultracapacitors--China
  • Ultracapacitor that Extends Life of Lead Acid Battery for Automobiles--Australia
  • Nanotube-Coated Ultrabattery Developed at MIT--USA
  • Nickel-Based Supercapacitors for Specialized Applications--India
  • Improving Lifetime of Lead Acid Batteries--Spain and Australia
  • Ultracapacitors Based on Polymer Electrodes--India
  • Using Fuel Cells and Ultracapacitors in Conjunction to Improve Power Management in Automobiles--France
  • Highly Dispersed Ruthenium Oxide for Supercapacitor Electrode--Taiwan
  • Manganese Dioxide Supercapacitors--China
  • Novel Mesoporous Carbon for Supercapacitor Electrodes--Malaysia
  • Enhancing the Life of Lithium Batteries for Consumer Electronics--UK
• Research in Corporates
  • New Line of Ultracapacitor Products from Maxwell Technologies--USA
  • Prismatic Ultracapacitors Based on Nanotechnology--Australia
  • Lead Acid Battery-Supercapacitor Hybrid--Canada
  • Ultracapacitor Modules for 42V Applications in Automobiles--South Korea
  • Increasing the Life of Lithium Ion Batteries--USA
  • Research at Texas Instruments--USA

5 PATENTS AND CONTACT DETAILS

• Patents
  • Patents in Ultracapacitors
  • Patents in Battery Management ICs
• Contact Details
  • Universities
  • Companies

6 DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE

• Decision Support Database Tables
  • Total Mobile Subscribers--World (1999-2006)
  • Total PCs per Household--World (1999-2006)
  • Total PC Installed Base--World (1999-2006)
  • Total New Car Sales--World (1999-2006)
  • Total Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) Sales--World (1999-2006)