Dublin, April 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Solid-State and Polymer Batteries 2017-2027: Technology, Markets, Forecasts" report to their offering.
This report covers the solid-state electrolyte industry by giving a 10-year forecast through 2027 in terms of numbers of devices sold, capacity production and market size, predicted to reach over $7B.
A special focus is made on winning chemistries, with a full analysis of the 8 inorganic solid electrolytes and of polymer electrolytes. Additionally, the report covers the manufacturing challenges related to solid electrolytes and how large companies (Toyota, Toshiba, etc.) try to address those limitations.
A study of lithium metal as a strategic resource is also presented, highlighting the strategic distribution of this material around the world and the role it will play in solid-state batteries. Some chemistries will be quite lithium-hungry and put a strain on mining companies worldwide.
Finally, 18 different companies are compared and ranked in terms of their technology and manufacturing readiness, with a watch list and a score comparison.
Key Topics Covered:
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1. A solid future for batteries?
1.2. Push and pull factors in Li-ion research
1.3. Why solid-state batteries?
1.4. The battery trilemma
1.5. Technology roadmap according to Germany's NPE
1.6. Potential applications for SSBs
1.7. Value chain
1.8. 1.8 Market forecast
2. INTRODUCTION
2.1. Electrochemistry definitions
2.1.1. What does 1 kilowatthour (kWh) look like?
2.1.2. Useful charts for performance comparison
2.2. Why solid-state batteries?
2.2.1. Research efforts on SSBs
2.2.2. Industry efforts on SSBs
2.3. Safety
2.3.1. Samsung's Firegate
2.4. Performance
2.5. Form factor
2.6. Cost
3. LI-ION TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
3.1. What is a Li-ion battery (LIB)?
3.2. How can LIBs be improved?
3.2.1. Anode alternatives
3.2.2. Cathode alternatives
4. SOLID-STATE BATTERIES
4.1. What is a Solid-State battery (SSB)?
4.2. History of SSBs
4.3. Differences between liquid and solid electrolytes
4.3.1. Lithium-ion batteries vs. Solid-State batteries
4.4. Thin film vs. bulk solid-state batteries
4.5. How safe are Solid-State batteries?
4.6. How can Solid-State batteries increase performance?
4.7. How flexible and customisable are SSBs?
4.8. SSBs for electric vehicles
4.9. SSBs for consumer electronics
5. SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTES
5.1. Solid-state electrolytes
5.1.1. Li-halides
5.1.2. Perovskite
5.1.3. Li-hydrides
5.1.4. NASICON-like
5.1.5. Garnet
5.1.6. Argyrodite
5.1.7. LiPON
5.1.8. LISICON-like
6. 6. SOLID-STATE BATTERY MANUFACTURING
6.1. How cheap can SSBs be?
6.2. The issue with solid state thin film battery products today
6.3. Manufacturing
6.3.1. Toyota's approach
6.3.2. Hitachi Zosen's approach
6.3.3. Toshiba's approach
6.3.4. Ilika's PVD approach
6.3.5. Sakti3's PVD approach
6.3.6. Planar Energy's approach
7. KNOWN ISSUES
7.1. Issues with solid-state electrolytes
8. POLYMER-BASED ELECTROLYTES
8.1. Difference between solid-state and polymer electrolytes
8.2. Types of polymer electrolytes
8.3. Advantages and issues of polymer electrolytes
8.4. Comparison between inorganic and polymer electrolytes
8.5. Technology evaluation
8.6. Ford Motors likes garnets (LLZO)
8.7. Applications of LiPo batteries
8.7.1. Two opposed LiPo battery strategies: bearish
8.7.2. Two opposed LiPo battery strategies: bullish
9. SOLID-STATE AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTES BEYOND LI-ION
9.1.1. Solid-state electrolytes beyond Li-ion
10. RAW MATERIALS: LITHIUM METAL
10.1. Why is lithium so important?
10.2. Where is lithium?
10.3. How to produce lithium
10.4. Where is lithium used
10.5. Question: how much Li do we need?
11. TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET READINESS
11.1.1. Technology and manufacturing readiness
11.1.2. Market readiness
11.1.3. Market and technology readiness
11.2. Battery ambitions
11.3. Performance comparison: Electric Vehicles
11.4. Performance comparison: CEs & wearables
11.5. Solid-state deployment by units
11.5.1. Market penetration by 2027
11.6. Solid-state battery market for wearables and CEs
11.6.1. Solid-state battery market for wearables and CEs
11.7. Solid-state deployment by units (EV)
11.7.1. Solid-state battery market for EVs
11.7.2. Solid-state battery market for EVs
11.7.3. Technology choices for drones and EVs
11.8. Solid-state deployment by kWh
11.8.1. Solid-state deployment by kWh in 2022
11.8.2. Solid-state deployment by kWh in 2027
11.9. Other markets
11.10. Solid-state watch list
12. COMPANY PROFILES
12.1. Companies covered in this report
12.1.1. 24m Technologies
12.1.2. Blue Solutions
12.1.3. EMPA
12.1.4. Flashcharge Batteries
12.1.5. Hitachi Zosen Corporation
12.1.6. Ilika Technologies
12.1.7. Johnson Battery Technologies
12.1.8. Kalptree
12.1.9. Planar Energy Devices
12.1.10. PolyPlus Battery Company
12.1.11. Prieto Battery Inc
12.1.12. QuantumScape
12.1.13. Sakti3
12.1.14. Seeo
12.1.15. SolidEnergy
12.1.16. Solid Power
12.2. Score comparison
13. APPENDIX
13.1.1. Technology and manufacturing readiness
13.1.2. List of references
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