Tuesday 8 December 2009

Chemical giant began to snatch a lithium battery "cake"

Chemical giant began to snatch a lithium battery "cake"

The U.S. government's 780 billion U.S. dollars in economic stimulus plan, about 2.4 billion U.S. dollars to finance companies Laptop Battery to develop advanced energy storage technologies. In response, the U.S. car manufacturers Ford is responsible for energy storage strategy and research services senior manager Taidemile recent analysis pointed out that the current U.S. government investment in the development of this advanced technology, more than in 2003 when the advancing fuel cell R & D investment in U.S. lithium battery energy storage technology development plan for chemical companies to provide 11 billion to 130 billion market opportunity.


The market has formed the basis of


Miller pointed out that climate change, greenhouse gases and air quality by the degree of attention Acer Aspire 2016 battery of the community is rising. At present, the lithium battery market, the development of the foundation already exists. Hybrid cars account for the U.S. car market is currently 3% to 4% of the share, at present almost all cars of this type are still assembling the nickel-metal hydride batteries.


However, Miller said the end of the year, Daimler will introduce a Mercedes (Mercedes) S series hybrid car, this series of cars will be equipped with lithium batteries. GM and Ford will also be launched in 2010, Li-ion battery hybrid vehicles. One after another vehicle manufacturers to introduce more applications or lithium battery hybrid vehicles. By 2015, the U.S. automobile industry Canon Digital Camera Battery demand for lithium battery market share will reach 11 billion to 130 billion U.S. dollars.


According to Miller, said, in addition to the automotive industry, the demand for lithium batteries and a large power generation industry. At present the U.S. government is encouraging power companies to use more renewable resources such as wind and solar energy to generate electricity, while solar energy, wind power generation system, energy storage device to be used in lithium batteries.


Battery components create tremendous business opportunities


Li-ion battery from the positive and negative electrodes, electrolyte and polymer separation membranes composed of these components for the chemical company would mean a huge business opportunity.


Required for production of lithium battery electrode materials of lithium compounds, the battery required 6 LiF electrolyte and battery separator required for the market has great potential. One divide is a lithium battery materials, the highest of technical barriers to a high value-added material,Digital Camera Battery gross profit margin is usually 70% or more, accounting for the cost of lithium batteries by 20% ~ 30%.


Isolating film lithium-ion battery commonly used polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE) single-layer microporous membrane, as well as PP and PE by the multi-layer composite microporous membranes as a separation membrane. Polypropylene, for example, its raw material costs about 1 yuan / ton, but will its processing into a membrane, its value can be up to 300 yuan / ton, appreciated as much as several hundred times.


Chemical giant an active part in them


Took a fancy to this great business opportunity, the global chemical giants have involved in this field. ExxonMobil Chemical has production plants in Japan, Nasu, battery separator, and is South Korea Gumi construction of a new manufacturing plant to meet growing market demand, the new plant will be put into operation in 2010. At the same time, ExxonMobil Chemical has also increased research and development efforts, recently has developed a series of co-extruded V-type battery separator of the two new grades, the development of these new grades will help produce Acer BATBL50L6 battery more secure lithium-ion battery can be used for hybrid and electric vehicles.


BASF of Germany and the U.S. Department of Energy has recently (DOE) under the Argonne National Laboratory have signed a license agreement. Under the agreement, BASF will be for commercial production and sales of Argonne National Laboratory's patented composite cathode materials, products are mainly sold to an advanced lithium battery manufacturer in China. BASF will also Beachwood, Ohio, the material for further application development. BASF said that if approved the building of the plant will be the cathode material in North America's largest manufacturing plant. The plant is expected to be completed in 2011 and 2012 production.


BASF aims to become the world's lithium battery cathode materials, the market leader. It is reported that the current size of the market has reached about 10 billion U.S. dollars. BASF has recently with other German companies and academic organizations formed a partnership to accelerate the lithium batteries in plug-in hybrid Acer Aspire 2200 battery electric vehicles, and other areas of development and commercial use.

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