Lithium Ion Battery Cathodes: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2018 to 2024
WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Markets: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, worldwide, 2018 to 2024. The 2018 study has 222 pages, 100 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve continuing growth as the advantages brought by using new materials are used to decrease the cost of producing lithium ion batteries. The customization achieved by reducing the quantity of cobalt proportionally inside the cathode is a significant market growth driver.
Lithium-ion Batteries at $100/kWh Make EVs Cheaper Than Traditional Gas-Powered Vehicles. As the new cathode technologies are applied to lithium ion batteries, the cost of lithium ion batteries will continue to decrease. Lithium-ion batteries aim to cost $100/kWh, – a cost that makes EVs cheaper than traditional gas-powered vehicles. Companies are targeting between $80/kWh and $100/kWh. Realistically companies will likely approach $100/kWh.
NMC lithium battery cathode materials are used for electric vehicles. As the cathode markets develop toward NMC, it is clear the LFP favored by Chinese manufacturers, not suitable for electric vehicles will lose market share. Current NMC ternary lithium-ion batteries from South Korean and Japanese makers typically employ a ratio of 60% nickel to 20% manganese, and 20% cobalt (6:2:2), but as that ratio moves to 8:1:1 in 2018 and beyond, the cathode is a key element in achieve vast cost efficiencies.
- 1. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode: Market Description and Market Dynamics
- 1.1 Li-ion Battery Sub-Types
- 1.1.1 Nickel Manganese Cobalt
- 1.1.2 Nickel Cobalt Aluminum
- 1.2 Lithium-ion Battery Basics
- 1.2.1 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Description
- 1.2.2 Cathode Chemistry and Metal Proportions
- 1.2.3 Intercalated Lithium Compound
- 1.3 Cathode Typically 31% of Cost of Small Lithium Ion Battery
- 2. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Shares and Forecasts
- 2.1 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Driving Forces
- 2.2 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Shares
- 2.2.1 SMM Monthly Production Structure
- 2.2.2 Umicore
- 2.2.3 Umicore Dedicated to NMC and Cobalt
- 2.2.4 Samsung
- 2.2.5 Panasonic
- 2.2.6 Easpring Material Technology Chinese NCM 622 Capacity of 2,800 tons
- 2.3 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Forecasts
- 2.3.1 Battery Materials Market
- 2.4 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Segments
- 2.5 Battery Materials Market Worth $11.3 Billion By 2018
- 2.6 Electric Vehicle Market
- 2.6.1 Automotive
- 2.6.2 Cobalt
- 2.7 Lithium Ion Batteries
- 2.7.1 Lithium Markets
- 2.7.2 Cathode Active Materials
- 2.7.3 EV Makers and their Suppliers
- 2.8 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode and Cobalt Pricing
- 2.8.1 Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide Linimncoo2 Powder for Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Materials-Gn-Nmc
- 2.8.2 Linicomno2 (NCM) Powder for High Capacity Li-ion Battery Cathode, (Ni: Co: Mn=1:1) , Lib-Lncm111
- 2.8.3 LiFePO4 Cathode Material CAS 15365-14-7
- 2.9 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Regional Market Segments
- 2.9.1 Europe
- 2.9.2 China Cathode Market Participation
- 3. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Product Description
- 3.1 Lithium Battery NMC Cathodes
- 3.2 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Segment Analysis
- 3.2.1 Cost Of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes Continues To Decrease
- 3.2.2 Cathode Segments, NMC 532, NMC 622, NMC 811, Market Segments
- 3.2.3 Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes
- 3.2.4 Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes, Worldwide, 2013 – 2017
- 3.2.5 NMC
- 3.2.6 NMC and NCA
- 3.2.7 LFP
- 3.2.8 80 Percent Nickel, 10 Percent Cobalt And 10 Percent Manganese NMC 811
- 3.2.9 Cathode Unit Analysis in Tonnes 2012
- 3.2.10 Ternary Cathode Materials (NCA/NCM)
- 3.3 Category : LiNiMnCo (NMC) Batteries
- 3.4 NMC 811 Battery Production
- 4. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Research and Technology
- 4.1 Available Battery Choices:
- 4.2 Lithium Cobalt Oxide(LiCoO2)
- 4.3 NMC
- 5. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Company Profiles
- 5.1 3M Sells NMC to Umicore
- 5.1.1 3M Strategic Relationship with Amperex Technologies for NMC Li-Ion Cathode Materials
- 5.1.2 3M Offered Three Cathode Products
- 5.1.3 3M NMC Transfer to Umicore
- 5.2 Argonne National Labs
- 5.3 B&M
- 5.4 BASF
- 5.4.1 BASF NCM Cathode Materials
- 5.4.2 BASF One Of Two Licensed Suppliers of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory-Patented NCM Cathode Materials
- 5.4.3 BASF and Toda Kogyo
- 5.4.4 BASF - ANL Collaboration on NCM Cathode Materials
- 5.4.5 BASF and General Motors GM NMC
- 5.5 BYD
- 5.6 Easpring
- 5.6.1 Easpring Revenue
- 5.6.2 Easpring Production Capacity
- 5.7 FDK
- 5.8 Fujitsu
- 5.8.1 Fujitsu Laboratories
- 5.8.2 FDK Corporation and Fujitsu Laboratories
- 5.8.3 Fujitsu Low-Cost, Cobalt-Free Lithium Rechargeable Batteries
- 5.8.4 Fujitsu Cathode Terminology
- 5.8.5 Fujitsu
- 5.8.6 Fujitsu Laboratories
- 5.9 Hitachi Chemical
- 5.9.1 Hitachi Lithium Ion Battery
- 5.10 JFE Techno-Research
- 5.10.1 JFE Catalyst Evaluation and Development Support
- 5.11 Jinhe (website not available)
- 5.12 L&F
- 5.13 LG
- 5.13.1 LG Chem Embraces NMC 811 Cathode
- 5.13.2 LG Chem and 3M Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt-Oxide Cathode Patent License Agreement
- 5.13.3 LG Chem Supplies NMC-based Li-ion Cells For Plug-In Vehicles, Including Chevy Volt
- 5.14 Long Power Systems
- 5.15 Mitsubishi
- 5.16 NEI Corporation
- 5.16.1 NEI Cathode & Anode Powders
- 5.16.2 NEI Lithium Manganese Oxide (LMO) Powders »
- 5.16.3 NEI Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide (NCA) Powders
- 5.16.4 Lithium Manganese Nickel Oxide (LMNO / Spinel) Powders
- 5.16.5 NEI Custom Lithium-ion Battery Powders
- 5.17 Nichia
- 5.18 Panasonic
- 5.18.1 Panasonic offers Tesla Different Applications
- 5.18.2 Tesla Gigafactory
- 5.18.3 Panasonic Nickel Cobalt Aluminum and Nickel Manganese Cobalt
- 5.18.4 Panasonic / Tesla Cathodes
- 5.19 Pulead
- 5.20 Reshine
- 5.21 Samsung
- 5.22 Shanshan
- 5.22.1 Shanshan Anode Materials
- 5.23 SK innovation
- 5.24 SMM
- 5.24.1 SMM Cathode Material of In-Vehicle Lithium Ion Batteries
- 5.24.2 Nickel Powder For Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors
- 5.24.3 Magnetic Powder for In-Car Motor
- 5.24.4 Development of High-Functionality Silver-Coated Copper Powder With A Controlled Shape
- 5.24.5 SMM Flake-like Silver-Coated Copper Powder Characteristics
- 5.24.6 SMM Cobalt:
- 5.24.7 SMM Produces Electrolytic Cobalt
- 5.24.8 SMM Increasing Production of NCA
- 5.24.9 SMM Monthly Production Structure
- 5.24.10 SMM Increasing Battery Material Production In Response To Growing Demand For Electric Vehicles
- 5.24.11 SMM Materials Business
- 5.24.12 Sumitomo Metal Mining Revenue
- 5.24.13 Core Advantages of SMM’s Materials Business
- 5.24.14 Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. Sales Volume of Battery Materials
- 5.25 Targray
- 5.26 Toda Kogyo
- 5.26.1 Toda Kogyo Revenue
- 5.26.2 Toda America
- 5.26.3 BASF and Toda Strengthen Their Collaboration
- 5.26.4 BASF and Toda Combine Manufacturing Activities in the United States
- 5.27 Umicore
- 5.27.1 BASF, The World’s Largest Chemical Company, Files a Law Suit Against Belgium’s
- 5.27.2 3M NMC Powder
- 5.27.3 Umicore and One of Its Customers—Japan’s Makita
- 5.27.4 Umicore Dedicated to NMC and Cobalt
- 5.27.5 Umicore Record Performance in 2017
- 5.27.6 Umicore Revenue
- 5.27.7 2017 FY Umicore Business Review Energy & Surface Technologies Including Cathodes
- 5.27.8 Umicore Acquires NMC Battery Material Patents from 3M
- 5.27.9 Umicore Boosts Capacity In Cathode Materials
- 5.28 Selected Lithium Ion Cathode Companies
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- List of Figures
- Figure 1. Cathode Market Forecasts Dollars and Percent, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
- Figure 2. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Description
- Figure 3. Battery Has Graphite Anode, NMC Cathode, Lithium Electrolyte
- Figure 4. Cathode Materials Ratio
- Figure 5. Cathode Layered Structure
- Figure 6. Cathode Chemistry and Metal Proportions
- Figure 7. Cathode Typically 31% of Cost of Small Lithium Ion Battery
- Figure 8. Cobalt
- Figure 9. Cathodes Cost per kWh vs. $ per Gallon of Gasoline
- Figure 10. Cathode Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2017
- Figure 11. Cathode Market Share Positioning Descriptions, Worldwide, 2017
- Figure 12. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Leading Market Participants
- Figure 13. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Recent Entrants
- Figure 14. Umicore 2017 FY Energy & Surface Technologies Revenue:
- Including Cathodes
- Figure 15. Manufacturers Of Cathode Materials
- Figure 16. Cathode Market Forecasts Dollars and Percent, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
- Figure 17. Cathode Market Forecasts, Tonnes and Percent, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
- Figure 18. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Market Factors
- Figure 19. Cathode Segments, Electric Vehicle, Smart Phones, Stationary Storage /
- Grid, Power Tools, Laptops, Consumer Electronics, Drones / UUVs / UAVs, Market
- Segments, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018-2024
- Figure 20. Cathode Segments, Electric Vehicle, Smart Phones, Stationary Storage /
- Grid, Power Tools, Laptops, Consumer Electronics, Drones / UUVs / UAVs, Market
- Segments, Percent, Worldwide, 2018-2024
- Figure 21. Cathode Segments, Military, Transportation, Energy Storage,
- Consumer Electronics, Worldwide, 2017
- Figure 22. Cathode Material 34.7% of Battery
- Figure 23. Cobalt
- Figure 24. Metric Tons of Cobalt Produced in 2016
- Figure 25. Global Battery Mineral Supply And Demand
- Figure 26. EV Makers and their Suppliers
- Figure 27. Lithium Ion Battery Cell Manufacturing Cost $/kWh
- Figure 28. Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Regional Market Segments, Dollars,
- Worldwide, 2017
- Figure 29. Chinese Dominate Cathode Market in 2015
- Figure 30. Material Development of High Density Battery
- Figure 31. Cathode Segments, NMC 532, NMC 622, NMC 811, Market Segments,
- Dollars, Worldwide, 2017
- Figure 32. Cathode Market Growth, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
- Figure 33. Cathode Market Growth, Percent, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
- Figure 34. Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes, Worldwide, 2018 - 2024
- Figure 35. Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes, Percent, Worldwide, 2018 – 2024
- Figure 36. Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes, Worldwide, 2013 – 2017
- Figure 37. Cathode Market Growth, Tonnes, Percent, Worldwide, 2013 - 2017
- Figure 38. Output of Major Lithium Battery Cathode Material Manufacturers 2012-2013
- Figure 39. Lithium-Ion-Batteries
- Figure 40. Electric Vehicle
- Figure 41. NMC 811 Battery Production
- Figure 42. Available Batteries choices:
- Figure 43. Nano Technology for Electrochemical Utilization of Metal Oxide
- Figure 44. Cathode Improved Electric Conductivity
- Figure 45. 3-D Porous Structure for Easy Access to Electrolyte Ions
- Figure 46. NMC Cathode Ratio Examples
- Figure 47. Li-Ion Batteries Cathode, Anode, and Other Technologies
- Figure 48. Lithium Cathode Functions
- Figure 49. SMM Cathode Materials
- Figure 50. Lithium Cobalt Oxide(LiCoO2) Layered Structure
- Figure 51. 3M NMC Cathode Materials
- Figure 52. BASF Battery Materials Positioning
- Figure 53. BASF Sales by Region
- Figure 54. Sales by Direct Customer Industry
- Figure 55. BASF Main Competitors
- Figure 56. BASF Key Capabilities
- Figure 57. BASF Advanced HED™ NCM Cathode Materials For Lithium-Ion Batteries Functions
- Figure 58. BASF NCM Cathode Materials
- Figure 59. BASF - ANL Collaboration on NCM: BASF’s Comprehensive Battery Materials Portfolio
- Figure 60. BASF NCM Production Elyria, Ohio
- Figure 61. Fujitsu Charge / Discharge Curves Of Cathode Material
- Figure 62. Comparison of the Energy Densities Of The New Cathode Material Versus Conventional Cathode Materials
- Figure 63. Fujitsu Crystal Structure Of The Of Low-Cost, Cobalt-Free Lithium Rechargeable Batteries
- Figure 64. Fujitsu Prototype Coin-Shaped Battery Crystal Structure Of The New Material129
- Figure 65. Fujitsu Voltage and Discharge Depth (*2) Of The Prototype Coin Battery
- Figure 66. Hitachi Corporate Revenue in Trillions of Yen
- Figure 67. Hitachi Materials Benchmarking
- Figure 68. Hitachi Advanced Materials Revenue
- Figure 69. Hitachi Advanced Materials Revenue Change
- Figure 70. JFE Techno-Research Cathode Functions
- Figure 71. JFE Examples of Clients' Catalyst-Related Requests
- Figure 72. Structure of Rechargeable Battery
- Figure 73. LG Chem Cathode Materials
- Figure 74. Rechargeable Battery Components
- Figure 75. 3M Cathode Charge / Discharge Profiles
- Figure 76. NEI Cathode & Anode Powders
- Figure 77. Cathode & Anode Tapes
- Figure 78. NEI Cathode Materials
- Figure 79. Nichia LiCoO2
- Figure 80. Nichia Analysis of Active Materials
- Figure 81. Tesla Lithium-Ion NCA Battery
- Figure 82. Panasonic / Tesla NMC Battery
- Figure 83. Construction of the Tesla Gigafactory Outside Reno, Nevada is shown February 18, 2015
- Figure 84. Pulead Electric Car
- Figure 85. Ni-Co-Mn Material
- Figure 86. SMM Ni-Co-Al Material
- Figure 87. SMM High-Functionality Nickel Powder
- Figure 88. SMM Sm-Fe-N Magnetic Powder
- Figure 89. SMM Flake-Like Silver-Coated Copper Powder
- Figure 90. SMM Cathode Materials Center
- Figure 91. SMM Net Sales
- Figure 92. Number of Electric Vehicles Shipped
- Figure 93. SMM Core Divisions
- Figure 94. Targray Cathodes
- Figure 95. Umicore South Korean and Chinese Facilities
- Figure 96. Umicore Volume Forecasts
- Figure 97. Umicore 2017 FY Business Review: Catalysts
- Figure 98. Umicore Leadership Position in NMC
- Figure 99. Cut Cathode Producers
- Figure 100. Cathode Makers
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