Rechargeable battery market

Pilot, C. The Worldwide Rechargeable Battery Market. Presented at Batteries 2004, 6th ed. Paris, June 2-4, 2004. 

Frost Sullivan Research World Rechargeable Battery Markets for Mobile IT and Communication Devices (A575-27) 2002. 

The world s rechargeable battery market is shown below. The projected growth rate of NiMH from 1994 to 2000 is shown below. 

The portable rechargeable battery market account for 20% of total batteries sales. It is a... 

Lithium ion cells serve the smaU-sealed rechargeable battery market and compete mainly with the Ni-Cd and Ni-MH cells for the various applications. The Li-Ion cells are available in cylindrical and prismatic format as well as flat plate constructions. The cylindrical and prismatic constructions use a spiral-wrap cell core where the ceU case maintains pressure to hold and maintain compression on the anode, separator, and cathode. The lighter-weight polymer constructions utilize the adhesive nature of a polymer/laminate-based electrolyte to bond the anode to the cathode. 

The polymer battery has the advantage of using an electrode for a large area. The wide range of uses of polymer battery from portable electric devices to the electro-mobiles is expected to contribute to the rechargeable battery market. The polymer battery is creating a new market of the secondary battery for information-processing equipment such as the personal data assistant. 

Japan manufacturers dominate the rechargeable battery market with a 75% share of Ni-Cd and 99% of Li ion. 

Pilot C (2004) The worldwide rechargeable battery market. Presented at Batteries 2004,6th edn, Paris, 2-A June 2004... 

Compared with conventional batteries such as lead acid, Ni-Cd, and Ni-MH, Li-ion batteries provide higher energy density and higher power density. Since the Li-ion battery was introduced in 1992, a huge worldwide market has developed for portable cell phones and laptop computers. In 2000, Li-ion batteries represented half of the worldwide rechargeable battery market with a value of 3 billion, and still growing. 

Lithium-ion batteries occupy a large and increasing share of the rechargeable-battery market as a result of their excellent performance in terms of cycle life, energy density, power density and charge rate. However, for the successful use of carbon electrodes in secondary lithium-ion batteries, much work, such as the selection of high reversible and low irreversible capacity carbons, as well as understanding the complex mechanism of lithium-ion intercalation into lithium, has still to be done. 

The lead-acid battery system still has a signiflcant share of the portable rechargeable battery market. Its low cost is one of its advantages, but its energy density and power density and cycle life are inferior to the potential of the newer advanced systems. 

Lithium s 47% fraction of the 3.61 bilUon rechargeable battery market in 1999s had become 52% and 3 billion by itself in 2002. Sony Corp. had about 33% of this market, and Sanyo Electric Company 23% in 2000. Sony originally developed the lithium-ion batteries, but in 2000 began converting much of its manufacturing capacity to the more profitable lithium polymer type. Sanyo Electric also produced about 32% of the nickel-cadmium, and 46% of the nickel hydride batteries in 2000 (Lerner, 2001 Jarvis, 2000). Considerable research has been conducted on rechargeable lithium batteries for automobiles, but by 2002 there were still major safety and construction problems. 

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