Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts,

2009-2015

Table of Contents

 

Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery Executive Summary   ES-1

Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion

Battery Market Driving Forces  ES-1

Market Driving Forces  ES-2

Nanotechnology Forms the Base for Lithium-Ion Batteries  ES-7

Competitors  ES-7

Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares  ES-7

Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecasts  ES-9

 

 

1. Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery

Market Description and Market Dynamics   1-1

1.1   Lithium-Ion Battery Target Markets  1-1

1.1.1    Project Better Place and the Renault-Nissan Alliance  1-2

1.1.2    Largest Target Market, The Transportation Industry  1-3

1.1.3    Electric Grid Services Market 1-4

1.1.4    Portable Power Market, Power Tools  1-5

1.2   Lithium-Ion Battery Technologies Transportation

Industry Target Market 1-7

1.3   Energy Storage For Grid Stabilization  1-11

1.3.1    Local Energy Storage Benefit For Utilities  1-12

1.4   Applications Require On-Printed Circuit

Board Battery Power  1-13

1.4.1    Thin-film vs. Printed Batteries  1-13

1.5   Smart Buildings  1-14

1.5.1    Permanent Power for Wireless Sensors  1-16

1.6   Battery Safety / Potential Hazards  1-17

1.7   Thin Film Solid-State Battery Construction  1-18

1.8   Battery Is Electrochemical Device  1-20

1.9   Battery Depends On Chemical Energy  1-21

1.9.1    Characteristics Of Battery Cells  1-21

1.9.2    Batteries Are Designed Differently For Various Applications  1-23

 

 

 

2. Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery Market

Shares and Market Forecasts   2-1

2.1   Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion

Battery Market Driving Forces  2-1

2.1.1    Market Driving Forces  2-2

2.1.2    Nanotechnology Forms the Base for Lithium-Ion Batteries  2-7

2.1.3    Competitors  2-7

2.2   Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares  2-7

2.2.1    ExxonMobil Affiliate in Japan / Tonen Chemical 2-10

2.3   Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecasts  2-11

2.4   Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Vehicle Lithium-Ion

Battery Market Shares  2-14

2.4.1    BYD   2-16

2.4.2    Johnson Controls-Saft 2-16

2.4.3    Saft Battery Technologies  2-17

2.4.4    A123Systems 32 Series Automotive Class

Lithium Ion™ Cells: 2-17

2.4.5    NEC and Nissen  2-19

2.4.6    LG Chem   2-20

2.4.7    EnerDel 2-20

2.4.8    Competition  2-20

2.5   Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Lithium-Ion

Battery Market Forecasts  2-21

2.5.1    Largest Target Market, The Transportation Industry  2-25

Thin Film Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery EV Market 2-27

Thin Film Lithium-Ion And Lithium Polymer Automotive Batteries  2-27

2.6   Thin-Film and Printed Batteries: On-Board

Solutions for Low-Power Electronics  2-29

2.6.1    Solicore Tiny Flat Battery  2-31

2.6.2    Thin-Film, Organic, and Printed Batteries:

On-Board Solutions for Low-Power Electronics  2-32

2.7   Cell Phone, Communications, And PC Lithium-Ion

Battery Technology Markets Discussion  2-33

2.7.1    Samsung SDI  2-33

2.7.2    BYD   2-33

2.7.3    Saft 2-33

2.7.4    Portable Power Competition  2-34

2.8   Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Portable Power

Market, Power Tools Market Shares  2-34

2.8.1    A123 Systems  2-36

2.9   Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Portable Power,

Power Tools Market Forecasts  2-37

2.10     Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Electric

Grid Services Markets  2-40

2.10.1  Electric Grid Services  2-42

2.11     Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Market Positioning  2-43

2.11.1  US And Its Allies Are Changing The Military Landscape  2-48

2.12     Digital Device Battery Forecasts  2-51

 

 

 

 

3. Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Product Description   3-1

3.1   A123 Systems  3-1

3.1.1    A123 Systems Lithium Ion Cell Construction

Based On A Dual Plate Tubular Design  3-4

3.1.2    A123Systems 32 Series Automotive Class

Lithium Ion™ Cells: 3-5

3.1.3    GM and A123Systems Co-Develop

Lithium-Ion Battery Cell for Chevrolet Volt 3-11

3.1.4    A123Systems / GE Production Contract for

Norewegian Think Electric Vehicles  3-12

3.1.5    A123Systems Patent for Nanophosphate™

Lithium Ion Battery Technology  3-14

3.2   LG Chem   3-15

3.2.1    LG Lithium-Ion Cylindrical Battery  3-15

3.2.2    LG Lithium-ion Polymer Battery  3-15

3.2.3    LG Lithium-ion Battery Prismatic Type  3-17

3.2.4    LG Chem   3-17

3.3   SAFT   3-18

3.3.1    Saft Lithium-ion (Li-ion) Batteries  3-18

3.3.2    Saft is Li-ion Batteries For Commercial

GEO Satellites to JSC ISS of Russia  3-19

3.3.3    Saft Contract To Power Hybrid Electric Mobile

Utility Systems From Titan Energy Development 3-21

3.3.4    Saft and ABB Develop New High Voltage Li-ion

Battery System   3-22

3.3.5    Saft Hybrid Battery Technology for Wisconsin Clean Energy  3-24

3.3.6    Saft High-Energy Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) Batteries For Raytheon  3-25

3.3.7    Saft Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) Battery Backup Systems  3-25

3.3.8    Saft Energy Storage As A Key

Renewable Energy Enabling Technology  3-26

3.3.9    Saft / Solion Large Li-ion batteries  3-27

3.3.10  Saft Lithium-Sulfur Dioxide (Li-So2) Batteries  3-31

3.3.11  Saft Lithium Technologies  3-32

3.3.12  Saft Lithium-thionyl chloride (Li-SOCl2) 3-32

3.3.13  Lithium-thionyl chloride (Li-SOCl2) - LS/LST/LSG cell ranges  3-35

3.3.14  Saft Small LS/LST bobbin cells  3-36

3.3.15  Saft Large LS/T bobbin cells  3-38

3.3.16  Saft Lithium-Manganese Dioxide (Li-MnO2) 3-43

3.3.17  Saft Lithium-ion (Li-ion) 3-43

3.4   BYD   3-50

3.4.1    Warren Buffett Buys 10 Percent Stake In BYD

Chinese Battery Manufacturer 3-50

3.4.2    BYD Battery Expertise  3-52

3.5   Panasonic / Sanyo  3-53

3.6   Samsung  3-54

3.7   Ener1  / EnerDel 3-55

3.7.1    EnerDel Lithium-Ion Prismatic Design  3-56

3.7.2    EnerDel Addressing Market Demand for

Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) 3-56

3.7.3    EnerDel 5Amp Battery Pack  3-60

3.8   Imara  3-60

3.9   ExxonMobil Affiliate in Japan / Tonen Chemical 3-62

3.9.1    Tonen Chemical Leading Supplier Of Separators

For Lithium Ion Batteries  3-63

3.10     NEC   3-63

3.10.1  Nissan and NEC Group  3-64

3.10.2  Nissan And NEC Joint Venture  3-65

3.10.3  NEC High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

Employ A Compact Laminated Configuration  3-66

3.10.4  NEC / Nissan Low-Cost Lithium-Manganese Batteries  3-67

3.10.5  NEC Lamilion Energy  3-68

3.10.6  NEC Subaru  3-68

3.10.7  NEC Thin Film Battery Has Sixteen Modules

Consisting Of Twelve Cells, Serially Connected  3-69

3.10.8  NEC / Subaru Thin Film Battery Flat Shape  3-69

3.11     Sony  3-71

3.12     Matshushita Industrial Co., Ltd.  (Panasonic) 3-73

3.12.1  Panasonic Lithium Batteries  3-74

3.12.2  Panasonic Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Batteries  3-75

3.13     E-One Moli Energy  3-79

3.13.1  Product Data Sheets  3-81

3.14     QuantumSphere  3-82

3.15     Solicore Ultra Thin-Film Battery  3-84

3.15.1  Solicore's Flexion Lithium Polymer Batteries  3-86

3.15.2  Solicore Flexion Lithium Powered Cards  3-87

3.15.3  Solicore RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Devices  3-89

3.15.4  Solicore’s Flexion® Batteries Bluechip Million Unit Purchase  3-90

3.15.5  Solicore Supports Smart Cards  3-91

3.16     Cymbet EnerChip™ Solid-State, Rechargeable

Thin-Film Batteries  3-92

3.16.1  Cymbet Enerchip™ Sensors Support 3-94

3.17     Front Edge Technology  3-95

3.18     Excellatron Thin-Film Micro-Batteries  3-95

3.18.1  Contrast To Conventional Lithium Cells  3-95

3.18.2  Excellatron Market Advantage  3-97

3.18.3  Excellatron Battery Current State of the Art 3-99

3.18.4  Excellatron Battery Intrinsically Safe  3-101

3.18.5  High Temperature Performance of

Excellatron Thin Film Batteries  3-101

3.18.6  Excellatron Long Cycle Life  3-109

3.18.7  Excellatron Polymer Film Substrate for Thin Flexible Profile  3-111

3.18.8  Excellatron Unique Proprietary Passivation

Barrier and Packaging Solution  3-113

3.19     Front Edge 50,000 Prototypes Of Nanoenergy Batteries  3-117

3.19.1  Front Edge Technology (FET) 3-117

3.20     Infinite Power Solutions (IPS) Flexible Thin-Film Batteries  3-127

3.20.1  Infinite Power Solutions  3-129

3.21     Oak Ridge Micro-Energy  3-130

3.21.1  Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Thin Film Batteries  3-132

3.22     Energizer  3-132

3.22.1  Energizer Holdings  3-133

3.23     Valence  3-134

3.23.1  PVI for Valence's U-Charge(R) XP Energy Storage Systems  3-134

3.23.2  Valence Lithium Phosphate  3-135

3.23.3  Valence Lithium Phosphate Stability and Dependability  3-137

3.23.4  Valence Safety Focus  3-137

3.23.5  Valence Lithium Phosphate Alternative to Lead-Acid  3-138

3.23.6  Valence Lithium Phosphate Storage and Run-Time  3-138

3.23.7  Valence Lithium Phosphate Safety and Maintenance Free  3-138

3.24     ITN Energy Systems  3-139

3.24.1  ITN Intelligent Processing, Sensors, & Controls: 3-142

3.24.2  ITN Control: 3-144

3.24.3  ITN Sensors  3-147

3.24.4  ITN Unique Sensors: X-Ray Fluorescence And

Parallel Detection Spectroscopic Ellipsometer 3-148

3.25     ULVAC   3-159

3.26     Intersil 3-159

 

4. Thin Film Lithium Ion Battery Technology   4-1

4.1   Vendor Lithium-ion Battery Strategy  4-1

4.1.1    Rechargeable Lithium Batteries Characteristics  4-2

4.2   Challenges in Battery Design  4-3

4.2.1    Advanced Lithium-ion Batteries Requirements  4-7

4.3   Vendor Lithium-Ion Battery Positioning  4-8

4.3.1    High-Quality, Volume Manufacturing Facilities  4-10

4.4   Applications Of Lithium-Ion Batteries  4-11

4.5   Mobile Phone Industry  4-12

4.5.1    Nanowires  4-13

4.5.2    Thin Film Battery Enabling Chemistries  4-13

4.5.3    The Cathodes  4-14

4.5.4    Solid State Devices Provide More Energy Density  4-14

4.6   Advantages of Lithium-Ion Batteries  4-15

4.6.1    Lithium-Ion Battery Shortcomings  4-18

4.6.2    Charging  4-19

4.6.3    Applications  4-19

4.6.4    Costs  4-20

4.7   Lithium Cell Chemistry Variants  4-20

4.7.1    Lithium-ion  4-21

4.7.2    Lithium-ion Polymer 4-22

4.7.3    Other Lithium Cathode Chemistry Variants  4-23

4.7.4    Lithium Cobalt LiCoO2  4-23

4.7.5    Lithium Manganese LiMn2O4  4-23

4.7.6    Lithium Nickel LiNiO2  4-24

4.7.7    Lithium (NCM) Nickel Cobal Manganese - Li(NiCoMn)O2  4-24

4.7.8    Lithium Iron Phosphate LiFePO4  4-24

4.8   Operating Performance Of The Cell Can Be Tuned  4-25

4.9   Lithium Metal Polymer  4-26

4.9.1    Lithium Sulphur Li2S8  4-26

4.9.2    Alternative Anode Chemistry  4-26

4.10     ExxonMobil affiliate, Tonen Chemical

Polyethylene-Based, Porous Film   4-27

4.11     Cymbet Alternate Manufacturing  4-27

4.12     Thin-Film Batteries Packaging  4-27

4.13     ITN Energy Systems Fibrous Substrates, PowerFiber  4-28

4.13.1  ITN Sensors  4-31

4.14     Cell Construction  4-32

4.15     Impact Of Nanotechnology  4-33

4.16     Thin Film Batteries  4-34

4.16.1  Thin Film Battery Timescales and Costs  4-37

4.16.2  High Power And Energy Density  4-37

4.16.3  High Rate Capability  4-38

4.17     Comparison Of Rechargeable Battery Performance  4-39

4.18     Polymer Film Substrate  4-45

4.19     Micro Battery Solid Electrolyte  4-46

 

 

5.1  Nanotechnology Thin Film Battery Lithium-Ion Company Profiles   5-1

5.1   Nanotechnology Thin Film Battery Lithium-Ion  5-1

5.2   A123 Systems  5-1

5.2.1    A123 Systems Revenue  5-1

5.2.2    A123Systems Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering  5-2

5.2.3    A123 Systems Batteries Benefits  5-2

5.2.4    A123 Systems Competitive Advantage  5-4

5.2.5    A123 Systems Strategy  5-7

5.2.6    A123Systems and GE   5-8

5.2.7    A123 Acquisition of Hymotion  5-9

5.2.8    Procter & Gamble Duracell and A123 Systems Collaborate  5-10

5.2.9    Cobasys and A123 Systems  5-10

5.3   Advanced Cerametrics  5-11

5.4   Altair Nanotechnologies  5-12

5.4.1    Altair Nanotechnologies Power and Energy Group  5-12

5.4.2    Altair Nanotechnologies Performance Materials Division  5-12

5.4.3    Altair Nanotechnologies Life Sciences Division  5-14

5.4.4    Altair Nanotechnologies One-Megawatt Battery

System Available for Commercial Operation by AES

Energy Storage, LLC   5-14

5.4.5    Altair Nanotechnologies Revenues  5-15

5.5   Applied Data  5-16

5.6   Bekaert 5-16

5.7   Robert Bosch GmbH   5-17

5.8   Boston Power / Sonata  5-17

5.9   BYD   5-21

5.9.1    Warren Buffett Buys 10 Percent Stake In BYD

Chinese Battery Manufacturer 5-21

5.10     Cymbet 5-23

5.10.1  Cymbet Thin-Film, Solid-State Battery Technology  5-23

5.10.2  Cymbet and ANT Wireless Sensor Network  5-23

5.10.3  Garmin International ANT™ Wireless Network  5-25

5.11     Dow   5-25

5.12     E-One Moli Energy Group  5-26

5.13     Ener1  5-27

5.13.1  Ener1 Third Quarter 2008 Revenue  5-27

5.13.2  Ener1 Positioning Technology Originally

Pioneered By Argonne National Lab  5-30

5.13.3  Ener1 Acquires Enertech Leading Korean

Lithium-ion Battery Cell Producer 5-31

5.13.4  Ener1 / Enertech Specializes In Producing

Large Format Flat ("Prismatic") Cells  5-32

5.13.5  EnerDel Operations  5-34

5.14     Energizer  5-39

5.15     Excellatron  5-44

5.16     Exon  5-45

5.16.1  ExxonMobil Chemical / Tonen Chemical Corporation  5-46

5.17     Front Edge Technology (FET) 5-47

5.18     GE   5-47

5.18.1  GE Global Research  5-48

5.18.2  GE Energy Financial Services  5-48

5.19     GM    5-48

5.19.1  General Motors Faces Bankruptcy  5-50

5.20     Ignite  5-51

5.21     IPS  5-51

5.22     Johnson Controls-Saft 5-52

5.23     KSW Microtec  5-52

5.24     LG Petrochemical 5-53

5.24.1  LG Chem   5-54

5.25     MMT Funds  5-54

5.26     NEC   5-54

5.26.1  Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NEC, And Subsidiary

NEC TOKIN Joint-Venture Company - Automotive

Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) - 5-55

5.26.2  First Commercial Application For AESC's Li-Ion Batteries  5-57

5.26.3  NEC TOKIN Lithium-Manganese Electrodes by 2009  5-59

5.26.4  Nissan Partnership With NEC   5-59

5.26.5  NEC Lamilion Energy  5-60

5.27     Oak Ridge Micro-Energy  5-60

5.28     Panasonic / Sanyo  5-61

5.29     QuantumSphere  5-63

5.30     Saft 5-64

5.30.1  Saft Battery Technologies  5-66

5.30.2  Saft Industrial Battery Group (IBG) 5-68

5.30.3  Saft Specialty Battery Group (SBG) 5-69

5.30.4  Saft Rechargeable Battery Systems (RBS) 5-71

5.30.5  Saft Research and Development 5-71

5.30.6  Johnson Controls-Saft United States Advanced

Battery Consortium (USABC) 5-72

5.31     Samsung  5-73

5.32     Solicore  5-73

5.32.1  Solicore’s Flexion® Batteries Bluechip Million Unit Purchase  5-74

5.32.2  Solicore Embedded Power Solutions  5-75

5.33     Think  5-75

5.34     Valence  5-76

5.34.1  Valence Strategy  5-77

5.34.2  Phases Of Valence Business Strategy  5-78

5.35     Ulvac  5-80

 

 

 

 

List of Tables and Figures

 

Table ES-1  ES-4

Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces 

Table ES-2  ES-6

Energy Advantages Of Thin-Film Batteries 

Figure ES-3  ES-8

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery

Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008 

Figure ES-4  ES-10

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery 

Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015 

 

 

Table 1-1  1-3

Principal Features Used To Compare Rechargeable Batteries 

Figure 1-2  1-8

BMW’s Mini E Electric Car Powered By A Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery 

Table 1-3  1-9

Examples of Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

Figure 1-4  1-19

Typical Structure Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery 

Table 1-5  1-22

Characteristics Of Battery Cells 

 

Table 2-1  2-4

Lithium-Ion Battery Market Driving Forces 

Table 2-2  2-6

Energy Advantages Of Thin-Film Batteries 

Figure 2-3  2-8

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery 

Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008 

Table 2-4  2-9

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery 

Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008 

Figure 2-5  2-12

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery 

Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-6  2-13

Worldwide Lithium-Ion and Advanced Lithium-ion

Battery Market Forecasts,  Automotive, Power Tools,

Electric Grid, and PC Card,  Dollars, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-7  2-14

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Automotive Advanced Battery 

Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008 

Figure 2-8  2-15

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Automotive Advanced Battery 

Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008 

 

Figure 2-9  2-21

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery 

Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-10  2-22

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery 

Shipments, Market Shares, Units, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-11  2-23

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Advanced Battery 

Shipments, Market Shares, Units and Dollars, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-12  2-30

Worldwide PC Card On Board Lithium-Ion Batteries 

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-13  2-35

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Cordless Tool Advanced Battery Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008 

Table 2-14  2-36

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Thin Film Cordless Tool Advanced Battery Shipments, Market Shares, Dollars, 2008 

Figure 2-15  2-38

Worldwide Lithium-Ion Battery Portable Power

Tool and Advanced Portable Battery Shipments,

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-16  2-41

Worldwide Electric Grid Lithium-Ion Battery

Storage Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Table 2-17  2-45

Commercialization Challenges Of The Automotive,

Truck, and Bus Thin Film Battery Industry 

Table 2-18  2-47

Integrated Thin Film Battery Personal Transport

Power Systems 

Table 2-19  2-49

Requirements For Advanced Power Sources In A

Variety Of Military Applications 

Table 2-20  2-50

Large-Format Lithium-Ion Battery Key Advantages 

Table 2-20 (Continued) 2-51

Large-Format Lithium-Ion Battery Key Advantages 

 

 

 

Figure 3-1  3-2

A123 Systems Lithium Ion Battery 

Table 3-2  3-3

A123 Systems APR18650M1 Features 

Figure 3-3  3-4

A123 Systems lithium ion battery Cells: 26650 

Figure 3-4  3-5

A123 Cells: 32 Series 

Figure 3-5  3-7

A123 Systems Hybrid Characteristics 

Figure 3-6  3-8

A123 Systems Hybrid Discharge Characteristics 

 

Table 3-7  3-9

A123 Systems Benefits...

Table 3-8  3-10

A123 Systems Heavy Duty Custom and Standard Solutions 

Figure 3-9  3-16

LG Chem Lithium-Ion Batteries 

Table 3-10  3-32

Saft Lithium Technologies 

Table 3-11  3-33

Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Main applications 

Table 3-11  (Continued) 3-34

Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Main applications 

Figure 3-12  3-35

Saft Non Rechargeable Battery 

Table 3-13  3-39

Saft Lithium-Ion Construction Features 

Table 3-14  3-40

Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Benefits 

Figure 3-15  3-42

Saft Lithium-Sulfur Dioxide (Li-SO2) Batteries 

Table 3-16  3-44

Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations 

Table 3-16  (Continued) 3-45

Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations 

Table 3-16  (Continued) 3-46

Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations 

Table 3-16  (Continued) 3-47

Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations 

Table 3-16  (Continued) 3-48

Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations 

Table 3-16  (Continued) 3-49

Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Variations 

Figure 3-17  3-57

EnerDel Automotive Battery 

Table 3-18  3-58

EnerDel Lithium Ion Battery System for HEVs 

Table 3-19  3-59

EnerDel Automotive Battery Features 

Table 3-20  3-60

Imara Thin Film Battery Cells 

Figure 3-21  3-65

NEC Fuel Cells and Catalysts 

Table 3-22  3-72

Key Features of Sony NP-FP71 Hybrid Lithium Ion

Rechargeable Battery 

Table 3-22  (Continued) 3-73

Key Features of Sony NP-FP71 Hybrid Lithium Ion

Rechargeable Battery 

Figure 3-23  3-74

Panasonic Lithium Batteries 

Figure 3-24  3-75

Panasonic Lithium-Ion Rechargable Batteries 

Table 3-25  3-76

Panasonic Rechargeable Lithium ion Batteries Features:

Table 3-26  3-76

Panasonic Rechargeable Lithium ion Batteries 

Table 3-27  3-77

Panasonic Rechargeable Lithium ion Batteries 

Table 3-28  3-85

Solicore Flexion Battery Product Features:

Table 3-29  3-86

Solicore's Flexion Lithium Polymer Battery Applications 

Table 3-30  3-87

Solicore's Flexion Lithium Polymer Battery Uses 

Figure 3-31  3-88

Solicore Flexion High Temperature Batteries Survive Lamination 

Table 3-31A   3-89

Solicore RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Applications 

Table 3-32  3-96

Excellatron Nanotechnology Thin Film Battery Features 

Table 3-33  3-97

Excellatron Battery Advantages 

Table 3-34  3-99

Excellatron Battery Thin Film Solid State Battery Components 

Figure 3-35  3-102

Excellatron Thin Film Battery Charge/Discharge Profile at 25ºC.

Figure 3-36  3-103

Excellatron Thin Film Battery Charge/Discharge

Profile At 150ºC.

Figure 3-37  3-104

Excellatron High Temperature (150ºC) Charge And

Discharge Capacity 

Figure 3-38  3-106

Excellatron Capacity And Resistance Of Thin Film Battery

As A Function Of Temperature 

Figure 3-39  3-106

Excellatron's Battery (0.1 mAh) Discharged By A 100 mA

Pulse at 80ºC.

Figure 3-40  3-108

Excellatron High Rate Pulse Discharge 

Figure 3-41  3-109

Long Term Cyclability Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery 

Figure 3-42: 3-110

Excellatron Thin Film Battery Long Term Cyclability 

Figure 3-43  3-111

Discharge Capacity Of Several Typical Cathode Materials 

Figure 3-44: 3-112

Excellatron Thin film batteries deposited on a thin polymer substrate.

Figure 3-45  3-114

Excellatron Proprietary Passivation Barrier and Packaging 

Table 3-46  3-115

Comparison Of Battery Performances 

Figure 3-47  3-131

Oak Ridge Construction of a Thin Film Battery 

Table 3-48  3-136

Key Features of Valence Lithium Phosphate Technology 

Table 3-49  3-139

ITN Commercial Markets:

Figure 3-50  3-140

ITN Thin Film Battery:

Table 3-51  3-141

ITN Thin Film Battery Design Features/Advantages 

Table 3-52  3-142

ITN Thin Film Battery Economical production 

Table 3-53  3-143

ITN Thin Film Battery Strengths 

Figure 3-54  3-145

ITN Intelligent Process Control

Figure 3-55  3-146

Framework of Intelligent Processing of Materials 

Figure 3-56  3-149

XRF Instrument Developed by ITN Used on a System  

Figure 3-57  3-150

Thin Film Deposition 

Figure 3- 58  3-150

ITP Thin-film Process 

Table 3-59  3-151

Thin-film Process Capabilities 

Table 3-60  3-152

ITNThin-film Material Processing Experience Metals 

 

 

 

Table 4-1  4-4

Challenges in Lithium-ion Battery Design 

Table 4-2  4-35

Thin Film Battery Unique Properties 

Table 4-3  4-38

Comparison of battery performances 

Table 4-4  4-40

Comparison of battery performances 

Table 4-5  4-42

Thin Films For Advanced Batteries 

Table 4-6  4-43

Thin Film Batteries Technology 

Table 4-7  4-44

Thin Film Battery / Lithium Air Batteries Applications 

Figure 4-8  4-45

Polymer Film Substrate Thin Flexible battery Profiles 

Figure 4-9  4-46

Design Alternatives of Thin Film Rechargable Batteries 

 

 

Table 5-1  5-3

A123 Systems Batteries Benefits 

Table 5-2  5-5

A123 Systems Competitive Positioning 

Table 5-2  (Continued) 5-6

A123 Systems Competitive Positioning 

Table 5-2  (Continued) 5-7

A123 Systems Competitive Positioning 

Figure 5-3  5-19

Boston-Power Charge Curve 

 

Figure 5-4  5-20

Boston-Power Discharge Curve 

Figure 5-5  5-35

EnerDel Operations 

Figure 5-6  5-36

EnerDel Lithium Power Systems 

Figure 5-7  5-37

EnerDel Lithium Power USABC Contracts 

Figure 5-8  5-38

EnerDel Lithium Power Think Projct

Figure 5-9  5-63

Sanyo Battery Targets 2020 

Figure 5-10  5-65

Saft Sales Segments Half 1, 2008 

Figure 5-11  5-67

Saft Revenue H1 2008 

Figure 5-12  5-81

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