Thin Film Solid State Battery, Printed Battery, and Smarter Computing Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Nanotechnology, Worldwide, 2011-2017

Table of Contents

 

Thin Film Battery Executive Summary 

 

Thin Film and Printed Battery Executive Summary   ES-1

Thin Film Battery Market ES-1

Polymer Film Substrate for Flexible Thin Battery  ES01

Thin Film Battery Market Driving Forces  ES-2

Smarter Computing Market Driving Forces  ES-3

IBM WebSphere Product Set Leverages Thin Film Batteries  ES-4

Thin Film Batteries Market Shares  ES-9

Thin Film Batteries Market Forecasts  ES-11

 

Thin Film Battery Market Description and Market Dynamics 

 

1. Thin Film Battery and Smarter Computing Market Description and Market Dynamics   1-1

1.1   Smarter Computing Depends on Thin Film Batteries  1-1

1.1.1    Intelligent Systems: The Next Era of IT

Leverages Thin Film Batteries  1-2

1.2   Cloud and Virtualization from IBM WebSphere  1-3

1.3   Thin Film Battery Target Markets  1-4

1.3.1    Permanent Power for Wireless Sensors  1-5

1.4   Principal Features Used To Compare Rechargeable Batteries  1-6

1.4.1    World Economy Undergoing A Transformation  1-7

1.4.2    Challenges in Battery and Battery System Design  1-7

1.5   Types of Batteries  1-10

1.5.1    Lead-Acid Batteries  1-10

1.5.2    Nickel-Based Batteries  1-11

1.5.3    Conventional Lithium-ion Technologies  1-11

1.5.4    Advanced Lithium-ion Batteries  1-12

1.5.5    Thin Film Battery Solid State Energy Storage  1-12

1.5.6    Ultra Capacitors  1-13

1.5.7    Fuel Cells  1-13

1.6   Nanotechnology  1-14

1.6.1    Components Of A Battery  1-14

1.7   Applications Require On-Printed Circuit Board Battery Power  1-18

1.7.1    Thin-film vs. Printed Batteries  1-18

1.8   Battery Safety / Potential Hazards  1-20

1.9   Thin Film Solid-State Battery Construction  1-20

1.10     Nanotechnology  1-22

1.11     Battery Is Electrochemical Device  1-22

1.11.1  Battery Depends On Chemical Energy  1-23

1.11.2  Characteristics Of Battery Cells  1-24

1.11.3  Components Of A Battery  1-26

 

 

 

Thin Film Battery Market Shares and Market Forecasts 

 

2. Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Shares and Forecasts   2-1

2.1   Thin Film Battery Market 2-1

2.1.1    Polymer Film Substrate for Flexible Thin Battery  2-1

2.1.2    Thin Film Battery Market Driving Forces  2-2

2.1.3    Smarter Computing Market Driving Forces  23

2.1.4    IBM WebSphere Product Set Leverages Thin Film Batteries  2-4

2.2   Thin Film Batteries Market Shares  2-9

2.2.1    Infinite Power Solutions –  2-12

2.2.2    Cymbet Corporation –  2-12

2.2.3    Planar Energy Devices –  2-12

2.2.4    Poly plus  2-14

2.2.5    Johnson / Excellatron  2-14

2.2.6    Eveready Battery Company / Blue Spark Technologies  2-15

2.2.7    Solicore  2-16

2.2.8    Leonhard Kurz / PolyIC   2-17

2.2.9    ITN Solid-State Lithium Battery  2-17

2.2.10  Nokia to add NFC   2-18

2.2.11  Architecture Of The Prieto Battery Has

Nanowires To Make Up The Anode  2-18

2.2.12  Printed Electronics  2-18

2.2.13  Thin Film Batteries, Worldwide, Market Share, 2010  2-20

2.2.14  Printed Batteries, Worldwide, Market Share, 2010  2-21

2.2.15  Printed electronics vs. The Silicon Chip  2-23

2.3   Thin Film Batteries Market Forecasts  2-24

2.3.1    Thin Film Batteries Deposited Directly Onto

Chips Or Chip Packages2- 2-29

2.3.2    Thin Film, Solid State Printed Electronics

Battery Market:- Bigger than the Silicon Chip  2-29

2.3.3    Remote Sensors  2-30

2.3.4    Sensor Network Thin Film Battery Forecasts  2-31

2.3.5    Smart Card Battery Market Forecasts  2-33

2.3.6    RFID and Small Thin Film Battery Forecasts  2-35

2.3.7    Battery-Assisted Passive and Active RFID   2-37

2.3.8    Medical Batteries  2-40

2.3.9    Medical Device Thin Film Battery Forecasts  2-40

2.4   Smarter Computing Depends on Instrumented Devices  2-42

2.4.1    Advantages Offered By SOA   2-45

2.4.2    SOA As An Architecture  2-47

2.5   Services Oriented Architecture SOA Market Shares  2-48

2.5.1    IBM SOA Dominates the Industry  2-50

2.5.2    IBM System z Works for Smarter Computing  2-50

2.6   Nanotechnology Providing Next Generation Systems  2-51

2.6.1    Nanotechnology Thin Film Batteries  2-52

2.6.2    Silver Nanoplates Silicon Strategy Shows Promise

For Batteries  2-54

2.6.3    Argonne Scientists Watch Nanoparticles  2-56

2.7   Thin Film Batteries Combining Better Performance

With Lower Cost 2-56

2.7.1    Thin Film Battery Prices  2-57

2.8   Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturers  2-60

2.9   Electrochromics  2-61

2.10     Established Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturers  2-61

2.11     Thin Film Battery and Lithium Ion Battery Prices  262

2.11.1  IPS Prices  2-62

2.12     Thin Film Battery Geographical Region Analysis  2-63

2.12.1  Geographical Region Analysis  2-66

 

Thin Film Battery Product Description  

 

3. Thin Film Battery Lithium Battery

Product Description   3-1

3.1   Cymbet Energizing Innovation  3-1

3.1.1    Cymbet Products  3-3

3.1.2    Cymbet Rechargeable EnerChips and Effective Capacity  3-4

3.1.3    Cymbet Development Support 3-8

3.1.4    Cymbet Solid State Energy Storage for Embedded

Energy, Power Back-up and Energy Harvesting  3-8

3.1.5    Cymbet Energy Harvesting  3-11

3.1.6    Cymbet Zero Power Devices  3-14

3.1.7    ComtexCymbet EnerChip™ Thin-Film Batteries  3-15

3.2   Infinite Power Solutions (IPS)—    3-15

3.2.1    Infinite Power Solutions High-Volume Production

Line for TFBs –  3-16

3.2.2    Infinite Power Solutions Solid-State, Rechargeable

 Thin-Film Micro-Energy Storage Devices  3-16

3.2.3    Infinite Power Solutions IPS THINERGY® MEC Products  3-17

3.2.4    Infinite Power Solutions THINERGY MEC   3-18

3.2.5    Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. Recharge From A

Regulated 4.10 V Source  3-20

3.2.6    Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. SRAM Backup Guidelines  3-21

3.2.7    Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. SRAM Backup Power Solution  3-22

3.2.8    Infinite Power Solutions Recharging

THINERGY Micro-Energy Cells  3-25

3.2.9    Infinite Power Solutions Charging Methods  3-25

3.2.10  Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. THINERGY MECs  3-27

3.2.11  MicroGen Systems and Infinite Power Solutions

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) 3-28

3.2.12  Maxim Integrated, Infinite Power Solutions IC to

Integrate All Of The Power-Management Functions For

Ambient Energy Harvesting  3-29

3.2.13  Maxim Integrated Products (Nasdaq:MXIM)

MAX17710 IC Integrates Power-Management 3-30

3.2.14  Maxim / Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS)

THINERGY(R) Solid-State, Rechargeable MEC Battery Products  3-33

3.2.15  Maxim introduces MAX17710 PMIC ::

Uniquely enables Energy Harvesting with THINERGY MECs  3-33

3.3   Planar  3-34

3.3.1    Planar Energy Devices –  3-35

3.3.2    Planar Energy’s Solid State Batteries New Deposition Process  3-37

3.3.3    Planar Energy PrintGuide to Recent Battery Advances  3-40

3.3.4    Planar Lithium Manganese Dioxide Nanotechnology  3-41

3.3.5    Planar Energy Devices PowerPlane MXE Module  3-43

3.4   NEC   3-44

3.4.1    NEC Radio Tags  3-45

3.4.2    NEC RFID Tag  3-45

3.4.3    NEC Nanotechnology Thin And Flexible

Organic Radical Battery (ORB) 3-48

3.4.4    NEC / Nissan / AESC

(Automotive Energy Supply Corporation) 3-52

3.5   Polyplus  3-53

3.5.1    PolyPlus Lithium water 3-53

3.5.2    PolyPlus Lithium / Air Couple  3-55

3.6   Johnson Research Product Development 3-57

3.7   Excellatron  3-58

3.7.1    Excellatron Polymer Film Substrate for Thin Flexible Profile  3-69

3.7.2    Excellatron Thin Film Batteries Deposited

On A Thin Polymer Substrate  3-70

3.7.3    Excellatron High Rate Capability  3-70

3.7.4    Excellatron Thin Film Battery High Power &

Energy Density, Specific Power & Energy  3-71

3.7.5    Excellatron Polymer Film Substrate for Thin Flexible Profile  3-72

3.7.6    Excellatron Unique Proprietary Passivation

Barrier and Packaging Solution  3-73

3.7.7    Excellatron High Capacity Thin Film Batteries  3-74

3.7.8    Excellatron Next Generation Of Lithium Batteries  3-76

3.7.9    Excellatron High Rate Deposition Process

(Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition) 3-78

3.8   Oak Ridge Micro-Energy, Inc. 3-79

3.8.1    Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Manufacturing Process  3-83

3.9   ITN's Lithium Technology  3-89

3.9.1    ITN Lithium Electrochromics  3-90

3.9.2    ITN Solid-State Lithium Battery  3-90

3.9.3    ITN Lithium Air Battery  3-93

3.10     Sony Thin Film And Lithium Ion Batteries For Electronics  3-95

3.11     ThinkPad Edge Thin Film And Lithium Ion

Batteries For RFID Tags To Micro Medical Devices  3-98

3.12     Prieto Battery  3-99

3.12.1  Prieto Battery Reducing The Thickness Of The

Electrode Results In Lower Energy Capacity And Shorter

Operating Time  3-100

3.12.2  Prieto Battery Nanowires Make Up The First

Key Piece Of The Battery, The Anode  3-101

3.12.3  Proposed Architecture of the Prieto battery  3-101

3.13     Solicore  3-104

3.13.1  Solicore RFID   3-104

3.13.2  Solicore Commercializes Its

Revolutionary Battery Technology  3-105

3.14     Rogers  3-105

3.15     PS iTHINERGY ADP   3-105

3.15.1  IPS and ITT  3-106

 

Thin Film Battery Technology 

 

4. Thin Film Lithium Battery Technology   4-1

4.1   Thin Film Batteries  4-1

4.1.1    Thin Film Battery Timescales and Costs  4-3

4.2   Battery Breakthroughs  4-4

4.2.1    MIT Thin Film Battery Researchers  4-4

4.2.2    A123 MIT Very High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries  4-5

4.2.3    A123 MIT Carbon Nanotube Electrodes  4-5

4.2.4    ORNL Scientists Reveal Battery Behavior At The

Nanoscale  4-6

4.2.5    Rice University and Lockheed Martin Scientists

Discovered Way To Use Silicon To Increase Capacity Of

 Lithium-Ion Batteries  4-11

4.2.6    Rice University50 Microns Battery  4-13

4.2.7    Next Generation Of Specialized Nanotechnology  4-14

4.3   Silicon Strategy For Batteries  4-15

4.4   Zinc Air Batteries And Fuel Cells  4-18

4.5   John Bates Patent:  Thin Film Battery and

Method for Making Same  4-19

4.5.1    J. B. Bates,a N. J. Dudney, B. Neudecker,

 A. Ueda, and C. D. Evans Thin-Film Lithium and

Lithium-Ion Batteries  4-20

4.6   MEMS Applications  4-22

4.6.1    MEMS Pressure Sensors  4-22

4.7   c-Si Manufacturing Developments  4-24

4.7.1    Wafers  4-24

4.7.2    Texturization  4-24

4.7.3    Emitter Formation  4-24

4.7.4    Metallization  4-25

4.7.5    Automation, Statistical Process Control (SPC),

Advanced Process Control (APC) 4-26

4.7.6    Achieving Well-controlled Processes  4-26

4.7.7    Incremental Improvements  4-27

4.8   Ascent Solar's WaveSol™ Flexible And Lightweight Thin-Film PV Technology  4-28

4.9   Liquid radio  4-29

4.10     TAU battery  4-31

4.11     Flexible Energy Storage Devices Based On Nanocomposite Paper  4-34

4.12     Transition Metal Oxides, MnO   4-35

4.13     Battery Cell Construction  4-38

4.14     Impact Of Nanotechnology  4-39

4.14.1  Nanotechnology  4-39

4.14.2  Why Gold Nanoparticles Are More Precious Than Pretty Gold  4-41

4.14.3  Lithium Ion Cells Optimized For Capacity  4-45

4.14.4  Flat Plate Electrodes  4-46

4.14.5  Spiral Wound Electrodes  4-46

4.14.6  Multiple Electrode Cells  4-47

4.14.7  Fuel Cell Bipolar Configuration  4-47

4.14.8  Electrode Interconnections  4-48

4.14.9  Sealed Cells and Recombinant Cells  4-48

4.14.10  Battery Cell Casing  4-49

4.14.11  Button Cells and Coin Cells  4-51

4.14.12  Pouch Cells  4-51

4.14.13  Prismatic Cells  4-52

4.15     Naming Standards For Cell Identification  4-52

4.15.1  High Power And Energy Density  4-53

4.15.2  High Rate Capability  4-53

4.16     Comparison Of Rechargeable Battery Performance  4-54

4.17     Polymer Film Substrate  4-57

 

4.18     Micro Battery Solid Electrolyte  4-58

 

Thin Film Battery Company Profiles 

 

5. Thin Film Battery Company Profiles   5-1

5.1   Arotech  5-1

5.1.1    Arotech's New SWIPES Product

Named One of the U.S. Army's Ten Greatest Inventions of 2011  5-1

5.1.2    Arotech's Battery and Power Systems Division  5-2

5.1.3    Electric Fuel Battery Corporation  5-3

5.2   Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. 5-4

5.2.1    Altair Nanotechnologies Reports Second

Quarter 2011 Revenue  5-4

5.3   Citic Guoan  5-6

5.3.1    MGL One Of The Biggest Cathode Material (LiCoO2)

Manufacturers in China  5-6

5.3.2    MGL Total Battery Production Capacity  5-6

5.3.3    MGL Company Profile  5-7

5.4   Cymbet 5-9

5.4.1    Cymbet Team: 5-9

5.4.2    Cymbet Investors: 5-10

5.4.3    Cymbet Investors  5-10

5.4.4    Cymbet Partners, Sales and Distribution: 5-11

5.4.5    Cymbet Manufacturing: 5-11

5.4.6    Cymbet to Open World's Highest Volume

Solid-State Battery Manufacturing Facility  5-12

5.4.7    Cymbet Partnering with X-FAB   5-12

5.4.8    Cymbet / X-FAB, Inc. 5-12

5.4.9    Cymbet Expanding in Minnesota  5-13

5.4.10  Cymbet / LEDA   5-13

5.4.11  Distribution Agreement EnerChip™ Eco-friendly

 Solid State Batteries  5-14

5.4.12  Cymbet EVAL-09 Utilizes Harnessing Ambient Energy  5-15

5.4.13  Cymbet Secures $31 Million in Private Financing  5-15

5.5   Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. 5-16

5.6   Eveready Battery Company / Blue Spark Technologies  5-16

5.7   Excellatron  5-17

5.8   GS Nanotech  5-20

5.9   GS Caltex / GS Yuasa  5-25

5.9.1    GS Battery (USA) Inc. 5-25

5.10     IBM    5-26

5.10.1  IBM WebSphere  5-27

5.10.2  IBM Business Partnering Strategy  5-29

5.10.3  IBM Strategic Priorities  5-29

5.10.4  IBM BPM Powered By Smart SOA   5-31

5.10.5  IBM Delivers Integration and Innovation to Clients  5-31

5.10.6  IBM Business Model 5-32

5.10.7  IBM Unified Communications In The Cloud Architecture  5-33

5.10.8  IBM LotusLive Cloud-Based Portfolio Of

Social Networking And Collaboration Services  5-35

5.10.9  IBM Revenue  5-36

5.10.10  IBM Software Capabilities  5-37

5.10.11  IBM Systems and Technology Capabilities  5-38

5.10.12  IBM Worldwide Organizations  5-39

5.10.13  IBM Integrated Supply Chain  5-39

5.10.14  IBM Security  5-41

5.10.15  IBM Cloud Computing  5-42

5.10.16  IBM Business Model 5-43

5.10.17  IBM Business Segments And Capabilities  5-44

5.10.18  IBM GTS Strategic Outsourcing Services Capabilities  5-45

5.10.19  IBM Global Process Services. 5-45

5.10.20  IBM Integrated Technology Services. 5-45

5.10.21  IBM GTS Services Delivery  5-46

5.10.22  IBM Application Management Service  5-47

5.10.23  IBM Software Capabilities  5-48

5.10.24  IBM Systems and Technology  5-49

5.10.25  IBM Global Financing  5-50

5.10.26  IBM Premier Globally Integrated Enterprise  5-52

5.10.27  IBM Integrated Supply Chain  5-53

5.10.28  IBM Software Competition  5-53

5.10.29  IBM 2010 Revenue  5-54

IBM LotusLive Cloud-Based Social Networking And Collaboration  5-54

5.11     Information Builders  5-55

5.11.1  Information Builders / iWay Software  5-56

5.11.2  iWay Software  5-57

5.12     Infinite Power Solutions  5-69

5.12.1  Infinite Power Solutions Solid-State, Thin-Film Batteries  5-69

5.12.2  Infinite Power Solutions Micro-Energy Storage Devices  5-69

5.12.3  Infinite Power Solutions Battery Applications  5-70

5.12.4  Infinite Power Solutions And Tokyo Electron

Device Global Distribution Agreement 5-70

5.12.5  Infinite Power Solutions Raises $20.0m In Series C

Financing  5-71

5.13     Inventec  5-72

5.14     ITN Lithium Technology  5-72

5.14.1  ITN’s Lithium EC sub-Division Focused On

Development And Commercialization of EC   5-73

5.14.2  ITN’s SSLB Division Thin-Film Battery Technology  5-74

5.14.3  ITN Lithium Air Battery  5-75

5.14.4  ITN Fuel Cell 5-77

5.14.5  ITN Thin-film Deposition Systems  5-79

5.14.6  ITN Real Time Process Control 5-80

5.14.7  ITN Plasmonics  5-84

5.15     KSW Microtec  5-85

5.15.1  KSW Microtec Efficient Flexible,

Producer of RFID Components  5-85

5.16     Matsushita / Panasonic / Sanyo / Sanyo Solar  5-86

5.16.1  Panasonic Corporation Revenue  5-86

5.16.2  Sanyo  5-87

5.16.3  SANYO 2011 Sales Of Solar Photovoltaic Systems  5-88

Panasonic Full Year Revenue  5-92

Panasonic / Sanyo Solar Ark  5-92

5.16.4  Panasonic /Sanyo Solar Stone Brewing Company

Reference Account 5-94

5.16.5  Panasonic / Sanyo Solar lumenHAUS Reference Account 5-95

5.16.6  InSpec / SANYO   5-95

5.16.7  SANYO and InSpec Group Partnership

Generates Multiple Solar Installations in Oregon  5-96

5.17     Maxim / Dallas  (MXIM:Nasdaq) 5-96

5.17.1  Maxim acquires Energy Measurement Company Teridian  5-97

5.17.2  Maxim / Dallas Semiconductor Revenue  5-98

5.17.3  Maxim / Dallas Semiconductor Revenue  5-98

5.17.4  Maxim / Dallas Semiconductor Principal Competitors  5-101

5.17.5  Maxim / Dallas Semiconductor 5-101

5.17.6  Maxim / Zilog  5-101

5.17.7  Maxim / Vitesse  5-102

5.18     MicroGen  5-102

5.19     Micropelt 5-103

5.20     Mitsubishi Electric  5-104

5.20.1  Mitsubishi Motors / Litcel 5-104

5.20.2  Mitsubishi Electric Group Energy and Electric Systems  5-104

5.20.3  Mitsubishi Electric Power Module for Electric Vehicles  5-105

Mitsubishi Electric Group Power Module Test Samples Specifications  5-110

5.21     NEC Corporation  5-111

5.21.1  NEC Global Business Activities/Achievements  5-111

5.21.2  NEC Group Vision 2017  5-112

5.21.3  NEC C&C Cloud Strategy  5-114

5.21.4  NEC Expand Global Business  5-116

5.22     Oak Ridge National Laboratory  5-117

5.23     Oak Ridge Micro-Energy  5-121

5.23.1  Oak Ridge Micro-Energy, Inc. 5-122

5.24     Planar Energy Devices –  5-124

5.24.1  DOE Selects Planar Energy for Oak Ridge

National Laboratory Collaborative R&D Program to

Advance Next-Generation Battery Development 5-126

5.25     Leonhard Kurz / PolyIC   5-127

5.26     PolyPlus  5-129

5.26.1  Poly Plus Lithium Water 5-129

5.27     Prieto  5-129

5.28     PS  5-130

5.29     SB LiMotive / Bosch and Samsung SDI  5-131

5.30     Saft 5-132

5.30.1  Saft, Building For Future Growth  5-132

5.30.2  Attractive market positioning in high-end niche markets  5-133

5.30.3  Saft Launches Lithium-Ion Battery Industrial

Production At Jacksonville US Plant 5-144

5.31     Samsung  5-145

5.31.1  Samsung 2010 Significant Strategic Change  5-145

5.31.2  Samsung Apps  5-146

5.31.3  Samsung Display and Information Technology Innovations  5-146

5.31.4  Samsung Cameras: Consumer-Inspired Design  5-147

5.31.5  Samsung Creating a Future Home Entertainment TV   5-147

5.32     SNC   5-149

5.33     Solicore  5-150

5.33.1  Solicore's Primary Target Markets: 5-151

5.34     Sony Corporation  5-152

5.34.1  Sony Technology  5-152

5.35     STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) 5-154

5.35.1  STMicroelectronics Product Technologies  5-155

5.35.2  ST Custom and Semi-Custom Chips  5-158

5.35.3  ST Secure ICs  5-160

5.35.4  ST Application Specific Discretes (ASD™) 5-161

5.35.5  ST In-Check “Lab-on-Chip”  5-161

5.35.6  ST Multi-Segment Products  5-162

5.35.7  ST Microcontrollers  5-162

5.35.8  ST Smart Power Devices  5-163

5.35.9  ST Standard Linear and Logic  5-163

5.35.10  ST Discretes  5-164

5.35.11  ST Protection Devices  5-164

5.35.12  ST Sensors  5-164

5.35.13  ST RF  5-165

5.35.14  ST Real-time Clocks  5-165

5.36     Texas Instruments  (TXN:NYSE) 5-165

5.36.1  Texas Instruments  5-167

5.37     Thunder Sky Battery Limited  5-167

5.38     Tokyo Electron Device  5-169

5.39     Umicore Thin Film Products  5-169

5.39.1  Umicore Materials Technology Group  5-171

5.40     Zibo Dison  5-171

5.41     Battery manufacturers  5-173

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Tables and Figures

 

Thin Film Battery Executive Summary 

 

Table ES-1  ES-3

Thin Film Battery Market Driving Forces 

Table ES-2  ES-5

Smarter Computing Market Driving Forces 

Table ES-3  ES-6

Thin Film Battery Benefits 

Table ES-4  ES-7

Comparison Of Battery Performance 

Figure ES-5  ES-8

Thin Film Battery Energy Density 

Figure ES-6  ES-10

Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Shares, Dollars,  2010 

Figure ES-7  ES-12

Thin Film and Printed Battery Markets Forecasts

Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

 

 

 

 

Thin Film Battery Market Description and Market Dynamics 

 

Table 1-1  1-4

Thin Film Battery Target Markets 

Table 1-2  1-6

Principal Features Used To Compare Rechargeable Batteries 

Table 1-3  1-8

Challenges in Battery and Battery System Design 

Figure 1-4  1-17

Discharge of a Lithium Battery 

Figure 1-5  1-21

Typical Structure Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery 

Table 1-6  1-25

Characteristics Of Battery Cells 

Figure 1-7  1-29

Discharge of a Lithium Battery 

 

Thin Film Battery Market Shares and Market Forecasts 

 

Table 2-1  2-3

Thin Film Battery Market Driving Forces 

Table 2-2  2-5

Smarter Computing Market Driving Forces 

Table 2-3  2-6

Thin Film Battery Benefits 

Table 2-4  2-7

Comparison Of Battery Performance 

Figure 2-5  2-8

Thin Film Battery Energy Density 

Figure 2-6  2-10

Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Shares, Dollars,  2010 

Table 2-7  2-11

Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Shares,

Dollars, Worldwide, 2010 and First Three Quarters 2011 

Table 2-8  2-20

Thin Film Batteries, Worldwide, Market Share, 2010 

Table 2-9  2-21

Thin Film Batteries, Worldwide, Market Share, 2010 

Table 2-10  2-22

Printed Batteries, Worldwide, Market Share, 2010 

Table 2-11  2-23

Printed Batteries, Worldwide, Market Share, 2010 

Figure 2-12  2-25

Thin Film and Printed Battery Markets Forecasts

Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-13  2-26

Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Forecasts

Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-14  2-27

Thin Film and Printed Battery Markets Forecasts

Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-15  2-28

Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Industry

Segments, Percent, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Figure 2-16  2-31

Sensor Network Thin Film Battery Forecasts 

Figure 2-17  2-32

Sensor Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Forecasts,

Worldwide, Dollars, 2011-2017 

Figure 2-18  2-34

Smart Card Thin Film and Printed Battery

Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Figure 2-19  2-36

RFID Thin Film and Printed Battery Market

Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-20  2-38

RFID Applications And Industry Solutions For

Battery-Assisted Passive And Active Batteries 

Figure 2-21  2-41

Specialized and Implantable Medical Thin Film Battery

Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Figure 2-22  2-43

Smarter Computing Depends on Instrumented Devices 

Figure 2-23  2-44

Smarter Planet Impact on IT  

Table 2-24  2-46

Advantages Offered by SOA  

Table 2-25  2-48

Services Oriented Architecture SOA Market

Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010 

Table 2-26  2-49

Services Oriented Architecture SOA

Application Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010 

Figure 2-27  2-55

Silver Nanoplates 

Table 2-28  2-58

Thin Film Battery Unique Properties 

Figure 2-29  2-60

Lead-Acid Battery Target Market Size 

Figure 2-30  2-63

A123 Pricing and Margin Improvement of Lithium Ion Batteries 

Table 2-31  2-65

Thin Film and Printed Battery Regional Market Segments, 2010 

Table 2-32  2-66

Thin Film and Printed Battery Regional Market Segments, 2010 

Figure 2-33  2-67

Fuel Economy Gained for Incremental Cost

Figure 2-34  2-68

Saft International Presence 

 

Thin Film Battery Product Description  

 

Table 3-1  3-2

Cymbet Solid State Energy Storage Energizing

Innovation Target Markets 

Table 3-2  3-3

Cymbet Solid State Energy Storage products 

Table 3-3  3-5

Cymbet EnerChip™ Solid-State Product Line 

Table 3-4  3-7

Cymbet's EnerChip Benefits 

Figure 3-5  3-9

Cymbet EnerChip CBC3105-BDC:

Table 3-6  3-10

Cymbet EnerChip CBC001-BDC: Target Markets 

Table 3-7  3-12

Cymbet Energy Harvesting Applications 

Table 3-8  3-19

Infinite Power Solutions THINERGY® Product Family 

Table 3-9  3-24

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. Maxim Energy Management Chips 

Table 3-10  3-24

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc.  Applications For Energy Harvester 

Table 3-11  3-26

Infinite Power Solutions Charging Methods 

Table 3-12  3-32

Wireless Sensor Network Applications 

Figure 3-13  3-38

Planar Energy’s Solid State Batteries Spraying

Materials Onto A Metal Substrate 

Figure 3-14  3-44

NEC ORB Thin, Flexible Battery Technology 

Figure 3-15  3-46

NEC ORB Battery 

Figure 3-16  3-47

NEC ORB Flexible Battery 

Table 3-17  3-49

NEC Nanotechnology Thin And Flexible Organic

Radical Battery (ORB) Characteristics Of The Technologies 

Figure 3-18  3-50

NEC Organic Radical Battery 

Figure 3-19  3-54

PolyPlus Lithium Metal Electrodes Compatible With

Aqueous And Aggressive Non-Aqueous Electrolytes 

Figure 3-20  3-56

PolyPlus Air and Water Stable Lithium Electrode 

Figure 3-21  3-58

Thin Film Solid State Battery Construction 

Figure 3-22  3-60

Excellatron Charge/Discharge Thin Film Battery Profile At 25ºC  

Figure 3-23  3-61

Excellatron Charge/Discharge Thin

Film Battery Profile At 150ºC  

Figure 3-24  3-62

Excellatron Capacity Charge/Discharge 150ºC  

Figure 3-25  3-63

Excellatron Capacity And Resistance Of Thin

Film Battery As A Function Of Temperature 

Figure 3-26  3-64

Excellatron Battery High Rate Pulse Discharge 

Figure 3-27  3-65

Excellatron Pulse Discharge 

Figure 3-28  3-66

Excellatron's Battery (0.1 mAh) High Rate Pulse

Discharge Was By a 100 mA Pulse at 80ºC  

Figure 3-29  3-67

Excellatron Long term Cyclability Of A Thin

Film Solid State Battery 

Figure 3-30  3-68

Excellatron Discharge Capacity Of Thin-Film Batteries 

Table 3-31  3-72

Excellatron Comparison Of Battery Performances 

Figure 3-32  3-73

Excellatron Polymer Film Substrate Battery 

Figure 3-33  3-74

Excellatron Unique Proprietary Passivation

Barrier and Packaging Solution 

Figure 3-34  3-75

Voltage And Current Profile of a 10 mAh Excellatron Battery 

Table 3-35  3-78

Excellatron Batteries Practical Advantages 

Figure 3-36  3-80

Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Discharge of a Thin-Film

Lithium Battery At Current Densities of

0.02, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0, and 10.0 mA/cm2 

Figure 3-37  3-81

Discharge of a Thin-Film Lithium-Ion Battery At Current

Densities of 0.02, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0, and 10.0 mA/cm2 

Figure 3-38  3-82

Ragone Plots Graph Of Energy vs. Power

Per Unit Area Of The Cathode From The

Discharge Data For The Lithium And Lithium-Ion Batteries 

Table 3-39  3-84

Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Manufacturing Process For

Thin Film Batteries 

Figure 3-40  3-84

Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Ceramic Wafer 

Table 3-41  3-85

Oak Ridge Micro-Energy ORLI.0.5.CL Battery Features 

Table 3-42  3-86

Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Consumer and Industrial Products 

Table 3-43  3-86

Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Sensors 

Table 3-44  3-87

Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Implantable Medical Products 

Table 3-45  3-87

Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Government Applications 

Table 3-46  3-91

ITN’s SSLB Solid-State Lithium Battery Target Markets 

Table 3-47  3-92

ITN’s SSLB Technology Advantages 

Table 3-48  3-93

ITN Technologies 

Figure 3-49  3-94

ITN Capabilities To Develop And Deliver

A Quality, Fully-Functional, Nanoscale Product

Table 3-50  3-95

Sony VAIO® Notebook Batteries 

Table 3-51  3-96

Sony Devices Using Lithium Ion Batteries 

Figure 3-52  3-97

Sony Laptop Battery 

Figure 3-53  3-101

Prieto Battery Nanowires Li-ion Batteries Using A 3D Structure 

Table 3-54  3-102

Prieto Battery Features 

 

Thin FIlm Battery Technology 

 

Table 4-1  4-2

Thin Film Battery Unique Properties 

Figure 4-2  4-6

Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National

Laboratory Battery Behavior At The Nanoscale 

Figure 4-3  4-10

Rice Researchers Advanced Lithium-Ion

Technique has Microscopic Pores That Dot A Silicon Wafer 

Figure 4-4  4-13

Rice University50 Microns Battery 

Figure 4-5  4-15

Silver Nanoplates Decorated With Silver Oxy Salt

Nanoparticles 

Figure 4-6  4-19

John Bates Patent:  Thin Film Battery and Method for

Making Same 

Table 4-7  4-25

Approaches to Selective Emitter (SE) Technologies 

Figure 4-8  4-33

TAU Thin Films Of Lithium And Pyrite Separated By A

Film Of Composite Polymers 

Figure 4-9  4-34

Nano composite Paper Energy Storage 

Figure 4-10  4-37

XRD Patterns of MnO Thin Films 

Figure 4-11  4-43

Nanoparticle Illustration 

Table 2-12  4-50

Comparison Of Battery Performances 

Table 4-13  4-51

Common Household-Battery Sizes, Shape, and Dimensions 

Table 4-14  4-55

Thin Films For Advanced Batteries 

Table 4-15  4-56

Thin Film Batteries Technology Aspects 

Table 4-16  4-57

Thin Film Battery / Lithium Air Batteries Applications 

Figure 4-17  4-58

Polymer Film Substrate Thin Flexible battery Profiles 

Figure 4-18  4-59

Design Alternatives of Thin Film Rechargable Batteries 

 

 

 

 

 

Thin FIlm Battery Company Profiles 

 

Table 5-0  5-19

Excellatron Solid State Market Positioning 

Table 5-1  5-21

GS NANOTECH  

Figure 5-2  5-22

GS Nanotech Thin Film Battery 

Description: http://www.gsnanotech.co.kr/tpl/html/images/e_images/sub_02/sub_top_02_01.gif                                                                                                                

Source:  GS Nanotech 

Figure 5-3  5-22

GS NANOTECH Thin Film Battery 

Description: http://www.gsnanotech.co.kr/tpl/html/images/sub_02/sub_02_01_01.gif                                                                                                                           

Figure 5-4  5-23

GS Nanotech Nanotechnology 

Description: http://www.gsnanotech.co.kr/tpl/html/images/sub_02/sub_02_01_02.gif                                                                                                                 

Source:  GS Nanotech.

Table 5-5  5-24

GS NANOTECH Thin Film Battery Advantages 

Figure 5-6  5-29

IBM SMB Partner Go to Market Approach 

Table 5-7  5-30

IBM Strategic Priorities 

Table 5-8  5-58

iWay Software Integration Provider Solutions 

Table 5-9  5-59

iWay Products 

Table 5-9  (Continued) 5-60

iWay Products 

Table 5-10  5-61

iWay Solutions 

Table 5-11  5-62

iWay  Technology 

Table 5-12  5-62

iWay Adapters for Partners 

Table 5-13  5-63

iWay Customers 

Table 5-13  (Continued) 5-64

iWay Customers 

Table 5-13  (Continued) 5-65

iWay Customers 

Table 5-13  (Continued) 5-66

iWay Customers 

Table 5-13  (Continued) 5-67

iWay Customers 

Table 5-13  (Continued) 5-68

iWay Customers 

Table 5-14  5-76

ITN Technologies 

Figure 5-15  5-76

ITN Thin Film Battery Technology 

Figure 5-16  5-78

ITN Battery 

Figure 5-17  5-79

ITN Thin-Film Deposition Systems 

Figure 5-18  5-80

ITN’s Thin-Film Deposition Systems 

Table 5-19  5-82

ITN Thin-Film Deposition Systems Products and Services Offered 

Table 5-20  5-83

ITN Thin-Film Deposition Systems 

Figure 5-21  5-85

ITNIYN Fuel Cells 

Figure 5-22  5-90

Panasonic / Sanyo Solar HIT Garage Roof Panels 

Figure 5-23  5-91

Panasonic / Sanyo Solar HIT Roof Panels 

Figure 5-24  5-93

Panasonic / Sanyo Solar HIT Panels 

Table 5-25  5-98

Maxim Major End-Markets 

Figure 5-26  5-106

Mitsubishi Electric Power Module for Electric Vehicles  106

Table 5-27  5-107

Mitsubishi Electric Group J-Series Features  107

Table 5-28  5-108

Mitsubishi Electric Group Automotive-

Grade Quality And Functionality 

Table 5-29  5-109

Mitsubishi Electric Group J-Series T-PM   

Table 5-30  5-110

Mitsubishi Electric Group Power Module

Test Samples Specifications 

Table 5-31  5-119

Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL Advance

Battery Materials And Processing Technology Contracts 

Table 5-32  5-120

Oak Ridge National Laboratory And Battery

Manufacturers Energy Materials Program Aspects 

Figure 5-33  5-128

Poly IC Printed Electronics 

Figure 5-34  5-133

Saft Revenue H1 2011 

Figure 5-35  5-136

Saft Industrial Battery Group Description

Figure 5-36  5-137

Saft Specialty Battery Group Description

Figure 5-37  5-139

Johnson Controls / Saft Battery Update

Figure 5-38  5-140

Saft Opportunities in Lithium Ion Markets 

Figure 5-39  5-141

Saft Grid Projects 

Figure 5-40  5-142

Saft Revenue 2009 

Figure 5-41  5-143

Saft International Presence 

Table 5-42  5-170

Umicore Business Areas 

Figure 5-43  5-170

Umicore Thin Film Products