Lithium-ion Battery Material Market 2015 – Cathode Materials
Coverage: (Product/service)
Lithium-ion Battery Cathode Materials
Research Target:
manufacturers
Research Content:
I Current Status and Future Outlook of Small Consumer-Use LiB Market
- Trends in Consumer-Use LiB Market by Application
- Largest sales of consumer-use LiBs have become those for smartphones.
- Global consumer-use LiB market in capacity reached 36,554,762kwh in 2014.
- Not only the market of LiBs for note PCs is on the decline, but the number of cells installed per note PC has been decreasing.
- Emerge of high volume LiBs and expanding demands of laminate-type cells are boosting the consumer-use LiBs for smartphones.
- Growth of LiBs for tablets has slowed down, because the functions of smartphones have evolved to overlap some functions of tablets, meeting tablet demands.
- There are stable demands for LiBs for electric tools.
- Since wearable devices are diverse and each of the shipment volume is small, laminate-type cells are preferred.
- It is unlikely that high-capacity LiBs will be preferred, although it is up to growth of the application market.
- Battery banks and electric bikes have drawn attention, as they can be new locations for installing cylindrical cells.
- Trends of Small Consumer-Use LiB Market by Cell Type
- Laminate-type cells are on the rise, while cylindrical, prismatic and pouch cells are in the tendency of declining.
- Transition of Small Consumer-Use LiB Market Share by Manufacturer
- Samsung SDI maintains its top position.
- Manufacturers that mainly produce laminate-type cells are expanding their market share.
II Current Status and Future Outlook of LiB Market for Vehicles (HEV/PHEV/EV)
- Trends in LiB Market for Vehicles (HEV/PHEV/EV)
- The prospective LiB market for vehicles in 2014 attained 354.090 Billion Yen, or 5,502MWh in capacity.
- Trends in LiB Market for Vehicles (HEV/PHEV/EV) by Cell Type
- Battery types depend on specific design of car makers, required performance of the battery, and vehicle type.
- Transition of Market Share of LiB for Vehicles (HEV/PHEV/EV) by Manufacturer
- Currently, Panasonic, AESC, and LG Chem are the top 3 manufacturers
- Samsung SDI and LEJ are expected to increase their market share by 2014
III Current Status and Future Outlook of Lithium-ion-Battery Cathode Materials Market
- Trends in Lithium-ion-Battery Cathode Materials Market
While accepting changes in the application market, the LiB cathode materials market continues to be on the rise toward 2016.
- Trends in Entire Lithium-ion-Battery Cathode Materials Market
The market in 2014 attained 117.7% of the size of the previous year, based on the volume. LCO (lithium cobalt oxide) kept the largest share in the component ratio.
- Trends of Lithium-ion-Battery Cathode Materials Market by Cell Size (small consumer type and mid-to-large type)
- Transition of Production Capacity of Leading LiB Cathode Materials Manufacturers
- Transition of LiB Cathode Materials Market Share by Manufacturer
Existence of Chinese manufacturers has become larger. LiB cathodes Materials made by upper-ranking manufacturers continue to be those for cells used in automobiles.
- Transition of LiB Cathode Materials Market Share by Country
- LCO (Lithium Cobalt Oxide) Market
- Trends in Entire LCO Market
- Trends of LCO Market by Cell Size (small consumer type and mid-to-large type)
Trends of LCO shipment and development
- Transition of LCO Market Share by Manufacturer
Existence of Chinese manufacturers has become larger.
- Transition of Production Capacity of Leading LCO Manufacturers
Chinese LCO manufacturers have augmented to achieve larger capacity
- NCM (Nickel Cobalt Manganese) Market
- Trends in Entire NCM Market
- Trends of NCM Shipment by Cell Size (small consumer type and mid-to-large type)
- Transition of NCM Market Share by Manufacturer
Level of focus to NCM differs by manufacturers
- Transition of Production Capacity of Leading NCM Manufacturers
Chinese NCM manufacturers have augmented to achieve larger capacity
- Trends of NCM Development
- LMO (Lithium Manganese Oxide) Market
The market shows steady growth due to those for xEVs
- Trends in Entire LMO Market
- Trends of LMO Shipment by Cell Size (small consumer type and mid-to-large type)
- Transition of LMO Market Share by Manufacturer
- Transition of Production Capacity of Leading LMO Manufacturers
- Trends of LMO Development
- NCA (Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide) Market
- Trends in Entire NCA Market
- Trends of NCA Shipment by Cell Size (small consumer type and mid-to-large type)
- Transition of NCA Market Share by Manufacturer
Sumitomo Metal Mining has been dominating the market
- Transition of Production Capacity of Leading NCA Manufacturers
- LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) Market
- Trends in Entire LFP Market
- Trends of LFP Shipment by Cell Size (small consumer type and mid-to-large type)
- Transition of LFP Market Share by Manufacturer
- Transition of Production Capacity of Leading LFP Manufacturers