Lithium-ion Battery Components: Cathode Materials

Cathode Materials Manufacturers

I   Current Status and Future Outlook of Small Consumer-Use LiB Market

1. Trends in Consumer-Use LiB Market by Application

• Smartphone Market that had driven the market begun scaling down its growth rate.
• Small consumer-use LiB market in 2015 rose at 103.8% of the size of the previous year

2. Trends of Small Consumer-Use LiB Market by Cell Type
3. Transition of Small Consumer-Use LiB Market Share by Manufacturer

• While large companies from Japan and South Korea have facing difficulty, ATL and Coslight have rapidly growing with their sales of laminate cells
• Sony announced to sell off LiB business

II   Current Status and Future Outlook of LiB Market for Vehicles (HEV/PHEV/EV)

1. Trends of LiB Market for Vehicles

• New, alternative-fuel vehicle market has been growing rapidly in China
• LiB market for PHEV and EV have been keeping high growth rate

2. Trends of LiB Market for Vehicles by Cell Type

• Rapid growth of prismatic LiB cell for xEVs seen in China

3. Trends of Global LiB Market for Vehicles Share by Manufacturer

• Panasonic kept its number one market share in 2015
• Due to rapid growth of xEV markets, Chinese LiB cell makers have strengthened its presence.

III   Current Status and Future Outlook on Cathode Materials Market

1. Current Status and Future Outlook of Overall Cathode Materials Market
2. LCO Market
3. NCM Market
4. LMO Market

IV   Trends and Strategies of Cathode Materials Manufacturers

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