Carbon Nanotubes

manufacturers

I  Current Status and Future Outlook of Carbon Nanotube Market

1. Carbon nanotube market size is likely to close in on 4,000 tons by 2023.
2. CAGR of single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) from 2017 to 2023 is likely to be 43.9%, and that of multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs) to be 12.7%.
3. Carbon nanotubes in the specialty realm have been lack of trump cards.
4. Commodity strategy is the very trigger to expand the market.

II   Outlook of Single-Walled Nanotube (SWNT) Market

1. Market Trends

• Introduction of SWNT products has expanded in extensive application. The market size in 2017 was 137.5% of that of the previous year in volume.
• OCSiAl Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. leads the SWNT market with its market share occupying 95%.
• Just like electric-field-induced layer formation (ELF) method that enables SWNTs to be monodispersed by a non-ionic surfactant, technologies to separate SWNTs are in progress.

2. Application Trends

• Transparent electrodes
• Electric double layer capacitor electrode
• Composite materials
• LiB conductive assistant
• Nonvolatile memory
• Field effect transistors

III   Outlook of Multi-Walled Nanotube (MWNT) Market

1. Market Trends

• The market is led by MWNTs for LiB conductive assistant largely demanded by China.
• The market size in 2017 has expanded with close to 150% of the size of the previous year in volume.
• The market in 2018 has been largely occupied by three Chinese makers that altogether account almost for 60%.
• Development of vertically-aligned CNT has been in progress in Japan, expected be manufactured in house to enable introduction in other in-house products.

2. Application Trends

• LiB conductive assistant
• Composite materials
• Others

IV   Trends and Strategies at Companies Handling Nanotubes

25 domestic and overseas makers