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This report provides a comprehensive overview of the Li-ion battery market, analysing market and technology trends, forecasting demand by application and chemistry, and analysing cost and price trends. Market analysis is provided on cathode, anode, electrolyte, separator and current collector players.

This report offers critical market intelligence on technologies that can directly extract and recover lithium from brines. It includes a detailed analysis of sector players and activities, comparing costs and sustainability profiles of both established and emerging mining practices. The report identifies key challenges and opportunities within the industry and provides predictions on future lithium supply, segmented by source type, in response to the growing demand for lithium.

Demand for Li-ion battery storage will continue to increase over the coming decade to facilitate increasing renewable energy penetration and afford homeowners with greater energy independence. This IDTechEx report provides forecasts and analyses on Li-ion BESS players, project pipelines, supply and strategic agreements, residential and grid-scale markets, technology trends and benchmarking, battery storage safety and thermal management, applications, revenue generation, and regional schemes, incentives and targets for BESS.

This report characterizes the flexible batteries markets, technologies, and players. With coverage across 13 application markets and 6 core battery technologies, and market forecasts from 2025 to 2035, it is the most comprehensive study compiled for this product area. It reveals increasing development and opportunities, with the flexible battery market to grow to over US$500 million by 2035.

This report provides key insights into the battery markets for electric construction, agriculture, and mining (CAM) vehicles. Analysis of over 200 products from turnkey battery suppliers and 200 CAM EVs offers understanding of vehicle requirements, suppliers' core technologies, and the suitability of battery technologies for electric CAM machines. The report considers 10 battery technologies including; LTO, sodium-ion, lithium-metal and more, evaluating how they meet the needs of 15 vehicle types. Included are granular 10-year forecasts for GWh battery demand and revenue (US$) by region, industry, and chemistry.

This report analyses the trends and developments within advanced and next-generation Li-ion technologies, helping to provide clarity on the strengths, weaknesses, key players, addressable markets, and adoption outlooks for silicon anodes, Li-metal anodes, solid electrolytes, manganese rich cathodes, ultra high nickel NMC, alternative cathode synthesis routes, use of additives, new and optimised electrode and cell structures and designs, and battery pack and BMS developments.

25% of global energy pollution comes from industrial heat production. However, emerging thermal energy storage (TES) technologies, using low-cost and abundant materials like molten salt, concrete and refractory brick are being commercialized, offering decarbonized heat for industrial processes. State-level funding and increased natural gas prices in key regions will drive TES market growth in industry. This IDTechEx report provides forecasts, and analyses on TES technologies, players, projects, and government initiatives.

Despite a lower fire occurrence rate than combustion vehicles, fire safety is critical for electric vehicles and presents several material opportunities. This report considers the regulation and battery design trends and how this will impact fire protection materials such as ceramics, mica, aerogels, coatings, encapsulants, foams, compression pads, phase change materials, and more. Market forecasts are given in yearly mass demand and market value segmented by material and vehicle segment.

Demand for long duration energy storage (LDES) technologies will increase in the 2030s to facilitate increasing variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration. Key technologies being developed for LDES, offering lower capital costs ($/kWh) than Li-ion at longer durations of storage, will be needed for supporting increased VRE penetration. This IDTechEx report provides, forecasts, and analyses on LDES technologies, players, projects, applications, revenue generation, grid flexibility, and VRE deployments.

Sodium-ion Batteries 2024-2034 provides a comprehensive overview of the sodium-ion battery market, players, and technology trends. Battery benchmarking, material and cost analysis, key player patents, and 10 year forecasts are provided for Na-ion battery demand by volume (GWh) and value (US$).

Redox flow batteries (RFBs) can store energy for longer durations at a lower levelized cost of storage versus Li-ion. Demand for long duration energy storage technologies is expected to increase to facilitate increasing variable renewable energy penetration. This unlocks opportunities for players across the value chain, including material suppliers, RFB developers and utility companies. This IDTechEx report provides forecasts, and analyses on RFB technologies, players, projects, materials, applications, and economics.

This report analyses the trends and developments to Li-ion cell and battery pack technology for electric vehicles by studying developments from both automotive OEMs and battery pack manufacturers serving non-car markets. Players and developments in battery management systems are also covered. Demand for Li-ion batteries is forecasted for electric cars, vans, trucks, 2-wheelers, buses.

In 2043, 23.8 million tonnes of Li-ion batteries will be recycled, with potential to obtain US$101B in valuable metals. New recycling facilities are being established across key regions, as recyclers prepare for the growing volume of retired EV batteries becoming available for recycling. This IDTechEx report provides up-to-date market forecasts, technology descriptions, policy and economics explanations, market analysis, and company profiles, based on data from 80 Li-ion battery recyclers globally.

The second-life EV battery market is of great importance for many reasons. These include adding value to future energy infrastructure, creating a circular economy for electric vehicle batteries, and providing a lower levelized cost of storage compared to new batteries. This IDTechEx report contains market forecasts, and in-depth analyses on key repurposer and battery diagnostics players, the techno-economic feasibility of second-life batteries, regulations, and battery design, chemistry, and technology trends.

This report characterizes the solid-state battery technologies, materials, market, supply chain and players. It assesses and benchmarks the available solid-state battery technologies, introduces most players worldwide and analyzes the key players in this field, forecasted from 2023 to 2033 over 10 application areas of 3 key technology categories for both capacity and market value. The report also analyzes the hype and hopes behind solid-state batteries, providing deep technological and business insights.

The electric vehicle market will see massive growth over the next 10 years and with it the demand for battery cells, packs and their associated materials. This tool allows you to see the material intensity assumptions that IDTechEx makes and use either IDTechEx's or your own forecast numbers for unit sales and battery pack capacity to determine the multi-metal materials demand from 2021-2031.

Conventional first-generation biofuels, such as bioethanol and biodiesel, have seen rapid commercialization. However, many countries are now transitioning toward more advanced biofuels due to competition with food production, lifecycle emissions and land use change concerns. Advanced sustainable fuels can be produced from non-food feedstocks, including second, third, and fourth-generation biofuels, as well as e-fuels derived from renewable electricity, green hydrogen, and captured CO2. These synthetic fuels are designed to seamlessly integrate with existing internal combustion engines and global fuel infrastructure. In this report, IDTechEx provides an in-depth analysis of advanced biofuels (second generation and beyond) and e-fuels. The analysis covers production processes, relevant policies, key technological innovations, technology providers, and project developers. It also explores the techno-economic challenges and opportunities in the sector. The report focuses on key fuels such as renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and renewable methanol, among others. Detailed market forecasts are provided, broken down by production regions (Europe, North America, South America, and APAC) and technological pathways (e.g., HEFA/HVO, gasification-FT, and power-to-liquids/e-fuels) for renewable diesel, SAF, and renewable methanol.

This report takes a comprehensive look at the prospects of hydrogen and battery electric technologies for a range of airplane applications including general aviation, business jets and commercial airliners. For each one it evaluates how well hydrogen and battery technologies can meet the aircrafts duty-cycles, how they might impact total cost of ownership, and how carbon footprint is impacted, give different grids and different hydrogen sources. This culminates in a forecast for hydrogen and battery electric airplanes over until 2045. This report is ideal for understanding the challenges, prospects, companies, and strategies involved in the future of aviation.

This report assesses the hydrogen internal combustion engine, both from a technical and an economic standpoint. Coverage across key transportation applications sectors, analysis of historic and contemporary H2ICE projects, and market forecasts from 2025 to 2045, this comprehensive study offers a realistic and data-driven assessment of H2ICE. It reveals significant opportunity, with a market of US$7 billion by 2045.

This report characterizes secondary source critical material recovery markets, technologies, and players. Comprehensive technical evaluation of 15 critical material extraction and recovery technologies for rare-earth elements, lithium-ion battery technology metals, critical semiconductors, and platinum group metals. Market roadmaps for emerging secondary sources, value chain analysis, and twenty-year market forecasts from 2025 to 2045. This report identifies a significant value opportunity, with the critical material recovery market forecast to grow to over US$110 bn by 2045, at a CAGR of 12.7%.

This report analyses thermal management approaches for electric vehicle batteries, motors, power electronics, and the vehicle as a whole. A deep dive is taken into OEM strategies, materials, fluids, and technologies. 10 year granular market forecasts are included, segmented by technology.

This report provides market and technical analysis for electric buses. This includes historic performance, market progress, technology, players, and market forecasts by drivetrain. This report includes market shares by OEM across key regions

This report provides an in-depth technical analysis of thermal interface materials for EV batteries, power electronics, data centers, EMI shielding, 5G, ADAS, and consumer electronics. 10-year granular area (m2), mass (kg), revenue (US$), and TIM unit price (US$) forecasts are given by application. The report covers recent developments in TIM fillers, high-performance TIMs, successful commercial uses, and historic TIM player acquisitions and partnerships. The report also identifies future TIM trends.

This report identifies the key regulations affecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or forever chemicals, in different emerging technology areas. Coverage on PFAS in electric vehicles, sustainable packaging, 5G, and hydrogen economy reveal the impact of PFAS in emerging markets. With assessments of commercial and developing PFAS alternatives in these growing high-tech markets, this report provides extensive analysis of the market potential of PFAS alternatives in key innovative technology areas.

Water electrolyzer systems for green hydrogen production are seeing continued technological innovation and improvement, with significant efforts and funding pouring into development of green hydrogen projects worldwide. IDTechEx is continuing its research into the green hydrogen space with this update of the Green Hydrogen Production: Electrolyzer Markets report released in 2023. This 2024 version provides more in-depth analysis of the four main technologies (AWE, PEMEL, AEMEL & SOEC), including more detailed information on operating principles, system performance characteristics, materials & components, balance of plant requirements (BOP), system case studies as well as key advantages and limitations of technologies. IDTechEx significantly expanded the electrolyzer system & stack supplier lists and system specifications across all four technologies. Project case studies, analysis of business models, and more nuanced considerations for the cost of green hydrogen production have been added. A database of electrolyzer suppliers, commercial systems specifications and planned electrolyzer manufacturing installations is provided with this report.

Materials demand for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells is set to grow in line with an expanding fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) market, alongside fuel cell ships and trains. This IDTechEx report contains market forecasts, benchmarking studies, player analysis, technology trends and latest developments for components in PEM fuel cells, including bipolar plates (BPP), gas diffusion layers (GDL), catalyst coated membrane (CCM), membrane electrode assemblies (MEA), ionomers, and platinum catalysts.

This report provides market analysis for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles including cars, buses, light commercial vehicles, medium-duty trucks, and heavy-duty trucks. This includes historic performance, market progress, technology, players, and market forecasts by region.

The electrification and automation of the automotive industry creates a new demand for copper in a range of applications. This report covers baseline copper consumption in vehicles and explains where copper is used in electric vehicles, where copper is used in autonomous vehicles, and how technology trends across the vehicle will impact future automotive copper consumption.

Development of green hydrogen plants will create demand for many materials and components needed to construct electrolyzer stacks. This IDTechEx report discusses the incumbent and future materials as well as manufacturing methods for the key components used in AWE, AEMEL, PEMEL and SOEC stacks. Components and materials covered include catalysts & electrodes, membranes/electrolytes, porous transport layers (PTLs), gas diffusion layers (GDLs), membrane electrode assembly (MEA) methods, bipolar plates, gaskets & stack assembly components. The report also contains comprehensive lists of electrolyzer stack manufacturers and material suppliers as well as case studies of companies supplying materials and developing new materials or manufacturing methods. Finally, granular 10-year market forecasts by component and material type for AWE, PEMEL and SOEC stacks are included.

This report provides market analysis for electric vehicles for land, sea, and air. This includes historic performance, market progress, technology, players, and market forecasts by drivetrain. This includes the markets for cars, two-wheelers, three-wheelers, microcars, LCVs, trucks, buses, boats and ships, construction vehicles, trains, and air taxis (eVTOL).

This comprehensive report assess the aerogel markets, technologies, trends and players. There is coverage across 21 key commercial and emerging application areas, with an granular market forecast covering 2023-2034 by application. The report characterises the fast growing application area of aerogels as fire protection materials in EV batteries.

In this report IDTechEx assesses the global opportunities emerging across the entire hydrogen value chain, including low-carbon hydrogen production, storage, distribution, fuel cells and hydrogen end-use sectors. It includes technological analyses of all relevant technologies, techno-economic comparisons, detail on key commercial activities (including projects as well as established and emerging companies), major innovations, and major market trends across all value chain components. The report also provides granular 10-year forecasts for hydrogen demand by applications in Mtpa (7 sectors), hydrogen production capacity by source in Mtpa (grey, blue and green) and the hydrogen market in US$B (grey, blue and green).

This report provides a definitive assessment of the carbon nanotube market for the period 2023-2033. IDTechEx has an extensive history in the field of nanocarbons and their technical analysts and interview-led approach brings the reader unbiased outlooks, benchmarking studies, and player assessments on this diverse and expanding industry.

Electric vehicles create demand for many materials. This report covers the demand created for materials required to construct battery cells and battery packs. Trends in battery chemistry, design, energy density, and cost are analysed along with material utilisation trends, to provide 27 separate material forecasts across the electric vehicle markets for cars, vans, trucks, buses, two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and microcars.

IDTechEx's comprehensive new report analyzes the SMR market, technologies, and key players. It includes historic data on the nuclear industry since the 1980s and provides detailed regional market forecasts from 2023-2043. The report also includes data-driven benchmarking of 10 reactor technologies. With the potential for rapid growth, SMRs are predicted to supply 2% of the world's electricity in 2043.

This report assesses the blue hydrogen production technologies, supply chains, key players, materials, major innovations and projects. It includes a comparison of the 6 main blue hydrogen technologies and 10-year market forecasts for those technologies along with 7 application areas, and 3 regions of adoption. The report also examines applicable carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies and discusses the prospects and challenges of producing blue hydrogen.

Micro EVs are designed for short trips of only a few kilometres and travel at low speeds. This report covers electric two- and three-wheelers and microcars which are ideal for use in dense urban centres. Included within are key regions for which the leading players, their vehicle models, and market shares are analysed. With over 45 forecast lines spanning unit sales, battery demand and market values, this report offers a comprehensive overview of the global micro EV markets.

Fuel cells (FC) show great promise for maritime transport due to high efficiencies and potential for zero-emissions operation using green fuels. 'Fuel Cell Boats & Ships 2023-2033: PEMFC, SOFC, Hydrogen, Ammonia, LNG' reviews the latest FC technologies and materials, revealing that green hydrogen PEMFC and ammonia SOFC markets will grow rapidly at 35% CAGR. Bottom-up forecasts utilize primary research from OEM & supplier interviews detailing the latest pipelines.

Electric Cars 2023-2043 provides a deep dive into future automotive markets, with granular regional (US, China, Norway, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, RoW), and technology forecasts. Technology coverage includes battery-electric (BEV), hybrid (PHEV & HEV) and fuel cell (FCEV) cars; autonomous vehicles (L2, L3, L4); Li-ion batteries (NMC, NCA, LFP, silicon, solid-state); electric motors (PM, WRSM, ACIM, Axial-flux, In-wheel); power electronics (SiC, Si IGBT) and more.

Battery swapping promotes the use of the battery as a service (BaaS) business model which aims to decouple the costs of the battery pack from the overall price of the EV. Pack swap and module swap technologies are being commercialised. This report addresses these technologies, players and trends within this market and also includes granular 10-year forecasts of battery swap station (BSS) deployments.

This report addresses and forecasts electric two-wheelers, electric three-wheelers (e-rickshaws), electric cars and electric buses in India, revealing massive potential and opportunity from one of the world's largest and fast-growing economies. The report further explores key technology trends unique to India, such as the transition away from Lead-acid batteries, Li-ion chemistry choices for 45-degree midday heat, the importance of local battery production and the country's reliance on permanent magnet motors from China.

The hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) market has experienced growth in 2020 despite the implications of COVID-19 on the automotive industry. However, the HEV may have a limited lifespan due to impending fossil fuel bans around the world and the greater adoption of battery electric vehicles. This report considers the trends in HEV battery and motor-generator technology in addition to historic and future markets for HEVs in five key regional markets including forecasts from 2021 to 2041.

The electric light commercial vehicle market is uniquely poised for rapid electrification. IDTechEx's new 2021-2041, COVID adjusted, forecast report provides a granular twenty-year outlook for eLCV sales, market penetration, market revenue and installed battery capacity, at global and regional levels, to help companies make effective plans in this rapidly evolving sector.