31 May 2022

Still Waiting on a Commercial Need for Take-off: SWCNTs
Commercializing a new material is not easy. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are the higher-performance variants of the carbon nanotube family, but unlike their multi-walled counterpart, they are still hunting for their killer application.
5 May 2022

The Rise of the Carbon Nanotube Battery
It is impossible to avoid headlines about the "graphene battery"; the concept of this Nobel Prize winning nanomaterial revolutionizing the energy storage market is naturally very enticing, but it is graphene's older sibling carbon nanotubes that have progressed beyond the hype and disillusionment phases of their commercial journey by finding a value-add high volume energy storage adoption.
External press release
14 Sep 2021

Stratasys Advances Shift to Additive Manufacturing at Scale
Stratasys Ltd has highlighted today solutions for advancing additive manufacturing at production scale, including new innovative material offerings, an expanded software partner ecosystem, and the availability of new polymer 3D printing systems for the US market.
Event summary
15 Nov 2019

Summary from NAUM 2019 - Nanomaterials in energy storage
NAUM (from Nano Augmented) is a conference on nanomaterials organised and run by OCSiAl. IDTechEx attended a session on the use of nanomaterials in energy storage applications, and visited the exhibition.
Full profile interview
9 Dec 2015

BroadBit
Broadbit is a start up that develops metallic sodium battery technologies using solid sodium as electrode.
1 Aug 2012

Chemical companies position for EV battery boom Part 2: Daikin
Daikin Industries will soon start making electrolytes for lithium ion batteries and begin selling them in January