Energy Storage

Innovation map for critical material recovery: technology evaluation and secondary source application roadmap.

Forecasts from the IDTechEx Research report "Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines 2025-2045: Applications, Technologies, Market Status and Forecasts"

Alleima (formerly Sandvik Materials Technology) is a Swedish multinational company specializing in the manufacture of advanced stainless steels and various alloys. This company profile focuses on Alleima's pre-coated stainless steel products for fuel cell bipolar plates (BPPs) and interconnects.

Multiple consumer electronics giants, including Apple, Samsung, and Nokia, have previously shown interest in flexible smartphones. Indeed, it naturally seems like the next step after foldable and curved smartphones have seen development and commercialization in the last decade. However, the path to fully flexible smartphones is far from simple, and the reward for successful development is ambiguous.

In this premium article, IDTechEx provides an overview of critical rare-earth element (REE) recovery technologies from secondary material sources.

Umicore is a major Li-ion cathode producer, headquartered in Belgium, and a Li-ion battery recycler. IDTechEx caught up with with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2024.

Sodium-ion batteries bring new opportunities for lower costs, greater sustainability, and safety into the battery market. With sodium being more widely available than lithium, concerns about energy security and supply-chain shortages can hopefully start to decrease for economies.

Adionics is a French company that develops technologies for salt separation and lithium extraction.

Innovation map of the Li-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS) market in Australia.

Innovation map for secondary source critical material extraction: technologies and value proposition.

This premium article offers a comprehensive overview of player activities in adsorption-type direct lithium extraction (DLE), featuring several case studies on leading companies and projects in the field.

Mecaware is developing a unique Li-ion battery recycling technology using carbon dioixde and amines for critical metal extraction. The company is based in France. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2024.

End-of-life equipment from automotives, electric vehicles, e-waste and decarbonized energy technologies are rapidly emerging secondary raw material sources for valuable critical materials. A new report from IDTechEx forecasts that US$110B of critical materials will be recovered annually from secondary sources by 2045, with a combined weight of over 3.3 million tonnes.

The Fraunhofer IWKS develops technical and strategic solutions for the efficient use of secondary resources and functional materials. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Recycling Conference and Expo 2024 to learn about its Li-ion battery recycling technology undergoing development.

IDTechEx interviewed Lennart Hinrichs, Co-founder of TWAICE, focusing on TWAICE's use of AI in battery development and system management. The company is based in Munich, Germany with offices in Paris and Chicago, and its main product offering, battery simulation for cell development and testing, is focused towards automotive OEMS.

GenCell Energy is an alkaline fuel cell (AFC) manufacturing company, based in Israel and with a US subsidiary in California. IDTechEx spoke with GenCell in February 2024, focussing on its electric vehicle (EV) charging system, the GenCell EVOX. IDTechEx spoke with the Communications Strategist and Climatech Evangelist at GenCell Energy, to learn more about its stationary fuel cell business as a whole.

WATTALPS is a French battery manufacturer producing modular battery systems for off-highway machines in construction and mining. The company utilizes immersion cooling technology to meet the performance demands of machines.

Novalith is an Australian start-up that offers a technology that can extract and refine lithium from lithium ores using carbon dioxide.

Lithium Storage is a Li-ion cell and battery manufacturer for EV and ESS applications. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2024.

Alkaline fuel cells (AFC) are one of the earliest fuel cell developments, demonstrated by Francis Thomas Bacon in the 1950s and later used for NASA's Apollo space missions. AFCs utilise a potassium hydroxide electrolyte contained in a porous matrix and operate at temperatures from 20-200°C. In this premium article, IDTechEx explores the AFC market and key players and the current application scope of the technology.