Advanced Materials

With helium demand set to double by 2035, IDTechEx shares what you need to know about this crucial market, which plays a critical role in many key industries.

AvCarb Material Solutions (AvCarb) is a leading US-based manufacturer of engineered carbon components, particularly the gas diffusion layer (GDL) used in hydrogen fuel cells and water electrolyzers. This company profile focuses on AvCarb's GDL products.

New Imaging Technologies provide short-wave infrared (SWIR) camera technology, and were founded in 2007 in France. New Imaging Technologies manufacture InGaAs SWIR cameras, primarily supplying products within the semiconductor, aerospace, and defence sectors. IDTechEx spoke with Sales Manager, Jose Aouad, at the SPIE Sensors + Imaging exhibition in Edinburgh, UK.

IDTechEx attended and exhibited at the Hydrogen Technology Expo North America 2024 at the NRG Center in Houston, TX, USA. This premium article covers Track 4 (Low-Carbon Fuels & Propulsion).

Dracula Technologies is an organic photovoltaic (PV) developer based in France and founded in 2011. Dracula Technologies develops printed small organic PV modules for indoor energy harvesting applications, such as sensors. IDTechEx spoke with Jerome Vernet at Sensor Converge in Santa Clara, CA.

This premium article explores water management in semiconductor production.

IDTechEx attended and exhibited at the Hydrogen Technology Expo North America 2024 at the NRG Center in Houston, TX, USA. This premium article covers Track 3: Fuel Cell Technology.

The chemicals industry depends heavily on finite fossil fuel feedstocks and is responsible for 2% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. IDTechEx explores how captured CO2 could be utilized as a feedstock for hundreds of different chemicals instead, providing an economic and environmental incentive to capture carbon dioxide and create a circular economy.

Quantum Brilliance is developing a diamond-based quantum computing platform. The company is already deploying rack-mounted systems/accelerators leveraging the lack of cooling and room temperature operability.

Cambridge Electric Cement has developed a low-carbon cement recycling technology enabled by electric arc furnaces commercially used for steel recycling. In August 2024, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Eve Pope spoke with Co-founder and CTO Dr Cyrille Dunant.

To decarbonize cement production, fossil fuel combustion must be replaced with renewable methods of generating high temperature heat. In this premium article, IDTechEx explores kiln electrification or concentrated solar power technologies for decarbonized cement production.

Finland-based Coolbrook has developed rotodynamic heating technology for fully electric, high temperature heat generation. IDTechEx Technology Analysts Eve Pope and Thomas Bithell spoke with Chief Commercial Officer Lauri Peltola.

This premium article provides an introduction to optical metamaterial filters.

With over 100 million electric vehicles (EVs) expected to reach end-of-life over the next two decades, IDTechEx's latest report predicts that the value of critical materials recovered annually by 2045 will surpass US$100B.

In this premium article, IDTechEx provides an overview of critical semiconductor recovery from secondary material sources.

In this premium article IDTechEx introduces the market for sensor technology and some of the key trends and innovations in development across in the eco-system.

This premium article discusses helium substitutes and reclamation technologies.

BNNano is a company that manufactures boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) and NanoBarbs, its own adapted BNNTs. IDTechEx spoke with Steve Wilcenski, Founder and CEO, about its latest activities and new spinout for PFAS remediation, Invicta Water.

The Chinese market has seen an explosion in the production capacity for PLA, a biodegradable bioplastic. One of the effects of this shift in the market is that between 2025 and 2035, IDTechEx has forecast that PLA will increase its market share quite significantly, with it expected to hold around 30% of the bioplastics installed capacity.

Universal Matter is a Canadian graphene company, seeking to commercialise a flash Joule heating (FJH) synthesis method. IDTechEx spoke to Peter van Ballegooie (VP, Strategic Planning).