5 Feb 2025

Key Battery Pack Design Challenges and How Material Suppliers Can Help
Despite the large increase in EV adoption, EV battery designers still face a great deal of challenges. For material players within the EV supply chain, there are several routes to supporting EV battery designers with these challenges and differentiating their offerings. This article covers the primary and secondary targets for EV battery designers and some of the ways that materials suppliers can support them.
Full profile interview
5 Feb 2025

OxFA
OxFA is a German startup specializing in the production of formic acid using a catalytic process from bio-based sources. It is is a joint venture established in March 2015 by JBACH GmbH and EnviTec Biogas AG and is headquartered in Scheßlitz, Bavaria, Germany.
Innovation Map
4 Feb 2025

Overview of Components for Quantum Sensors
Innovation map overview of components for quantum sensors.
Innovation Map
4 Feb 2025

Innovation in the Next Generation of SPADs
Innovation map of next generation single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs).
4 Feb 2025

Webinar: Three Ways to Understand the Quantum Sensor Market
Thursday 13 February 2025 - An introduction to quantum sensors, their value proposition and the current market landscape; The different categories of quantum sensors, measuring time, magnetic fields, acceleration, gravity, light, and more; Technology platforms for quantum sensors and some of the opportunities they present in components, materials, and manufacturing; Applications and key industries for the quantum sensor market to grow into over the next 20 years; Case study and conclusions for the quantum sensor market
4 Feb 2025

Three Green Cement Technologies for Lowering Scope 3 Emissions
Scope 3 emissions (indirect greenhouse gas emissions that occur in a company's value chain but are not produced by the company itself) are hard to quantify and even harder for businesses to reduce. The embodied carbon from construction can often be a significant contributor, with most of this CO2 coming from the cement used. This article explores three new green cement solutions that are increasingly enabling companies to decrease scope 3 CO2 emissions.
Update
3 Feb 2025

QuantumScape: Developing the Future of Solid-State
QuantumScape is a major player in the solid-state battery space and developer of lithium metal batteries.
Full profile interview
3 Feb 2025

Electra
Electra (ElectraSteel Inc) is a US-based start-up developing an electrochemical green ironmaking technology for green steel applications.
3 Feb 2025

Direct Lithium Extraction from Brines and Growing EV Demand
Lithium extraction encompasses a number of methods, depending on specific feedstock or source, and is becoming a widely valued technology as the demand for lithium is on the rise. Most of this demand will, in turn, come from demand for battery electric cars and vehicles.
Full profile interview
3 Feb 2025

CelluComp
CelluComp, founded in 2004 in Fife, Scotland, develops sustainable materials, including Curran, a nanocellulose fiber derived from sugar beet pulp. Curran enhances mechanical and rheological properties in applications such as paints, coatings, inks, and personal care products, offering an alternative to traditional materials with a focus on sustainability.
Update interview
3 Feb 2025

Epishine
Epishine is a Sweden-based organic photovoltaics (OPV) provider. The company specializes in OPV modules for indoor low-power electronics. IDTechEx spoke with Thomas Osterberg, R&D Director.
Full profile interview
31 Jan 2025

Nexam Chemical
Nexam Chemical Holding AB, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Lomma, Sweden, specializes in developing heat-activated crosslinkers to enhance polymer properties. Its products, marketed under the NEXAMITE and NEXIMID brands, serve industries such as aerospace, electronics, and engineered foams. The company focuses on improving recyclability and reducing the need for virgin materials.
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31 Jan 2025

The Technologies Dominating the Stationary Fuel Cell Market
The stationary fuel cell market is set to reach US$8bn by 2035. In this short video, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Maia Benstead talks through the dominant technologies, the alternatives competing for market share and the application areas for stationary fuel cells.
31 Jan 2025

Seeing In the Dark - IDTechEx Uncovers Infrared for Automotives
Infrared sensors are becoming more popular in vehicles for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), in-cabin sensing, and driver monitoring systems (DMS), largely due to advancements in vehicle safety and awareness. This increasing adoption of ADAS on regular vehicles alongside safety regulations will create more opportunities for IR technologies.
Update
31 Jan 2025

Metalysis
Metalysis is a UK-based company that has developed the FCC Cambridge process, a solid-state electrolysis technology for extracting metals directly from their solid oxides. The company produces pure metals and alloys in powdered form.
30 Jan 2025

Which AI Hardware Will Rise Above in the Wake of Competing AI Models?
The grip of AI has continued to hold, with strong competition to develop more powerful AI models, active innovation in the semiconductor industry, and continued investment in the High-Performance Computing (HPC) data center market. Artificial Intelligence has been a hot topic, particularly since generative AI's introduction with large language models (LLMs). In today's landscape, there is an ever-growing plethora of generative AI applications, not limited to generating images, videos, code, and data.
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30 Jan 2025

Commercial Trends for Data Center Liquid Cooling
The total market size of liquid cooling is set to have a 6-fold increase over the upcoming decade. In this short video, IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Yulin Wang explains some of the commercial trends for data center liquid cooling.
30 Jan 2025

Innovations in Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing
The electronics market is vast, with integrated circuits (ICs) being the third most traded product globally, presenting significant opportunities for sustainable electronics innovation. Action is currently being undertaken by many well-known electronics manufacturers to improve the sustainability and efficiency of their products. This includes water management strategies for semiconductor manufacturing, with over 500 billion liters of water used annually by the industry.
Background
30 Jan 2025

Æsir Technologies (Formerly ZAF Energy Systems): C&I Batteries
Æsir Technologies, a spin out of ZAF Energy Systems, is an American start-up that develops nickel-zinc batteries for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and military applications.
Background
30 Jan 2025

Hyviva
Hyviva is an energy solution provider, specializing in hydrogen backup storage systems including fuel cells and electrolyzers for use in homes and businesses. IDTechEx spoke with Hyviva at CES 2025.