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Amorphous thin film using unique sputtering target material

AGC Asahi Glass has developed a uniform amorphous thin film using a unique sputtering target material, and has started industrialization and commercial production of the material.

PolyPlus Battery Company

Polyplus is a US company that develops solid-state and semi-solid state electrolytes for lithium-air, lithium-sulphur and advanced lithium-ion batteries. After 20 years of R&D, they are now ready to enter both military and consumer electronics applications.

E-Fly Optoelectronic Materials Co., Ltd.

We recently interviewed Seal Wang, Senior Manager of Marketing at E-Fly, a Chinese producer of a novel high-performance flexible transparent conductive film (TCF).

Hitachi Europe at the IDTechEx Show! 2016 in Berlin

Video interview with Hitatchi Europe at the IDTechEx Show! (27-28 April, 2016 | Berlin, Germany)

Bike2 Aps at the IDTechEx Show! Berlin

Video interview with Bike2 Aps at the IDTechEx Show! (27-28 April, 2016 | Berlin, Germany).

Energy Independent Electric Vehicle Technology Roadmap

This article provides a preview of the IDTechEx presentation at the 29th World Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS29) in Montréal, Québec, Canada on Tuesday 21 June.

DuPont Talks Conductive Inks at the IDTechEx Show! 2016 in Berlin

Video interview with DuPont at the IDTechEx Show! (27-28 April, 2016 | Berlin, Germany).

Electric bike folds up in three seconds

Coswheel's A-One is a compact electric scooter that can easily be folded in seconds.

InEnSto

InEnSto is an Israeli startup developing primary batteries with unprecedented energy density. Technology Analyst Lorenzo Grande interviewed their team.

Seeo

Seeo is a US battery start-up that was recently acquired by Bosch. They have developed an innovative solid polymer electrolyte that can be coupled with lithium metal to boost gravimetric and volumetric energy density, while making the device safer.

Prieto Battery Inc

Prieto Battery is a company developing polymer-based Li-ion batteries. They have struck strategic partnerships with Intel and Black & Decker.

Hydro Quebec

Hydro Quebec is a Canadian company developing lithium metal sheets for lithium metal batteries. They can manufacture said sheets down to 20 micron thickness.

Johnson Battery Technologies

Johnson Battery Techonologies is a spinout of Excellatron Solid State LLC that is developing solid-state batteries that can have 2-3 times the energy density of conventional Li-ion and are able to operate in a broad temperature range. The applications envisioned include, and are not limited to, the oil&gas, medical, wearables, and automotive industries.

Kalptree Energy

Kalptree is working on microbatteries that can be bundled together to enable flexible devices. The company was founded in the Silicon Valley in late 2012.

Blue Solutions

Blue Solutions is a French company that produces Li-ion batteries that employ a lithium metal anode and a polymer electrolyte. These rechargeable batteries are used in Bolloré's Bluecar, an electric microcar with a 250 km driving range.

Flashcharge Batteries

Flashcharge Batteries is a company based in Florida developing fast-charging energy storage devices based on redox polymers. They claim 60x faster charging rates, 20x more power and 50x longer cycle life than conventional Li-ion batteries.

Enovix

Enovix is a company founded by former executives at Intel, Form Factor and SunPower to produce Li-ion batteries with pure silicon anodes. The company's 3D architectural approach is supposed to deliver 16% improvements in performance year-on-year.

Electric trucks: complete disagreement

Trucks have to clean up their act if they are not to become illegal under the impending 2025 and 2030 legislation and those that jump the gun will probably gain market share because that clean up typically comes with fuel saving key to profitability in fleet operations working on wafer thin margins. Everyone agrees about that - but how to do it? Complete disagreement.

Acquisition of battery companies

The pace is hotting up. As the lithium-ion battery business grows rapidly over the coming 15 years a vital way of buying time, clout in purchasing materials, routes to market, technology, economy of scale and brand awareness will be acquisitions.

Tesla - Residential Energy Storage

Tesla Motors is well known as an electric vehicle maker. But it also has business in energy storage sector, especially with the launch of Powerwall/Powerpack, which is a significant part of its future business and layout.