Advanced Materials

This premium article explores the electric vehicle fire protection material categories with benchmarking.

3M are an American multinational conglomerate operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, and consumer goods. 3M provide ionomer material solutions for ion exchange membrane applications in water treatment, chemical production, and emerging green hydrogen applications. This profile focuses on 3M's ionomer products.

Binding.energy 2025 was held on 19th and 20th February at the Eurogress Aachen in Aachen, Germany. This premium article will provide key takeaways for the fusion industry from this event.

This premium article explores aerogels as fire protection materials for electric vehicle batteries.

Versogen produces anion exchange membranes (AEMs) and designs zero-gap AEM electrolyzers for water electrolysis. Versogen is based in Newark, Delaware and was founded in 2017 as W7Energy, rebranding in 2020 to Versogen.

The rapid expansion of electrification, enabled by lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), demands urgent actions to secure a stable and responsible supply of critical minerals for LIBs. The growth in battery material demand varies across different materials, driven by several factors including the demand for LIBs of different chemistries, material intensity variations across battery chemistries, and ongoing developments in lithium-ion cell design.

In the last few months, three of the world's largest tech giants made waves with their announcements in quantum computing. But what will the impact of Microsoft's Majorana 1, Google's Willow, and Amazon's Ocelot be once the dust has settled, and is it just big tech making strides in developing quantum computers?

PT Merdeka Battery Materials Tbk (MBMA) is a player in Indonesia's strategic materials and electric vehicle (EV) battery materials value chain focused on integrated operations.

Hyproof focuses on the research, development, and production of novel fluorinated materials, reinforced nano-microporous membranes, and composite products. Key target application markets include hydrogen fuel cells, water electrolyzers, redox flow batteries, and carbon capture technology. Hyproof was founded in 2016 and is based in Shanghai, China. IDTechEx spoke with Tim Wu (Deputy General Manager) and Sara Song (Marketing Manager) at Hyproof Tech.

Neo-Functional Material 2025 and its co-located events, including Convertech, Green Material and 3D Eco Tech 2025, took place in Tokyo from January 28th to 30th 2025. This premium article provides some key takeaways from the event, with a focus on material informatics.

This premium article discusses electric vehicle battery fire protection, with a focus on automotive OEM use cases.

UniSieve is a Switzerland-based provider of advanced membrane materials utilizing molecular sieves for chemical and energy industries.

Thursday 27 March 2025 - Meeting Emerging EV Thermal Runaway Regulations Through Material Choices; An overview of the thermal runaway regulations; Options and examples for fire protection materials in EV batteries; Fire protection material benchmarking; How material choice can aid battery designers; Market share predictions

Thermal filler materials make up a large portion of the formulation for thermal interface materials, and each has its own benefits and disadvantages, including conductivity, cost, and mechanical properties.

This premium article explores global aerogel production capacity and key players.

ASTOM is a membrane, electrode, and dialysis technology provider founded in 1995 and based in Japan. ASTOM provides hydrocarbon ion exchange membrane materials and electro- and diffusion dialyzer equipment, primarily for acid and base recovery applications. IDTechEx spoke with Hiroyuki Yanagi, Former CEO of ASTOM.

Decreasing the ballistic coefficient (by increasing the diameter) is a key route to enabling high velocity, high mass atmospheric entries. It could also potentially unlock greater booster stage reusability. Spacecraft diameter is typically limited by the width of the rocket payload fairing, however the use of expandable aerodynamic decelerators (including inflatable and mechanically expandable designs) is an emerging technology in aerospace that is beginning to see its first successful test deployments. This premium article covers the key technical and material aspects of expandable aerodynamic decelerators.

Public awareness of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) is hitting a new high as headlines concerning "forever chemicals" continue to appear in prominent news outlets. Whether it be news about PFAS bans in different industries, lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers and users, detection of PFAS in various locations and products, and treatment of PFAS in drinking water, there is no doubt that for many, PFAS is one of the foremost health issues of the 2020s.

Innovation map of EV fire protection material use-cases.