Advanced Materials

From mobile phones, TVs, to cars and public screens, displays have become an important component in our daily life to convey information. There is an emerging display type — micro-LED display, that has the potential to become the next-generation mainstream, with its ability to be fabricated from tiny to huge sizes.

Researchers have developed a new hybrid material of mesoporous silicon microparticles and carbon nanotubes that can improve the performance of silicon in Li-ion batteries.

Wolfspeed are specialists in GaN on SiC technology across various market verticals. With the increasing market for 5G installations, Wolfspeed are likely to see a big increase in the market for GaN devices.

Conductive ink business is inherently wonderfully diverse. This has allowed the industry to rejuvenate itself time and time again and to remain very relevant through generations of product lifecycles.

Data can drive insights, increase efficiency, and provide detailed information about current water and wastewater networks. The water industry is one which has many unknowns, and more data can provide help to this mature and large industry.

This premium article is a drill down from the recent premium article, "Outlook for Graphene's Role in Supercapacitors". That looked at the science and the players. Here we survey historical research achievements and in particularly present our new survey appraising recent research papers on the subject and particularly research progress and trends in 2019-20.

The carbon fiber industry has seen healthy growth in the 21st century. This is after a long lead in period and demand from certain key industries.

Bumps on a road slow down our pace, so do corrugations in graphene to travelling electrons. By flattening the corrugations out, we help electrons move effectively faster through a graphene sheet.

Forecasts taken from IDTechEx report "Digital Water Networks 2020-2030"

From a commercial point of view, this article appraises the latest research in active materials for supercapacitors SC and their derivatives. Opportunities include; graphene, CNT, MOF, CNF, ionic electrolytes, structural, flexible, wearable.

The Kangde Group are relatively new entrants to the carbon fiber market but aim to quickly become the dominant force. There are multiple parts of this group as shown in the below relationship.

MaterialsZone are a platform technology for connected research data. IDTechEx interviewed their Co-founder and CTO Barak Sela.

Hyosung Advanced Material are a South Korean company that focus on aramid and carbon fiber production. The parent company (Hyosung) formed in 1966 and includes various other divisions such as heavy industrial machinery, chemical industry, and textiles.

Sinofiber Technology Co are a Chinese company that manufacture PAN-based carbon fiber. The company was founded in 2008 and in 2019 became public.

Taekwang Industrial are a South Korean company formed in the 1950s, that have large amount of work in textiles and petrochemical.

Jiangsu Hengshen Fiber Material are one of the main carbon fiber producers in China. The company formed in 2007 and went public in 2015.

Weihai Guangwei Composite Materials were formed in 1992 and are part of the Weihai Guangwei Group. They produce carbon fiber as well as fabrics, prepregs, composites materials and glass fiber variants.

Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber are one of the oldest and, as of 2019, the largest Chinese manufacturers of carbon fiber. It is estimated that they have a 2019 capacity of ca. 6,000 tpa.

DowAksa formed in 2012 as a 50:50 joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.Ş. They have two manufacturing lines in Turkey with an estimated capacity of 3,600 tpa. The CF is sold under the brand name AKSACA.

IDTechEx interviewed CEO of Intellegens, Ben Pellegrini. The work of Intellegens was outlined in a full profile from January 2019. The company has progressed until March 2020, most notably with projects and upcoming product launches.