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Webinar 19 August: Functional Materials for Supercapacitors 2015-2025

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 19 August.

Internet of Things, energy harvesting & storage & printed electronics

Powering the internet of things: simple words to type but not necessarily the simplest of tasks to undertake.

Internet of Things, energy harvesting & storage & printed electronics

Powering the internet of things: simple words to type but not necessarily the simplest of tasks to undertake.

Thermoelectric energy harvester market to reach almost $1bn in 2024

In recent years that interest has increased regarding new applications of power generation through thermoelectric harvesting. IDTechEx research forecasts that the market for thermoelectric energy harvesters will continue to grow and reach over $950 million by 2024.

Samsung Display

Samsung Display (SDC) is the leading manufacturer of AMOLED displays. SDC was spun off in April 2012 as a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics. In July 2012 Samsung Mobile Display was merged into Samsung Display, consolidating the OLED and LCD businesses together. This profile specifically looks at the AMOLED side.

Market Analysis of Thin, Flexible and Printed Batteries

The battery market today is dominated by traditional batteries such as coin cell batteries, Triple-A batteries and lithium ion batteries with the former being largely used in mobile phones, laptops and electrical vehicles. The emergence of new trends such as wearable devices and Internet of Things (IoT) is however changing the space. New features such ultra-thinness, small physical footprints, flexibility and light weight are becoming increasingly prized. New players and/or old players with new technologies are gearing up to meet this emerging need. In this article we will first look at the activities of several large companies on energy storage solutions aimed at wearable devices. We will then consider WSN and the threat of energy harvesting therein before considering medical applications. Finally, we will give our latest ten-year market forecasts segmented by application and battery type.

Rapid progress of electric boats and other craft

Water-borne electric vehicles are much more than 100 year old river boats, toy boats on ponds and tiny trolling outboards for leisure fishing. The rapidly increasing military, commercial and industrial applications now dwarf leisure applications in value and sophistication.

C3Nano

C3nano was founded in 2010, as a spin out from Prof Zhenan Bao's group at Stanford university. C3Nano has developed solution-coated, transparent, conductive materials that compete directly with indium tin oxide (ITO) and claim to have the highest conductivity with the best optical quality in the market due to their IP on AgNWs.

Webinar 14 August: The future of 3D printing

DTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Thursday 14th August.

EV Battery and Supercapacitor

IDTechEx has visited many supercapacitor manufacturers and interviewed several professors who have presented at IDTechEx events on the subject. This article highlights some of our findings from those interviews.

News from Asahi Kasei, Therasolve and Canatu

The following highlights some of the major announcements from a recent printed electronics event.

3D printed flight-critical aerospace components go into production

GE Aviation, the world's largest manufacturer of jet engines, announced this month that they are investing $50 million to create a 3D printing production facility in Auburn, Alabama.

Assessing The Metal Oxide Thin Film Transistor Backplane Technology

The display industry continues to rapidly change and seek new markets. Long term trends are still prevalent and shape global activity.

E-paper displays in consumer electronics

E Ink is the only supplier of electrophoretic displays that are used in e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle.

Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

This article primarily investigates the hybrid and pure electric powertrains and electrics being used or considered for UAVs and the new missions made possible by electrification. UAVs survey military threats but also the melting ice caps and natural disasters. They can carry ordnance but also drop aid and locate disaster survivors and lost climbers and trekkers. Little wonder then that new electric UAVs are announced frequently these days.

Xiamen Knano

Xiamen Knano Graphene Technology Co., Ltd has collaborated with Prof. Guohua Chen, College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University since 2006 and in May 2010, the company was registered as a privately held corporation. In August 2013, Zhongtai Chemical announced CNY 14 million (USD 2.3 million) investment and partnership with Xiamen Knano.

Next supercapacitor advances will transform electric vehicles

IDTechEx Research's brand new report, "Functional Materials for Supercapacitors / Ultracapacitors / EDLC 2015-2025", forecasts that the functional materials for supercapacitors market will reach $5 billion before 2025.

The future of e-mobility to be revealed in Munich

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Forum 2014, taking place on September 17 - 18 at Angelo Hotel Munich Westpark will be hosting the top speakers from leading car, bus and truck manufacturing companies, the electric power industry, regional authorities, as well as research technological institutes and universities, to answer critical questions, such as battery development, EV infrastructure development or incentives, policies and strategies.

Materials for approaching multi-billion dollar supercapacitor market

Functional materials for supercapacitors will be a $5 billion market before 2025.

The rise of plastic and flexible OLED displays

IDTechEx forecasts that the market for plastic and flexible OLED displays will rise to $16bn by 2020.